J R Rain Books in Order

A map concealed in a lost diary points toward an ancient treasure missing for thousands of years. The search becomes a race to stop a dangerous man's plan from unleashing catastrophe on the world.

Vampire private investigator Samantha Moon conceals her condition while trying to keep her family together. A client who survived a televised assassination attempt draws her into a mystery that challenges her assumptions about his identity.

Murdered James Blakely returns as a ghost to investigate his own death rather than immediately face damnation. As his memories and ghostly body fade, he must confront forgotten crimes and find a path toward redemption.

Santa turns to a radio host for relationship advice after his neglected wife leaves him, putting Christmas in jeopardy. Other stories follow a disgraced sports announcer, a sibling prank gone wrong, and nature taking revenge.

Private investigator Jim Knighthorse investigates a Black teenager accused of murdering his white girlfriend at an elite school. Hidden agendas and a hired killer threaten the inquiry, while evidence about Jim's mother's death reopens his own past.

Elvis Presley has secretly survived and become Los Angeles detective Aaron King, struggling with addiction and his past. A mother's request to find her missing daughter forces him into a case that challenges the life he rebuilt.

Diplomat Jack Rome is reunited with Tessla, whom he rescued years earlier, after her son is kidnapped. A billionaire's search for the Garden of Eden draws them into an expedition through Iran's mountains and a dangerous past.

An unsuccessful painter discovers a disturbing source of inspiration and becomes consumed by the masterpieces it enables. Other stories explore a private investigator’s disastrous bargain and a lonely bar whose owner receives an unexpected surprise.

Former photojournalist Sam Ward is hired to locate a professor missing on Mount Ararat. Accompanied by the man's archaeologist daughter, he discovers a secret stronghold and a threat that turns the search into a fight for survival.

Historian Willie Clarke's death in the California desert leads Jim Knighthorse toward an older mystery involving a mummified cowboy. Connecting the two deaths puts the investigator in danger as he tries to unravel a century of secrets.

Detective Spinoza searches for Veronica Fortune, who vanished while hunting the killer of her parents. The recovering alcoholic follows increasingly strange clues into a supernatural mystery that tests his resolve to find the missing girl.

Vampire detective Samantha Moon pursues a powerful crime lord while protecting a woman from her violent former husband. Two men's romantic interest adds complications as the investigations become personal and the danger grows.

A stranger approaches Samantha Moon during a late meal, apparently knowing her hidden life. Other stories follow brothers trying to destroy a sinister book and a drought-stricken town pinning its hopes on an ambitious grain-silo project.

After losing his family, Aladdin works anonymously as a relic hunter and accepts a mission to rescue Jewel's kidnapped son. A wizard's plot forces them into Djinnland to save the boy, the lamp's imprisoned djinn and Aladdin's kingdom.

Sinbad seeks Aladdin's help to rescue his kidnapped wife, sending them to sea to gather her ransom. Their voyage encounters supernatural enemies while a separate plot threatens the kingdom Aladdin has left behind.

Samantha Moon receives a call from a five-year-old girl missing for three months. Using her growing vampire abilities to investigate, she faces a disturbing case alongside devastating news that threatens to overturn her family life.

Dreams of King Arthur and the Holy Grail send novelist James Dupree to Glastonbury. Encounters with strange knights, a dying girl and a mysterious man draw him into a search for a relic with extraordinary consequences.

Teenager Parker Cole asks vampire Spider to investigate her friend's bloodless death and her father's cult near Mount Shasta. The clues suggest another vampire, but Spider fears the case may be a trap designed to lure him in.

Just before Christmas, Samantha Moon investigates a stolen family treasure in exchange for a share of its value. A mysterious man who knows her secrets adds another complication as holiday pressures collide with her vampire detective work.

Two backpacking friends meet a stranger whose origins challenge their understanding of reality. When disaster threatens, they must discover whether he can help, while he faces a decision about leaving everything behind to save a world.

In this interactive underwater adventure, readers choose the main character's actions and determine whether the journey ends safely. Lost cities, barracudas, islands and hidden kingdoms create different dangers as decisions shape the route through the sea.

After upheaval in his life, high-school student Calvin searches for direction in Springdale, California. Helping others and falling in love offer hope, but a new threat endangers the things he is struggling to preserve.

Jim Knighthorse pursues clues to his mother's decades-old murder while investigating a case linked to the shark-fin trade. His discoveries place him in danger as both investigations bring him closer to people with reasons to silence him.

Samantha Moon faces a decision with lasting consequences for her family while battling a powerful vampire enemy. Her opponent's determination to obtain what he wants makes protecting the people she loves even harder.

Readers manage a major league baseball team in this interactive story, choosing responses that determine the outcome of crucial playoff games. Each decision shapes the team's prospects as it tries to reach the World Series.

Months after her little brother's death, Christy Paxton hopes to find the perfect birthday gift for her mother. Good and evil forces descend on their town, bringing unexpected possibilities and dangers into that personal wish.

Fifteen-year-olds Kent Barnum and Patrick Hall become trapped in a raging underground river while digging on an Oregon farm. As Kent's father organizes a search, the boys struggle to survive and uncover the river's secrets.

Readers choose their own path through Eagle Eye Mountain in a search for hidden treasure. Decisions determine the adventurer's fate, making each step part of the struggle to discover the prize and return safely.

When a valuable Egyptian statue disappears from a collector's home, Rick and Jed investigate with their inventive robot, Meek. The statue's supposed curse adds another complication as the twins try to establish what really happened.

Archaeologist Tom McCroy and his nephew Lorton explore a newly found passage beneath the Great Sphinx. A treasure map and a baffling riddle lead them toward hidden discoveries, but the ancient tunnels also hold danger.

An adopted son seeks his inheritance after his birth mother's murder, but a DNA test reveals her grave is empty. Spinoza is hired to find the body and follows clues into a disturbing supernatural world.

Aladdin investigates an attack on the Sirens and discovers that the Key to Hades has been stolen. His search leads toward the Underworld, where a struggle involving gods threatens his soul and the people he loves.

Samantha Moon discovers a killer targeting innocent people in her own neighborhood. Other stories explore a falcon’s connection with dreams and flight, and an immortal racing to prevent a troubled man from making a fatal mistake.

Samantha Moon investigates a hotel tycoon's drowning as his family returns to a private island a year later. An approaching storm traps them near a killer, while another supernatural threat takes an interest in Samantha herself.

Antiquities thief Nick Caine accepts Marie Da Vinci's offer to locate the legendary White City. Their hunt for its riches leads into unknown territory, with a rival close behind who is prepared to seize the prize.

Spinoza investigates a dinner-theater employee who may be a prisoner rather than a performer. Following clues behind the medieval façade brings him face-to-face with a masked vampire and a difficult question about whether to intervene.

Samantha Moon investigates victims drained of blood, though the evidence suggests their killer isn't a vampire. Strange changes in her son and the secret of an ancient relic deepen her search for answers beyond the murders.

Repeated dreams of a young woman’s death drive Samantha Moon to seek answers that unsettle her understanding of herself. An accompanying story traps a motorist in a split-second decision as a truck hurtles toward him.

Hired to investigate a popular boxer's suspicious death, Samantha Moon follows clues into his hidden past. The case brings unexpected supernatural discoveries while people close to her develop powers that further complicate her life.

A familiar-looking stranger surprises Samantha Moon during a visit to Starbucks. This collection also follows a vampire confronting Bigfoot, an unusual superhero, and a man whose increasingly loud heartbeat points toward a troubling mystery.

Jim Knighthorse investigates rumors that actor Freddie Calgary faked his death rather than dying from an overdose. Following clues across several states turns the case into a road trip through mysteries darker than he expected.

A coming energy pulse threatens to destroy Earth, and help emerges from aliens living deep in the ocean. A girl and a dolphin must act on their information before the disaster arrives or humanity destroys itself.

Los Angeles private investigator Roan Quigley accepts an unusual client's gold and enters a magical kingdom parallel to his city. Among dragons, orcs and wizards, he must locate a killer while trying to stay alive.

Investigating murders that suggest a vampire killer, Samantha Moon is drawn deeper into the case when her sister disappears. With Allison and Kingsley, she takes the search underground toward a dangerous vampire's hidden lair.

Nick Caine returns to Egypt seeking legendary gold buried in the Great Sand Sea, despite memories of a friend's death there. Violent raiders threaten his expedition, turning a possible treasure discovery into another struggle to survive.

Terminally ill detective Jimmy Booker investigates a former lover's murder, which echoes the killing of his brother twenty-two years earlier. With help from his friend Numi, he must connect the cases before his failing health stops him.

Psychic hotline operator Allison Lopez receives a call from a father desperate to solve his daughter's murder. As her abilities grow and a ghost reveals a secret, Allison follows a killer with help from police and an immortal investigator.

Antiquities thief Nick Caine and his companion Ishi become stranded on an island in the Maldives. An ancient map offers a possible escape through hidden pirate treasure, but modern pirates are pursuing the same prize.

Samantha Moon follows a dead man’s cryptic clue in pursuit of hidden treasure. Accompanying stories introduce an exceptionally old vampire and a baker whose success rests on a surprisingly simple secret, alongside bonus material.

Park ranger Jack Carter's quiet life changes when his military brother arrives dangerously ill. Searching for answers to an infection that transforms people into flesh-hungry creatures, Jack must evade government agents and protect his family.

As zombies spread around the world, Jack Carter struggles against an increasingly uncontrollable hunger of his own. His family's discovery of a possible cure offers hope, but the remedy may carry dangers worse than the infection.

Samantha Moon explores the creature within her, venturing through her own hidden depths and into outer space. Her search for the limits of her supernatural abilities demands dangerous risks and reveals an unexpected inner truth.

Private investigator Jim Knighthorse finds Camry, a burglar, asleep in his office and seeking protection from her biker ex-boyfriend. Her accusation of murder draws Jim toward a confrontation with a gang that refuses to let members leave.

After losing his job, Jack discovers a magical beanstalk outside his New York apartment and climbs into a land of giants. A familiar receptionist shares his predicament as they navigate dangerous creatures and question whether escape is possible.

The Vatican recruits thief Trey Jordan to recover the cursed silver paid to Judas. A powerful senator is gathering the same coins to unleash an apocalypse, turning the hunt into a race through dangerous relics and supernatural threats.

Vampire investigator Samantha Moon investigates violent werewolf attacks and an underground club that hunts humans. As darkness grows within her, an encounter with Dracula introduces new possibilities while she tries to stop the hunters and protect their victims.

Police detective Richelle Dadd wakes in her own chalk outline and discovers she has been reanimated. While investigating her murder and the plot to use her as a zombie assassin, she struggles to preserve her humanity.

Psychic Allison Lopez investigates an Englishman's daughter, arrested for a murder she cannot remember. A dangerous presence in his old house draws Allison and actress Ivy Tanner into a haunting that threatens more than the accused woman's freedom.

A seemingly ordinary investigation forces Samantha Moon to reconsider the people around her. These stories also pit a parasitic vampire against a terrifying surprise and bring a boy face to face with a mysterious night train.

Vampire private investigator Samantha Moon is hired to investigate a baffling disappearance. Her search draws her toward supernatural dangers, while the changed life and growing powers she tries to manage make the case increasingly difficult to untangle.

With his daughter bitten, Jack Carter races to save her as the walking dead multiply. A madman threatens everything he has struggled to protect, forcing him to confront another danger while time runs out for his family.

A lightning strike transforms rodeo clown Carl Gray into a bull-man, while half-lava woman Lavender wants him to change his ways. Recruited against a mastermind threatening humanity, they must combine their unusual powers despite their differences.

A curse sends vampire investigator Samantha Moon into nineteenth-century Louisiana, far from her children and familiar life. With her supernatural abilities weakened, she must rely on her detective skills to survive and find a route home.

An experiment at CERN gives physicists Mira Verborgen and Giancarlo Colombo unexpected powers. Pursued by governments and the scientist responsible, they must learn to control their altered bodies while stopping his increasingly dangerous plans.

Private investigator Spinoza is hired to travel with a vampire whose dreams predict the future. Both Spinoza and their train appear in those visions, forcing him to make a dangerous choice before they reach their destination.

A caller tells psychic Allison Lopez that the Huntsman is pursuing her, then disappears from their mental connection. Allison travels to an Oregon ski resort to investigate, but the search soon makes her a target too.

Samantha Moon tries to forgive Nancy, her dead husband’s former mistress, despite painful revelations about their shared past. When Nancy faces mortal danger, Sam must master her growing bloodlust before she can attempt a rescue.

Former detective Lee Jordan lost his sight, hearing and voice in a bombing. When the LAPD seeks help with linked disappearances, he relies on his experience, a guide dog and a translator to pursue a murderer.

Undead detective Richelle Dadd balances single motherhood with a murder investigation linked to killings decades earlier. Her child's father threatens to abduct their baby, while a mysterious recruiter's offer and surveillance of her home compound the danger.

Police chief Ellie Matthews investigates a frozen corpse with a silver dagger in its chest in Hope, Alaska. Her prime suspect, bounty hunter Alex Johnson, knows about shifters, challenging her assumptions as the case grows stranger.

Samantha Moon investigates reports of a monster in Lake Elsinore while two boys remain missing. With werewolf boyfriend Kingsley helping, she discovers a threat that reaches beyond the lake and endangers people she loves.

Sherlock Holmes is asked to authenticate a supposedly lost Shakespeare play, but the manuscript vanishes before he gives his verdict. He and Watson pursue the thieves, discovering that recovering the work may cost them their lives.

Outlaw Bad Buffalo meets a fairy named Dia who needs help stopping alien worms from draining Earth's magic. Their unlikely bargain sends him through space and time, using his gunfighting skills against a threat to the planet.

Samantha Moon's new client wants the soul of a dead man she once knew. Refusal could cost two others their lives, forcing the vampire investigator to choose between protecting a fugitive spirit and people she cannot yet identify.

Elf reporter Solstice Winters is stranded in Russia when a deadly creature emerges from the Volga River. Helping investigate draws her into government interference and powers her magic may be too weak to contain.

Photojournalist Solstice Winters hopes for a career breakthrough when a physics accident brings magical beings into the world. Discovering she is one of them turns her search for a story into a struggle against government agents and hostile mages.

A skeleton detective, a vampire confronting Bigfoot, and teenagers with an app that raises the dead populate this story collection. Other tales explore cursed castles, unusual prophecies, and adventures where ordinary curiosity opens the door to danger.

Samantha Moon investigates a client's troublesome house ghost, discovering neither is what they appear to be. Meanwhile, her daughter's developing telepathy attracts the devil, sending Sam and witch friend Allison into a pursuit between worlds.

Samantha Moon's telepathic daughter is tricked into a pact with the devil, who invades her mind. Sam seeks help from supernatural friends to find his weaknesses before confronting an enemy whose forces threaten her family.

Thirteen deleted and alternative scenes revisit Samantha Moon’s supernatural adventures, with appearances by Dracula, an alchemist, and her former guardian angel. An unpublished celestial battle and a different ending accompany the author’s commentary on these abandoned possibilities.

Ten vampire stories range from a child born with unusual teeth to a detective accompanying a passenger whose dreams predict disaster. Samantha Moon confronts a neighborhood killer, while other vampires discover dangerous journeys and unexpected adversaries.

Before becoming a vampire, federal agent Samantha Moon investigates a business card connecting a drug raid to another inspection. Her refusal to abandon the trail attracts dangerous criminals and something darker that threatens her ordinary family life.

At a brigadier's wake, Holmes and Watson discover questions surrounding his death and possession of a lost da Vinci painting. A wager turns their investigation into a rivalry, but disappearing evidence complicates both the mystery and their competition.

Immortal mermaid Alexis Silver works as a private investigator in the Pacific Northwest. Asked to find a missing man and his family, she realizes the case threatens a young girl's life and requires more than her usual methods.

Detective Madeline Wimsey uses magic alongside police work to investigate a murder staged as a satanic ritual. Although teenagers appear responsible for the shrine, her instincts reveal a deeper danger that has turned its attention toward her.

Sent away by his village's coming-of-age tradition, Floyd hopes to return with stories and prove himself. Escaping forced servitude launches him into a wider adventure involving magical creatures, distant lands and choices that will shape his future.

A decade after World War II, military historian Allan Quatermain receives a mission to find the Spear of Destiny before Nazi holdouts do. Reports that Hitler may be alive make the search for the powerful relic more urgent.

Trapped in 1862, Samantha Moon follows a rumor to Richmond hoping an alchemist can send her home. The Civil War disrupts her search, while her determination to help others competes with an increasingly dangerous thirst for blood.

Solstice Winters faces the prospect of outliving everyone she loves, then becomes a magical assassin's target. A friend's request to investigate a missing mummy reveals another threat to New York, leaving her little time to contemplate immortality.

Mermaid investigator Alexis Silver is hired to find a missing explorer whose trail leads around the world. An international mining company wants his discovery and will kill to obtain it, putting both the investigator and her quarry at risk.

After surviving an attack, Samantha Moon discovers signs that she may be a vampire. Returning to her federal job, she follows suspicious income to arms dealers while sunlight, changing instincts and her husband's distress threaten her old life.

Accidental superheroes Mira and Giancarlo hope to marry while fleeing the FBI and watching their powers fade. A support network in New York offers help, but they must survive pursuit before they can build a life together.

A dying colleague tells Watson he was attacked by a wolf man, drawing him and Holmes into brutal killings in London's West End. They must uncover a cunning predator before the next full moon brings more victims.

Detective Maddy Wimsey's break ends when a supernatural force targets her coven and a serial murder case demands her attention. Torn between protecting fellow witches and saving ordinary victims, she must confront both threats with limited time.

Psychic witch Allison Lopez takes a radio job once held by a woman who died on air. Strange events at the station and a threat to her sister draw Allison's fellow witches into a dangerous supernatural confrontation.

A mysterious letter and unexpected inheritance lead vampire detective Samantha Moon to a sinister estate. Investigating with witch friend Allison brings her closer to identifying her attacker, but uncovering her past also awakens a threat to her future.

After losing his wife and career, former dentist Shaye Fox rescues an injured dog far from home. Returning War Daddy to his owners becomes a journey of purpose and danger as the stolen animal's enemies pursue them.

Samantha Moon's European vacation begins at an Irish castle with her family and friends. A shadow in her room and something watching her son from a suit of armor suggest an enemy has come to settle an old score.

Vampire CIA agent Mina Barrett must extract an undercover asset carrying information the Dominion wants suppressed. The mission leads toward secrets beneath a Siberian glacier, where a vampire organization seeking control over humanity sees an opportunity.

Witch detective Maddy Wimsey suspects supernatural interference in an apparent suicide, then receives a nurse's warning about patient murders. Investigating deaths across hospitals, she must find evidence of killers who may see themselves as agents of mercy.