Welcome!
Ready to escape into a world where strong heroines confronting their fears and navigate dangerous magical worlds with the help of friends and found family? Need a new read where a happily ever after is guaranteed?
Rachel Graves writes exciting stories that exploring themes of found family, deep friendships, and morally complex choices, often delving into the gray areas between right and wrong. Known for blending suspenseful investigations with supernatural elements and romance, Rachel is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
She maintains two long-running urban fantasy series: Death Witch, Supernatural Investigative Unit, set in Baton Rouge, and Elisabeth Hicks, Witch Detective, featuring film noir–style Hollywood mysteries, as well as a paranormal cozy mystery series, The Haunting of Hexen House. Her themes include found family and deep friendships in worlds filled with fairytale creatures, elemental magic, ghosts, witches, vampires, and demons.
What I’m working on:
- The Haunting of Hexen House – a new Cozy Paranormal Mystery series coming out in July 2026! Book one ARCs will be released in May. Join my newsletter to learn more.
- Sketching out plots for the next Elisabeth Hicks, Witch Detective book & the next Death Witch, Supernatural Investigative Unit book. Both coming out in 2027.
- Not-so-secretly working on the third book in the Dragons of New York series.
Series Starters!
Ready for a whole new world? These books start my ongoing series.
Dead Man’s Detective
When ex-army witch Elisabeth Hicks is pushed into stealing a magical necklace for the scariest, sexiest vampire in town her first date in years ends with a dead body. It’s up to Elisabeth to protect her family, solve the mystery, and survive long enough to go on a second date.
Searching – Dragons of New York
Bloodless bodies create a chilling pattern of deaths related to magical jewelry, forcing a dragon and a sorcerer to stop a magical serial killer.
Begin in Blood
Determined to hide her identity as a death witch, Mallory Mors tries to start fresh as a supernatural investigator in Baton Rouge. But when her powers pose a problem, can her new witch friends and an irresistible vampire help her catch a dangerous killer?
Stand Alone Novels
Need a quick escape? These happily ever afters are waiting for you.
Dumping Her Demon
Can Demonology professor Sarah Prescott rekindle the best relationship of her life and save the world from destruction at the same time?
Science and Shifters
When her elderly aunt is found lost in the woods raving about monsters, Jess drops everything to travel to the small town where she spent her childhood summers. Leaving behind her crumbling marriage, she stumbles into a series of grisly killings.
The Mermaid and the Murders
Being a mermaid torn between romance and deadly instincts was hard enough. Now there’s a killer on the reef and Danika might be the only one who can stop them.