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Tarah Benner is the author of more than 25 books, including Witches of Mountain Shadow, Mountain Shadow Mysteries, The Fringe, the Elderon Chronicles, the Lawless Saga, and more.
She lives and writes in sunny Colorado with her two dogs, a cat, a toddler, and her beloved partner in crime. When she’s not writing, she enjoys breakfast, hiking, yoga, and martial arts.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 18,467 ratings · 1,143 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Recon (The Fringe, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,300 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exposure (The Fringe, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 1,555 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colony One (The Elderon Chronicles, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 1,503 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outbreak (The Fringe, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 1,347 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lockdown (The Fringe, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aether Witch (Witches of Mountain Shadow, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 1,081 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annihilation (The Fringe, #5) 4.35 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lawless (Lawless, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Defectors (The Defectors, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Off Dead: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Mountain Shadow Mysteries Book 1) 4.27 avg rating — 723 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Better Off Dead Is Out Now!

Better Off Dead A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Mountain Shadow Mysteries Book 1) by Tarah Benner

Welcome to the sleepy town of Mountain Shadow, where there’s a medium to maintain your haunted elevator and a cozy coffee shop just around the corner…

"Better Off Dead" is the first book in this spooky, laugh-out-loud series featuring a down-on-her-luck amateur sleuth, a snarky grandmother, and a hotel haunted by a former burlesque dancer turned actress.

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Published on May 15, 2023 14:00 • Tags: better-off-dead, cozy-mystery, ghost-mysteries, mountain-shadow-mysteries, murder-mystery, paranormal-cozy-mysteries, tarah-benner, witches-of-mountain-shadow

Series by Tarah Benner

The Fringe (5 books)
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4.21 avg rating — 7,471 ratings

Lawless (4 books)
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The Elderon Chronicles (5 books)
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Witches of Mountain Shadow (6 books)
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4.33 avg rating — 2,199 ratings

The Defectors (3 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 2,092 ratings

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“Just remember: your choices matter. Don’t let anyone take them away from you. We must make the choices that protect our freedom — even when they’re not easy.”
― Tarah Benner, The Defectors

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“Looking in those eyes I had grown to like so well - the eyes I trusted implicitly but could make my stomach writhe with pleasure - I felt a twinge of sadness that there was nothing in the future to suggest we might ever be a normal couple.

"If we don't make it out alive -"

His shook his head once. "We will."

I continued, more quickly this time. "If we don't -"

"Especially if we don't," he finished, pulling me into him. My lips met his - this time unsurprised. This time, I wanted it desperately.”
― Tarah Benner, The Defectors

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“She fascinated me because she and I are the same: Both of us came into the compound with nothing, and both of us desperately wanted to achieve something.”
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