Urban Fantasy Adventures and Gothic Novels by Robin Schadel


The Adventures of Sam Hain

In this prequel set five years before Liam’s Doom:

Full Moons always bring private investigator Samantha Hain trouble. This sweltering July, young Cassie Walters pleads for help with a demonic entity assaulting her after she moved into her grandmother’s house. While struggling with the grief of losing her mother, Sam makes a hasty bargain with the devil that draws the attention of wealthy, beautiful vampire.

Will a blossoming romance overtake Sam’s mind, preventing her from helping an innocent young woman under assault from malevolent entities?

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Full moons bring out the dangers, and for private investigator Sam Hain, that means a supernatural creature has run afoul of the Veil Watchers, a government organization dedicated to preventing humans from knowing they share a world with supernatural creatures by any means necessary. As her birthday nears, an evasive redcap asks seeks her aid for a banshee whom a young woman filmed singing her warning of doom and then uploaded the video to social media. As the video went viral, teams of amateur ghost hunters descended upon the sleepy Irish village of Bannagh.

Now the banshee, the young woman who discovered her, and numerous ghost hunters are in danger from the Veil Watchers and from ancient evils and shadowy forces alluded to in the banshee’s song. With only four days before Veil Watcher Michael Cormack arrives to preserve the secret through a shoot-first policy, Sam has little time for error if she is to protect everyone from overzealous Watcher Michael Cormack, known for his scorched earth approach to keeping the secret safe. And as ancient evils rise and threaten the living, Sam’s resolve to protect the lives of all involved will be tested as she unravels the mystery of Liam’s doom.

Liam's Doom
Schadel, Robin

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After her difficult confrontation against the demonic entity Zozo, private investigator Sam Hain travels to Austria to spend Christmas with her friend and former lover, the vampire Countess Carmilla Karnstein. ​ ​

When a string of vampiric murders and the arrival of an unfriendly figure from Carmilla’s past threaten their peaceful holiday, Sam finds herself torn between love and duty as she contends with the rage of vengeful ghosts.

Carmilla's Ghost
Schadel, Robin

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A string of kidnappings plagues Butcher’s Bend. When mysterious statues that resemble the missing children turn up at a warehouse once used by a gorgon sculptor to store art and supplies, federal agents grow suspicious.

Lines of an unknown poem and the growing presence of pain and death link this case to two sets of unsolved crimes in Butcher’s Bend’s history, Sam and Destiny must confront the city’s dark past if they hope to aid their client in proving her partner’s innocence.

As the mystery deepens and a darkness rises, will Sam find the perpetrator before too many young lives suffer, or will death and sorrow follow in the darkness’ wake because it hungers?

It Hungers
Schadel, Robin

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Sam’s life has been good for the past few months. And then Craig Wellington enters on the full moon, telling the tale of losing a fist fight and owing his soul to a Man in Black, perhaps the Devil, at a crossroads south of town.

During this time, Nick Scratch calls in Sam’s blank check, tasking her to return the escaped soul of a powerful magician to Hell by St. John’s Night or take his place.

When the Devil comes to claim his due, who will sing the Crossroad Blues?

Crossroad Blues
Schadel, Robin

Faust had won, and now Sam bore the same mark he placed on Craig Wellington: One Month before he returns to devour her soul.

And Nick Scratch’s payment, return Faust to Hell or take his place, comes due in just under two months.

As Sam leaves for Germany to join the Hermetic Order of the Resplendent Dawn, a young Fae woman begs for her help after a headless rider decapitated her sister who sought to bring their Grandmother a human infant.

If all things are connected, how does this child fit into the larger picture? Will Sam grow strong enough to stop Faust from completing his mission, or will she replace him in Hell? As the daughter of the Arch Magus of the Astrum Argentum, such is the fate of the magician’s child.

The Magician's Child
Schadel, Robin

Full moons are always trouble for Hain Private Investigations. And when there’s a blue moon, that often means two supernatural crises to solve.

Graduate student Tiffani Heathson studies creepypasta magical rituals. When she performs one promising her a dance with her ideal lover, a careless mistake unleashes the dark side of dark romance.

When amateur ghost hunters investigate the abandoned mining town of Coal Creek, a young girl’s ghost attaches herself to Adam Gallard. When he tries to communicate with her through a ouija board, the fiend Zozo takes an opportunity to manifest and seek revenge on Sam Hain for her victory in Ireland.

As war looms on multiple fronts, will Sam’s skill, intuition, and newly acquired magical powers be enough to protect her clients, or will her defeat come with the rise of the blue moon?

Blue Moon
Schadel, Robin

Private investigator and reluctant magician Samantha Hain thought she’d earned a break after banishing Faust back to Hell. But when her vampire lover, Countess Carmilla Karnstein, is targeted by an ancient enemy, Sam finds herself caught in a deadly game of power, magic, and vengeance.

Dracula has risen, and with him, the ruthless Order of the Dragon seeks to reclaim their dark legacy. After a brutal attack on Castle Karnstein, Carmilla barely escapes-only to watch in horror as Sam is taken captive. Now, with time running out, Carmilla must forge unlikely alliances, embrace the full power of her vampiric heritage, and outwit one of history’s most terrifying monsters.

Gothic Novels by Robin Schadel

Romance isn’t dead, but for bestselling romance author Celeste Valois, it may as well be. Seeking a career pivot, she retreats to the Louisiana swamps in search of inspiration for a gothic novel, she expects ghost stories and forgotten sins-but not a town suffocating under the weight of a past it refuses to bury.

Belle Riviére is a place where superstition holds power, whispers in the dark carry warnings, and breaking the rules of Lent is more than a sin-it’s a death sentence. As Celeste digs deeper into the ruins of a burned church and the decades-old horror surrounding it, she attracts the attention of something ancient, something hungry.

With the reluctant help of the rugged and enigmatic Julien Mercier, she must unravel the town’s darkest secret before she becomes the next sacrifice to the beast that walks among them.

In the oldest, storm-soaked streets of New Orleans, sins, shadows, and songs linger where history refuses to die. Danielle Sanders, a struggling scholar, arrives in the Quarter seeking inspiration for her dissertation; but soon she finds herself drawn into a web of secrets older than the city itself. Her hostess, the enigmatic Catherine-Marie Trichet, claims descent from one of the mysterious casket girls, and her home whispers with creaking boards, forbidden doors, and watchful eyes. As a murderer stalks the streets, Danielle’s pursuit of knowledge entangles her with a romance both intoxicating and perilous, awakening desires she cannot name and a darkness she cannot escape. In this lush Louisiana gothic tale of love, betrayal, and the terrible bargains demanded to lay to rest the sins of the past, every passion carries a price, and every rose its razor thorn.