{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/tropes/urban-fantasy","locale":"nb","author":"Dima Zales","type":"trope","modified":null,"data":{"label":"Urban Fantasy","slug":"urban-fantasy","pitch":"Dima Zales writes romance with Urban Fantasy: The Thought Readers, The Thought Pushers, The Time Stopper.","works":[{"title":"The Thought Readers","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/the-thought-readers","year":2014,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":1,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 1\n A new series about mind readers from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\n\nEveryone thinks I’m a genius.\n\nEveryone is wrong.\n\nSure, I finished Harvard at eighteen and now make crazy money at a hedge fund. But that’s not because I’m unusually smart or hard-working.\n\nIt’s because I cheat.\n\nYou see, I have a unique ability. I can go outside time into my own personal version of reality — the place I call “the Quiet” — where I can explore my surroundings while the rest of the world stands still.\n\nI thought I was the only one who could do this — until I met her .\n\nMy name is Darren, and this is how I became entangled with all the Russians and learned that I’m a Reader.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Thought Pushers","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/the-thought-pushers","year":2014,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":2,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 2\n From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes the highly anticipated sequel to The Thought Readers\n\nWhat am I?\n\nWho killed my family?\n\nWhy?\n\nI need to get some answers before the Russian mob succeeds in killing me.\n\nThat is, if my own friends don’t kill me first.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Time Stopper","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/the-time-stopper","year":2015,"heat":4,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":2.5,"tropes":["criminal-protector","criminal-underworld","dangerous-attraction","dangerous-crime-boss","enemies-to-tentative-allies","enemies-to-uneasy-allies","family-trauma","frozen-time-dimension","hidden-identity","high-stakes-gambling","morally-conflicted-heroine","Novella","power-at-a-cost","power-with-a-cost","protective-crime-lord","protective-older-brother","protective-sibling","psychic-detective","reluctant-killer","revenge-mystery","revenge-quest","russian-mob","russian-mob-underworld","siblings-at-odds","ticking-clock-powers","Time Travel","time-stop-mind-dimension","time-stopping-powers","undercover-investigation","underground-gambling-den","Urban Fantasy","wounded-heroine"],"summary":"From a New York Times bestselling author comes a novelette in the Mind Dimensions series. This short story does not require you to have read the other books in the series.\n\nI can stop time, but I can’t change anything.\n\nI can access memories, but not far enough.\n\nMy name is Mira, and my life is about finding the Russian mobster who killed my family.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Enlightened","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/the-enlightened","year":2015,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":3,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 3\n From a New York Times bestselling author comes the exciting continuation of the Mind Dimensions series\n\nKidnapped. Consciousness expanded. And that was just the start of my day.\n\nI always thought I was a nice enough guy. The kind who’d never want to commit murder.\n\nTurns out I simply lacked incentive.\n\nSome crimes can never be forgiven.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Elders","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/the-elders","year":2015,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":4,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 4\n From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes the exciting continuation of the Mind Dimensions series\n\nGoing to Level 2 gives me unimaginable power. So naturally, now that everyone I care about is in trouble, I can’t do it anymore.\n\nThe Elders can, but will they teach me, and if so, at what price?\n\nUltimately, it comes down to a choice.\n\nWhat am I willing to sacrifice for those I love?","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"Dream Walker","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/dream-walker","year":2021,"heat":4,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":1,"tropes":["addiction-and-recovery","Dreams","dreamwalker-detective","Forced Proximity","Found Family","hidden-supernatural-society","paranormal-murder-mystery","political-conspiracy","reluctant-allies","sick-parent-motivation","slow-burn-attraction","symbiotic-companion-bond","Urban Fantasy","wrongfully-accused-heroine"],"summary":"Think your dreams are private? Think again.\nAs a dreamwalker, I can ease your nightmares, inspire creation, or steal memories, all for the small price of a buttload of cash. I need the money to save my mom’s life, and the clock is ticking.\nThen a gorgeous illusionist comes into the picture—though those mouthwatering looks may just be his powers in action. He sends me on a job with a major paycheck, but the pucking vampires show up and ruin everything.\nAs usual, they suck.\nNow I’m knee-deep in a murder case where the victims and the perps could all kill me with a snap of their fingers. Throw in a creepy castle, a stinky moat, and a legendary monster, and we’ve got ourselves a party. Especially when the bodies begin to pile up.\nMy name is Bailey Spade, and if I don’t solve this case, I’m dead.","isbn":"9781631425530","updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:03:22.369206+00:00"},{"title":"Dream Hunter","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/dream-hunter","year":2021,"heat":4,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":2,"tropes":["Dreams","dreamwalker-heroine","Found Family","hidden-family-history","magical-virtual-reality","patient-protective-love-interest","race-against-time","repressed-childhood-trauma","secret-cult-conspiracy","sick-parent-rescue-mission","slow-burn-romance","team-versus-supernatural-threat","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"What was missing from my life? A crazy cult that worships the ancient god of nightmares, that’s what.\n\nWhen I break my most sacred vow and invade my mom’s dreams, things get complicated, fast. With Valerian’s help, I’m on a quest to boost my powers and learn to forgive myself—all while saving my home world from complete annihilation at the hands of deranged cultists.\n\nIn other words, a regular Wednesday.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:55.083702+00:00"},{"title":"Dream Chaser","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/dream-chaser","year":2021,"heat":4,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":3,"tropes":["childhood-friends-to-lovers","Dreams","dreamwalking-psychic-heroine","Found Family","portal-hopping-science-fantasy","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"The god of nightmares is real? How fun.\n\nA mystery dreamwalker is trying to turn me homicidally insane? Business as usual.\n\nBut when a legendary seer gets involved, we end up on a world populated by necromancers. Oops. I’ll have to put on my big dreamwalker panties and learn to forgive Valerian’s betrayal before we’re all killed by Icelus… or zombies… or a deadly virus.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:55.083702+00:00"},{"title":"Dream Ender","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/dream-ender","year":2021,"heat":5,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":4,"tropes":["apocalyptic-supernatural-threat","dangerous-dreamwalking","Dreams","estranged-family-reconciliation","Found Family","friends-to-lovers-romance","memory-loss-and-recovery","portal-hopping-multiverse","prophetic-chosen-ones","resurrection-with-a-price","siege-and-last-stand","symbiotic-companion","twin-bond-and-reunion","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Not only is Phobetor real, he’s about to destroy life on every world with sentient beings. You could say he’s becoming a bit of a problem.\n\nUnless I’m somehow the hero of an ancient prophecy—and let’s face it, I’m not—everyone I care about is in major trouble.\n\nMy name is Bailey Spade, and this is how my story ends.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:55.083702+00:00"},{"title":"The Girl Who Sees","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/the-girl-who-sees","year":2018,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":1,"tropes":["Mystery","Psychic","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Sasha Urban\n\nI’m an illusionist, not a psychic.\n\nGoing on TV is supposed to advance my career, but things go wrong.\n\nLike vampires and zombies kind of wrong.\n\nMy name is Sasha Urban, and this is how I learned what I am.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"Misfortune Teller","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/misfortune-teller","year":2018,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":2,"tropes":["Mystery","Psychic","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"So I’m a seer. A Cognizant under the Mandate.\n\nLife should be easy now, right?\n\nWrong.\n\nWith all the “accidents” that keep befalling me, I’ll be lucky to survive the week. That is, if my crazy boss doesn’t work me to death first…","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"Reluctant Psychic","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/reluctant-psychic","year":2018,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":3,"tropes":["Mystery","Psychic","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Life as a seer is not all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when you’re unemployed, and your former boss blacklists you  everywhere.\n\nOr when a legendary Russian witch calls in a favor owed, demanding the unthinkable.\n\nWhen danger threatens everyone around me, there’s only one man I can turn to—and he may not be what he seems.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"Sleight of Fantasy","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/sleight-of-fantasy","year":2019,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":4,"tropes":["Mystery","Psychic","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"My deal with Nero and my growing powers are supposed to keep me and my loved ones safe—yet the unthinkable happens.\n\nWhen lines are crossed and blood is spilled, nothing will ever be the same again.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"Paranormal Misdirection","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/paranormal-misdirection","year":2019,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":5,"tropes":["Mystery","Psychic","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"With my seer powers finally under my control, I’m ready to plunge into the unknown to find my father.\n\nHe may have abandoned me, but I’ll go to the ends of the Otherlands to save him from his torment.\n\nOnly problem? With unexpected allies and even more surprising enemies, this rescue mission might be more than I bargained for.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"Prophecy of Magic","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/prophecy-of-magic","year":2019,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":6,"tropes":["Mystery","Psychic","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Find my long-lost birth parents? Check.\n\nKiss the man I’ve been crushing on for years? Check.\n\nFinally kick back and enjoy my happy ending? Yeah, no such luck.\n\nWith literal demons out to kill me and my loved ones in trouble, I’m starting to wonder if I’ll make it out of this one alive…","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"Smoke, Vampires, and Mirrors","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/nb/works/dima-zales/smoke-vampires-and-mirrors","year":2020,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":7,"tropes":["Psychic","Urban Fantasy","Vampires"],"summary":"The epic conclusion of Sasha Urban’s story!\n\nI found my family, I found my heart, I found myself.\n\nBut it’s not over.\n\nNo matter how many allies I have, there’s no escaping destiny.\n\nThe end of the world is coming, and I’m the only one who can stop it.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"}]}}