Fiction - Gothic

Set in the buried streets of Georgian London and the outrageous underworld of the molly houses, a carpenter hiding a double life searches for a traitor who is betraying the secrets of the mollies. The visceral, raucous, tender and utterly enchanting historical thriller by...

"A lush, beautifully written novel about trying to be a person in our strange world . . . Pick this one up for its exquisite characterization, decaying settings and a dash of Southern gothic horror." --Kiersten White, The New York Times Book Review A...

Barton Academy, an imposing structure in downtown Mobile, has seen centuries of life-and death. Once the site of Fort Cond?'s northwest wall, it was a dumping ground for trash and bodies in the 1700s. Later, it became a school, a hospital for Union soldiers...

American civil war- The Deep South How did a noble mission to ensure the safe return of his daughter's governess to New York, end with Midnight Gunn being stranded on an island off the coast of South Carolina, alone and in the middle of...

Falling in love during the vampire war could cost these fated mates everything.Book 1: Night ShadeBy day, Gregori Novak is Daniella's friend and rich CEO boss, but at night, he's her secret fantasy. Gregori craves Daniella, but has kept his distance to protect her....

I had never seen a ghost before I came to Alswell Manor...Staff who disappear after sunset. Footsteps that echo in the halls. Alswell Manor is at once a place of life and death, love and tragedy. When the manor passes to Georgina after her...

"He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul."The Castle of Otranto is a macabre tale that revolves around a haunted castle. Manfred,...

Interweaving three narratives, a story of love, mystery, and murder during World War II follows three courageous women--an award-winning British landscape designer, a young, blind perfumer's apprentice, and a junior British intelligence officer.Author: Deborah LawrensonISBN-10: 006227967XISBN-13: 9780062279675Publisher: Harper PaperbacksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2015Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize:...

Before Rafa could take his first breath, his mother made a desperate bargain for love, sacrificing his soul and binding him to a dark and unrelenting fate.Haunted by the looming presence of a malevolent entity, he begins to awaken his paranormal abilities, drawn to...

Author: Sk HortonISBN-10: 196450516XISBN-13: 9781964505169Publisher: Aethon Books, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 334Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

What can the man convicted of killing your brother possibly want if he doesn't desire forgiveness?Evangeline Bransby's world is thrown into turmoil when she receives an unexpected invite from Valdemar Montresor, the man convicted of killing her twin brother ten years ago.Within the ominous...

"Through its archive of narratives nestled within narratives, this exquisite novel creates a beguiling soundscape of echoes and murmurs that reverberates in the mind long after the reading. In lucid, captivating prose, Issa Quincy constructs a palimpsest composed of the fractals and losses that...

Grief leaves a stain.Sibilla Fenoglio wants nothing more than to live with her husband in this run-down, derelict watermill. Uninhabited since the Renaissance after a mysterious disaster befell the previous owners, the mill requires extensive repairs. But there is something frightening about the mill....

Author: Rowyn AdelaideISBN-10: 196676300XISBN-13: 9781966763000Publisher: Wicked Dreamers BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2025Pages: 372Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83d

Set in the tumultuous era following the American Civil War, "Demon of Mine" follows Daniel as he teeters on the edge of sanity, plagued by a spectral white wolf that haunts his every step. The brutal aftermath of the war has left him battling...

Reeling from a near-fatal encounter, Alex and Mia delve deeper into the Hotel California's sinister past. As the embodiment of Greed, the Bellhop Felix, tempts guests with promises of riches, Mia uncovers a shocking truth about her own connection to the hotel. Can they...

Dive into these six volumes of classic stories from the masters of the dark and macabre...if you dare. This collection of dark and haunting stories is an essential addition to the bookshelf of anyone who enjoys classic literature and tales of horror. The six...

This gothic novel follows the story of Victoria, a young woman who falls under the spell of the seductive and mysterious Zofloya, who introduces her to a life of deceit, betrayal and murder. As Victoria becomes more deeply enmeshed in his world, she discovers...

Will Lizzy lose her heart or her life to the enigmatic Mr. Darcy?Lizzy is the newest instructor at Netherfield Academy, and strange noises have her searching the corridors of the drafty old castle to discover the source. The previous headmaster disappeared under strange circumstances,...

What happens when your only source of warmth and light leaves you?The dismal shadows once kept at bay, begin to seep back in and coat everything the light once touched. All feeling becomes saturated in their inky grasp and escape becomes impossible. She left...

The mysterious death of a Greek-born woman sparks eerie happenings in this nightmarish detective novel where the uncanny meets with science.England, 1848. When French Inspector, Maurice Leroux, arrives at Alexandra Hall to investigate two grisly murders, he finds superstition and fear rife among the...

I took her innocence as payment. She was far too young and na ve to be betrothed to a monster like me. I would bring only pain and darkness into her sheltered world. That's why she ran.I should've just let her go... She never...

On the scandalous events, which took place in the mid-15th century in the domains of the Count of Armagnac....She was La Bella. Even worse, Dangereuse. She excited flesh and ruined souls in the blink of an eye. Or was it him ruining her? Who...

A masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Favourably reviewed at first, the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived licentiousness, blasphemy...

A captivating new historical novel from Madeline Martin, set in Victorian London about a forbidden book club, dangerous secrets and the women who dare to break free. You are cordially invited to the Secret Book Society... London, 1885: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal...

A captivating new historical novel from Madeline Martin, set in Victorian London about a forbidden book club, dangerous secrets, and the women who dare to break free. You are cordially invited to the Secret Book Society... London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal...

An ambitious career woman. An enigmatic billionaire. There's more to their affair than meets the eye in this scalding romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series.Amelia Lazenby deserves a breather--from work and from the stress of a...

THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION! In the New York Times bestselling sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must confront the weight of her actions as she and Ravyn embark on a perilous quest to save the kingdom--perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf...

Florence Sterling should be living a perfect life, but dark memories of her past still haunt her. She and her baby were murdered, but now, after a miraculous second chance at life, Florence struggles with the fear that her happiness with Alex may be...

A dark contemporary billionaire romance featuring anti-hero, secret society and close proximity tropes from USA Today Bestselling duo P. Rayne.I spend my nights slinging drinks at Black Magic Bar or taking my clothes off at the local strip club. After my father passed, my...

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) is one of the most influential Gothic horror novels of all time, introducing the world to Count Dracula and shaping modern vampire mythology. Told through diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles, the novel follows the terrifying journey of Jonathan Harker,...

THERE'S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD. When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over,...

Enter the Ghostly Worlds of M.L. Bullock with *Haunting Paranormal*-A Collection That Will Keep You Up at Night Immerse yourself in the spine-chilling atmospheres and gothic allure of M.L. Bullock's most beloved first-in-series novels. If you're captivated by ghostly mysteries and the haunting echoes...

A collection of five short stories from Ryan Hoyt featuring: Ditch of the DamnedA pit in the middle of the American frontier beckons weary pioneers... Just don't stare into its depths.Senior ClassFor 75 years, the members of a graduating class have met brutal fates....

Author: Danel OlsonISBN-10: 3031170180ISBN-13: 9783031170188Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2024Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.72d

England, 1888. John Edgeland is the heir to an industrial empire, devastated by the loss of his wife and unwilling to face his new responsibilities. Fleeing to an isolated hydropathic hotel in the wilds of Yorkshire, he is subjected to bizarre water treatments and...

Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of...

The novel Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character. The novel is set somewhere in the north of England, during the reign of George III (1760-1820), and goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally...

A disillusioned millennial and a fragile young actress uncover the secrets of a decaying Hollywood mansion--a manifestation of the anxieties, obsessions, and fears of our digital era--in this wickedly entertaining novel about the eerie ways the internet haunts us, from the acclaimed author of...

THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION! For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom--but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking. Elspeth needs a...

From Daphne du Maurier, "a writer of fearless originality" (The Guardian), comes a collection of her thirteen most mesmerizing tales--including iconic stories such as "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now"--with an introduction by Stephen King. Daphne du Maurier is best known for Rebecca, "one...

AWARD-WINNING AUSTRALIAN FICTIONEven the heaviest secrets can float to the surface.There's something sinister lurking in the waves...It's 1921 in Widow's Peak, a gloomy fishing village on the south coast of New South Wales. Nineteen-year-old Missy Green fills her days helping her fisherman father on...

""Girls with Long Shadows is a brilliant, engrossing portrait of three sisters and the bonds of love and betrayal . . . . Hill is a gifted talent and I look forward to more.""--Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Life After Life""Girls...

Something isn't quite right in Waylingbrooke, New Hampshire. Something that Dr. Patrick Denny discovers soon after moving to this seemingly quaint New England town. Having abandoned his successful career as a horror novelist to return to his former profession of psychiatry, the doctor has...

In this vivid, brilliantly realized new mystery, a bestselling author entrusts an old friend with finishing his final novel, but when he arrives at the remote Scottish island to hear the final wishes, the writer is found murdered and the manuscript has vanished ....

UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF SELF-TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ANCIENT ALCHEMICAL WISDOM.What if your emotions held the key to your inner peace? Can changing your thoughts transform your reality? Are your relationships a mirror of your true self? If these questions resonate, this book is your guide...

These stories and poems come from the mind of Edgar Allan Poe--one of the earliest masters of macabre literature. From the mysterious to the macabre, the works of Edgar Allan Poe have the power to evoke readers' deepest emotions. Poe's stories and poems explore...

Mexican Gothic meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in Christina Li's haunting novel about the secrets that lie in wait in the crumbling mansion of a former Hollywood starlet, and the intertwined fates of the two Chinese American families fighting to inherit it.They...

"An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan's Labyrinth upon strange foundations. You're never really safe here, with Midnight Rooms wondrously defying expectation and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for peeking around,...

"Memory's haunt conjures the most arrant of ghosts..." Python is a drifter, a vampire living his eternal life on the road and liking it that way. Beholden to nothing and certainly to no one. But such a lifestyle doesn't come without creating enemies. Most...