English Gothic

A famous house on the eastern seaboard, Oaklyn Castle has become even more notorious now a celebrity power couple calls it home. With a burgeoning family, Arabella Jaqus and Boyd Palmer have decided to raise their natural and adopted children in Palladian surrounds far from the furor of filmmaking. When Jaison Winters is summoned to the mansion, he views it as the job of a lifetime: a chance to redeem his flailing writing career by penning an accurate, in-depth biography of Arabella’s dynasty – a firsthand glimpse into a private world previously off-limits until now. But what Jaison ...

Rachel knows she can do so much more – she can be an effective Protector, but she’ll have to overcome the prejudice on the council to be the first woman shifter to join the elite group. Proving her worth will be no easy task. Antonio takes three things in life seriously. His position on the Protector team, loyalty to his shifter family, and avoiding distractions. Oh, and Rachel. They’re best friends and there’s no way he’d ever sacrifice their friendship for anything. And Rachel is a loose cannon. Sure she’s the strongest woman he’s ever known, but that doesn’t give her the ...

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father—the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unlikely partnership. In exchange for help finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She's amazed she doesn't end up as his dinner…are there actually good vampires?

In the fog-laden streets of Whitechapel, something far deadlier than Jack the Ripper hunts the night… Scarlet Blackwood never believed in monsters—until the night she met one. When a savage attack leaves her teetering between death and something… other, she finds herself drawn into the dark world of Dorian Thorne, a brooding and enigmatic man with secrets as deadly as the city itself. London trembles beneath whispers of a ruthless killer, but the true danger lurks in the shadows far older than the city’s gaslit streets. At the heart of it all sits Ambrose Fairchild, a hunter whose ...

As the new dragon keeper in the hidden valley of Ormdale, Edith expects her first dragon mating season to involve venomous bites and amorous wyverns. She doesn't expect to find herself growing closer to an inconveniently appealing suitor next door, or to stumble upon a dragon poacher lurking in the outbuildings, or to uncover a family scandal in the Abbey.

Olympus is calling! The thirteenth installment of The Godhunter Series takes us through the Greek pantheon reaching ultimate highs and surprising depths. Ambrosia, the source of immortality for the Greek gods. It's creation is a secret, held only by Zeus himself, and he's held that secret over the heads of his fellow gods for years, giving ambrosia only to those who agree to serve him. Now the Godhunter has gotten wind of his monopoly on immortality and although she normally fights for humanity, this time she's going to make an exception and fight for the gods. But Zeus isn't the only storm...

Kat is searching for a release. A release from fears about her future and the shadows of her past that she just can't shake. A release from the husband she watched die. Finally, she thought she found it in BDSM. Until her long-term Dom tells her he is leaving the state, and the darkness begins to close in on her again. She doesn't know if her world is about to break all over again. When Kat posts a message for a new Dom on her local BDSM group website, Marcus is the first to respond. Afraid to get too attached and be destroyed a third time, Kat and Marcus agree to keep things platonic. ...

"The Outlander meets The Black Dagger Brotherhood in an unforgettable dark fantasy saga!" 🔥 From New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 Dark Fantasy bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett, comes a gripping post-apocalyptic tale of fate, forbidden love, and survival in a brutal world where criminal geneticists manipulate destiny for their own gain. What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wild, passionate, and eye-opening!" ~ byrdbrain ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Intriguing, thrilling, and impossible to put down!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Tamara Rose Blodgett has done it again!" 💔 A King Bound by Duty King Raymond ...

In this series of 20 poems illustrated by 20 digital art collages, the author and artist Tia Moon expresses her difficult journey through mental illness, depression, anxiety, panic attacks and chronic pains, such as migraines. How can people who live in darkness find their place in societies—especially Western societies—obsessed with concepts that deny their reality, such as the harmful “positive thinking” trend? With simple, straightforward words, Tia’s tone is crude and unapologetic, but she always speaks the truth. Individuals who live in darkness and pain possess an acute ...

On the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off the wildest coast of Scotland, a clan prepares to bring about the end of the world and its imminent rebirth. The Adder is coming and one of their number will inherit its powers. They all want the honor, but young Eve is willing to do anything for the distinction. A reckoning beyond Eve’s imagination begins when Chief Inspector Black arrives to investigate a brutal murder and their sacred ceremony goes terribly wrong. And soon all the secrets of Altnaharra will be uncovered.

When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman's daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her. Captivated and disconcerted by what she finds, and introduced to the joys of "Gothic novels" by her new friend, Isabella, Catherine longs for mystery and romance. When she is invited to stay with the beguiling Henry Tilney and his family at Northanger Abbey, she expects mystery and intrigue at every turn.

Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingénue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career to live out the rest of her life as a recluse. Now her remaining family members are gathered for the reading of her will, and her daughters expect to inherit their childhood home: Vivian’s grand, sprawling, Southern California garden estate. But due to a last-minute change to the will, the house is passed on to another family instead—one that has suddenly returned after decades of estrangement.

Nicola Claire's captivating new Gothic romance series introduces a dark and sinister early settler New Zealand at the end of the nineteenth century - brightened by a fearless and talented heroine and a loyal and secretive police inspector... Free spirit. Brilliant. A Liability? Doctor Anna Cassidy has been trained by the best; the former Chief Surgeon for the Auckland Police Force. She knows how to dissect a body. She knows how to treat any ailment. And she knows how to find a cause of death. But society is not ready for a female surgeon. Fighting for what she believes in has been ingrained...

She was only six when she walked out of the swamp after the LeBlanc School for Girls caught on fire. Sixteen years after the terrifying night that stole her memory, a child’s scream lures Ginny back into the woods…where a strong arm encircles her. The gun-wielding stranger is Paul Stanton, a cop-turned-P.I., who’s come to Johnson’s Bayou looking for answers of his own. Paul has spent almost two decades searching for his missing sister and now, this Southern beauty could be the key to his quest. But someone would rather see Ginny dead than have her memories resurface.

Christopher Dollanganger was 14 when he and his younger siblings - Cathy and the twins, Cory and Carrie - were locked away in the attic of Foxworth Hall, prisoners of their mother's greedy inheritance scheme. For three long years he kept hope alive for the sake of the others. But the shocking truth about how their ordeal affected him was always kept hidden - until now.

Vern - seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised - flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world. But even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes.

*Warning Contains Very Graphic language, sex scenes and adult content* They’ll do anything to love her… Castle Bax, Carpathian Mountains 1512 Jarrah and Archer Garibaldis make the journey to Castle Bax in an attempt to organise a betrothal between the eldest brother Jarrah, and their recently widowed and tortured queen, Anyana. But when Anyana sets her sights on the youngest brother instead, she unwittingly sets them all up for centuries of unrequited love, unbridled lust and absolute hatred all wrapped up in a Romani curse that they may never be able to escape from. 700 years later ...

For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience.

We are on opposite sides, but fate keeps bringing us together. My whole immortal life, I’ve taken care of myself. Who needs a mate when I’m a demon on top of her game? I couldn’t have foreseen the sexy and powerful Damon Wilder or the complications he brought into my life. He’s a bear with secrets as deep as mine, and he’s the heir to a power that I can only dream about. I know I need to stay away but fate won’t stop throwing us together. I want him more than I have ever wanted anything. And I’m done fighting against destiny. But what we don’t know can really hurt us both…...

They Never Left When disgraced journalist Rex Mallory returns to the small town of Whisper Ridge, he expects rust, rumors, and a few ghosts from his past. What he doesn’t expect is a missing woman, a mutilated corpse, and the burned remains of a notebook that points to decades of disappearances. As Mallory digs deeper, he uncovers chilling whispers of an abandoned asylum, a preacher with too many secrets, and a sheriff who doesn’t take kindly to questions. Every lead pulls him closer to a horrifying truth buried beneath the town’s sleepy surface—one the townspeople are willing to ...