English Gothic

After thirty-four years in the same weatherworn farmhouse on Dagger Lane, Tommy Hearst thought he knew every creak and whisper the old place could conjure. But when he uncovers a rotting corpse sealed behind wallpaper and hears his dead mother's voice carved into mirrors, he realizes the house isn't haunted—it's alive. As the walls breathe and whisper secrets long buried, Tommy is pulled into a horrifying family legacy—one bound in blood, sealed with silence, and broken by his very birth. Something ancient stirs beneath the floorboards. Something that has been waiting. Watching. ...

In a world cloaked in shadows, a boy’s ambition sparks a transformation that will reshape destiny. Abandoned by his village and consumed by his thirst for power, twelve-year-old Vecna stumbles upon an ancient parchment etched with forbidden secrets. The artifact leads him to a treacherous journey through cryptic trials, cursed relics, and an unyielding darkness that offers whispers of unimaginable power. As Vecna faces the echoes of his past and the shadows of his future, he must choose: succumb to the darkness or wield it to forge a destiny unlike any the world has ever seen. With every ...

"Do you know what day it is?" Kara asked him. "It's October 1st. The first day of Loctober, my love!" Kara and Neil always had a non-traditional relationship. She was a large, gothically-styled tattoo artist; he was a mild-mannered investment broker. They couldn't be more different on the outside. Neil worshipped his vampiric wife and did whatever he could to make sure she was happy. Always happy to try something new in the bedroom when she suggested it, Neil suddenly found himself partaking in the chastity event known as Loctober. Thirty-one days is a long time to go without the touch of ...

A Victorian-era vampire romance that will sweep you off your feet. London 1860 Miss Amelia Darlington was once happy, but that was a long time ago. After her father, Lord Darlington, leaves her destitute, Amelia is forced to fend for herself and seek employment as a servant. After being rescued from the lecherous hands of her new employer, Amelia is surprised to find that her savior, Lord Blackwell, wishes her to re-enter society and find a husband of her own. He has nothing but kind consideration for her, but Amelia cannot accept his kindness without wondering what he truly wants from her....

My "true love" conspired with my stepmother to have me killed and stole my throne. But they failed. I've been in hiding and refining my vengeance. I'm no longer the damsel they mistook me for once upon a time. I'm coming for them. And my kingdom, too. Who needs dwarves when you have wolves? Who needs blades when you have arrows? My name used to be Snow. Now they call me the Winter's Arrow. Because I'm here to destroy them all.

A forgotten throne, a shadow-marked thief, and the loyal soldier sworn to kill her. Isolde has spent her life in the undercity, stealing relics of a magic she was never meant to touch. But when a cursed blade bonds to her blood, she awakens a power the Crown thought long dead—and a prophecy they buried with it. Darian is the king’s most trusted enforcer, forged to uphold the realm’s fragile order. When whispers of shadowborn magic reach the capital, he’s sent to eliminate the threat. But the moment he touches Isolde, a soulbond ignites between them—one that ties their powers, and ...

My husband. My villain. We started with death and blood. We started with games and carnal pleasure. Adrian and I shouldn’t have been together. He’s wrong. I’m wrong. What we have is the epitome of disaster. Yet, it’s impossible to stop. My husband will either destroy me or I’ll destroy him.

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.

The Vampires are Running the Asylum! Wormwood Asylum, a private mental hospital located in Southwest Virginia, specializes in treating adolescent psychoses, including Renfield’s Syndrome, an obsession with drinking blood. But when a young man is committed to Wormwood because he believes he’s a vampire, it turns out he wasn’t lying, and soon rapacious revenants are running rampant through the rural mountain community. To fight the blatant bloodsuckers, the local sheriff teams up with a candy striper and her moonshiner grandpa, who just happens to have an arsenal of war-grade weapons ...

Anne is barely keeping it together. A frazzled ghostwriter and aspiring novelist, she juggles nine-year-old twins and a listless marriage from an overcrowded Manhattan apartment, spreading herself thinner each day. Just as Anne is about to give up on her dreams, she lands her biggest client yet: Melody Wells. Melody paints a picture of serenity and empowerment in the lavender haze of her visualization workshops—however, the one thing she can’t manifest are the pages her publisher is demanding for her new motivational book. Enter Anne.

Ever since her father was killed when she was just a child, Miranda Crabtree has kept her head down and her eyes up, ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet and to protect an old witch and a secret child from harm. But dark forces are at work in the bayou, both human and supernatural, conspiring to disrupt the rhythms of Miranda’s peculiar and precarious life.

Reformed party girl Meg Ashley leads a life of privilege, thanks to a bestselling horror novel her mother wrote decades ago. But Meg knows that the glow of their very public life hides a darker reality of lies, manipulation, and the heartbreak of her own solitary childhood. Desperate to break free of her mother, Meg accepts a proposal to write a scandalous, tell-all memoir.

On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods…never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise—even when it shatters lifelong friendships. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren’t alone. Someone is watching.

The story begins with an investigation into some strange reports of an "opera ghost", legendary for making the great Paris opera performers ill-at-ease when they sit alone in their dressing rooms. Some allege to have seen the ghost in evening clothes moving about in the shadows. Nothing is done, however, until the disappearance of Christine during her triumphant performance.

“A fast-paced and spooky gothic read!” “A great start to a series!” When a malicious spirit made flesh attacks seventeen-year-old Hannah Gares, she discovers that the Ghosts of Dark Hollow are more than just legends. The mystery deepens when a stranger arrives from Europe to reclaim his family's estate, and Hannah finds herself inexplicably drawn to the haunted Blackshire Manor and its eccentric inhabitants, including Sebastian Cravens, the dashing and dangerous heir to the estate. As she digs into the workings of a centuries-old mystery, Hannah will learn about the origins of these...

Love is a prophecy. Lust is a weapon. And fate always collects. In the cursed Carpathian village of Umbravalle, where fog slithers through the bones of ancient spires and the woods whisper the names of the dead, an age-old blood feud rages between two monstrous clans: the vampiric Nocturne and the savage Lupar werewolves. Vespera is a Nocturne daughter, carved in ice and flame, bound by duty to a tyrannical sire and promised in a political marriage she never chose. Kael is a Lupar exile, marked by silver scars and rebellion, his soul already half-ruined by grief and rage. When their eyes ...

Heaven Leigh Casteel may be the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, but her cruel father and weary stepmother work her like a mule. For the sake of her brother Tom and the other little ones, Heaven clings to the hope that someday she can show the world they are worthy of love and respect. But when the children’s stepmother can’t take it anymore and abandons the family, Heaven’s father hatches a scheme that will alter her young life forever. Being sold to a strange couple is just the beginning....

Twenty five years has passed since the battle took place upon the hill of the Nike Site in Topsfield, Ma. The desolate northern town has since laid to rest the demons that once surrounded the crisp air of a stormy evening. The wickedness of an unforgiving evil prays upon a stranger within the silent community. Prepare for a forgotten past to slowly collide with the unwilling present as the depths of hell begin to emerge. This beautiful town in New England will become the destination for familiar eyes without a face of regret. Welcome to the paradox between heaven and hell as the fate of ...

Imagine believing you are a vampire, and not just because of some whimsical fantasy. No, imagine you were born with two unusually long incisors, and you crave blood...human blood. But unlike some pasty cold immortal bearing these same characteristics, the warm plasma that gives life to all humankind, pumps furiously through your own veins, too. Welcome to the world of Aaron Parker, affectionately known to friends as "Fang." Some might envy such a unique affliction from afar. But the craving for the blood of others comes with a prohibitive price… A young man whose life has spun out of ...

Life as a discount con-man-for-hire isn't the romantic adventure Mason Fox imagined when he left the foster system. He's spent the past decade running between low-rate hotels and high-risk jobs, always fighting to stay one step ahead of the FBI and one dollar above the gutter. His business partner and sometimes-lover, Calvin Creed, has graduated from controlling to mean, and the life that Mason had thought would bring him freedom has started to feel like a trap. When Mason is left alone in the small tourist town of Monet, Alabama to find his own lodgings, he books a stay at the darkly ...