Gothic English Mystery

Clara Penrose was not looking forward to her society debut, but she never imagined it would be interrupted by murder. The murdered man is a pushy suitor who wouldn’t take no for an answer and suspicion quickly falls on Clara. The man’s father, an influential member of high society, holds Clara responsible and is pushing for a fast resolution. As the clues pointing to the culprit being intimate with the Penrose Household pile up, Clara can almost feel the noose tightening around her neck. Unable to trust the police, she turns to her best friend and neighbour, Roland Fisher. The two ...

After the birth of their daughter, Rebecca Hope-Patko and her husband Lord Justyn return to their home state of New Jersey to open their dinner theater. For their first season, Justyn tries his hand at directing while Rebecca stars in their small stage adaption of Ghost Bride. Rebecca has also embraced a second role—taking a stand against domestic violence by joining the Underground Railroad, a covert organization that shuttles battered women to safety. At first, both operations run smoothly, but before long it’s clear the secret agents’ identities have been compromised. Rebecca is ...

I can’t remember anything since the accident, but a stranger with dark eyes haunts my dreams. Can he reach me in time? I was recruited for a top-secret mission, and I was at the top of my game. Dex Rousseau, my instructor and handler, liked me the most out of all the recruits. He had captivating ways of making that very clear. My only regret was leaving him behind, but we had known our affair was going to end the day my placement began. My mission was simple: I was supposed to live in Germany until I was activated. That all changed when my memories were erased. Racing against a threat ...

Life is the end, and death is just the beginning… When a mysterious stranger enters Deb Dawson’s psychic shop, her tarot cards uncover a frightening history of murder and mayhem that sends the stranger fleeing in panic. Even worse, her cards reveal that she’s become the newest target of a mysterious organization that has operated in secret for decades. Madeline Hall is a witch testing the limits of her necromancer capabilities. She wanders the “afterworld,” the barren landscape between the realms of the living and dead. On her voyage, she discovers a bizarre structure housing a ...

Nocturne Academy stands as a beacon of knowledge, its ancient spires piercing the mist that shrouds its isolated island. But beneath the hallowed halls and gothic architecture lies a darkness that has waited centuries to awaken. When Elara Grey arrives at Nocturne Academy, she hopes to escape her troubled past and find solace in her studies. But the academy has other plans. Drawn into a secret society known as the Midnight Scholars, Elara and her friends uncover a chilling truth: an ancient evil lurks within the academy’s shadows, feeding on fear and despair. As the Midnight Scholars ...

A dragon shifter. A 700-year-old romance. An international heist. And Arabella is in the middle of it all. Arabella is wanted for a heist that she didn’t commit. When she is unexpectedly turned in to the authorities, all hope seems lost. When Titus comes face-to-face with an internationally wanted criminal, he recognizes her as his lover that died hundreds of years ago. It’s now a race against time to clear Arabella’s name so he can be reunited with his one true love. If you love dragon shifter romances, bad boys, and alphas who know how to take charge, then you will love Dragon Fate!...

Mystery of Bloodsworth Manor is a must read for fans of Gothic suspense and paranormal fiction. Nothing is as it seems. 16-year-old Claire McKenna and her sister, Lauren, have been stuck in a group foster home for teens for nine miserable months. When a prominent family in Gallows Point, MA requests guardianship, it gives Claire hope that her life will be semi-normal again. Those hopes are shattered soon after arriving to Bloodsworth Manor when her sister disappears. Evidence suggests Lauren ran away, but when Claire learns of a similar disappearance that occurred in the town five years ...

When Maddy Wight is hired to ghostwrite the memoir of world-renowned cosmetic surgeon Dr. Angela Reynolds, she thinks it might just be her chance to get her career back on track. She travels to Angela’s remote estate in the Scottish Highlands to hunker down and learn everything she can. But the deeper she digs, the more elusive the doctor becomes. Is there more hidden beneath the surface of the kaleidoscopic beauty industry than Angela wants to reveal? Sharing the estate is Angela’s business partner, Scott, whose mercurial moods change as quickly as the conditions on the darkening moors.

All Things Seen and Unseen follows Alex Nguyen, an isolated, chronically ill university student in her early 20s. After a suicide attempt and subsequent lengthy hospitalization, she finds herself without a job, kicked out of campus housing, unable to afford school, and still struggling in the aftermath of a relationship’s dissolution. Hope comes in the form of a rich high school friend who offers Alex a job housesitting at her family’s empty summer mansion on a gulf island.

In the dying days of 1850, the young detective Charles Maddox takes on a new case. His client? The only surviving son of the long-dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein. Charles soon finds himself being drawn into the bitter battle being waged over the poet's literary legacy. When a chance discovery raises doubts about the death of Shelley's first wife, Harriet, he starts to question whether she did kill herself—or whether what really happened was far more sinister…

Tourniquet Lane and its cottage enter the thoughts of cousins, Henry and Lucy. Through a series of letters, Henry gets around to asking Lucy if she could come to his estate for a visit. He's been ill of late and suggests the company might do him good. Besides, it will give them the opportunity to learn more regarding the mysterious cottage and what occurred there when they were children. A Retrospective Trip down Tourniquet Lane is an astounding supernatural story from award-winning author, Robert E. Kearns

Larkspur and his trusty sidekick, Fontainebleau, are in pursuit of the crystal ring stolen by someone other than his alluring nemesis, Count Zoltan Apponyi. Earthly matters take precedent when Larkspur’s step-niece, Lucinda, runs off after the darkly handsome Quentin Thomas. To his dismay, Larkspur has discovered that Zoltan, a vampire and defunct wizard, is using Quentin Thomas as a ruse to ensnare him and regain the magical ring. Events turn ugly when Zoltan seeks revenge turning Larkspur’s sisters into jackasses! This turns out to be fortuitous. His sisters pull the wagon carrying ...

The Ripper Lives: Secrets and Lies (3/10) A killer in the shadows. A city built on deception. A detective who trusts no one. London is a city of secrets—some buried in filth, others hidden behind wealth and power. Inspector Frederick Abberline has spent months chasing a ghost, a murderer whose reign of terror should have ended. But as another woman turns up dead, it’s clear the Ripper is not finished. Abberline and Assistant Chief Constable Melville Macnaghten follow the trail to an opulent mansion in Mayfair, where the rich and powerful play their own dangerous games. Their so-called ...

The Ripper Lives: To Catch a Killer (1/10) A city haunted by fear. A case buried in secrecy. A detective who refuses to let the past die. In the gaslit streets of Whitechapel, terror still lingers. Months have passed since the brutal murders that gripped London, yet the killer remains a phantom—unseen, unnamed, unstoppable. As whispers of conspiracy spread and trust in Scotland Yard crumbles, Inspector Frederick Abberline is left with more questions than answers. When the government issues a chilling directive—close the case publicly, but continue the hunt in absolute secrecy—...

The Ripper Lives: Into the Black (4/10) A hidden truth. A dangerous conspiracy. A detective who refuses to surrender to the dark. The hunt for Jack the Ripper is far from over. As London reels from fear and suspicion, Inspector Frederick Abberline uncovers a chilling lead—a witness long thought lost to madness. His testimony threatens to unravel everything, exposing secrets that powerful men will kill to keep buried. From the gaslit corridors of wealth to the shadowed alleys of Whitechapel, Abberline follows a deadly trail of deception. But the deeper he goes, the more the darkness ...

When you ride with the devil, the shadow of death isn't the only danger... Killdaren, Book 2 Years of shielding herself amid historical artifacts has lulled Andromeda into thinking her mind-reading ability is merely a nuisance. Until her sister Cassie's marriage brings her out among people again. The renewed contact is excruciating...and so are her wildly improper thoughts about her brother-in-law's emerald-eyed twin, Lord Alexander Killdaren, Viscount Blackmoor. Andrie has resolved to live as a hermit, but not before she sees to Cassie's happiness by clearing the suspicion hanging over the...

As her wedding to Lord Darkefell approaches, Lady Anne is summoned by a local girls' school to help them with a young student troubled by ghostly apparitions. She's quick to respond, and quick to discover the trickery behind the so-called ghosts. But despite her efforts to demonstrate to the student that she's been the victim of a cruel hoax, the young woman apparently jumps to her death the very next night. Stunned and saddened by the turn of events, Lady Anne soon realizes that what she thought was a prank was a dark precursor to foul play.

Where Death leads, I follow. Nothing will stop me from my duty—not even the darkness that claims me. It’s the music that leads me from the dark, returning me to my brethren and a new foe that has risen. Learning who hunts Thea could be the key to unraveling what we need to know to defeat our enemy. The Half-Fae’s music stirs a passion within me that I’ve never known. For her, I will break my vow of silence. For her…I will risk everything.

Dusty Scrolls For Lusty Souls By Evelyn Dreems Book Six of the College of Carnal Conjuring series After surviving life-and-death struggles, Aliandra Crowsummons and her companions return to Caarjys College of Conjuration, only to find their once-thrilling studies have become mind-numbingly dull. Craving excitement, Aliandra and Jenny—now joined by the clever Simon and the daring Amelia—turn their attention to whispers of forbidden treasures: ancient, concealed scrolls said to unlock pleasures and powers no sorcerer could resist. When they finally unearth the mysterious texts, the group ...

Step into the haunted heart of the South with The Rose Falls Trilogy, where love, betrayal, and the supernatural intertwine in an unforgettable saga of vengeance and redemption. Helene Wyndham's love for her cousin Paul blinds her to his sinister ambitions. As the Wyndham family fortune hangs in the balance, Paul's greed leads to murder, and Helene's fate is sealed in silence. Generations later, Sasha Berry Wyndham inherits the enigmatic Rose Falls estate, unaware of the dark history it holds. With her boyfriend Adam by her side, they uncover the estate's secrets, only to awaken the ...