Gothic Supernatural

The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in South Wales, with its crumbling castles and ancient myths, seems the perfect distraction from the nightmares that have plagued literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw since the loss of her baby five years ago. Instead she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose - and she's running out of time.

Samsee Secretsby Harper Stanwick, Sr. is a mystery novel set in central Florida during the early 20th century. Ned Mackey, a naturalist and zoologist, embarks on a summer assignment to collect specimens in the dense, shadowy forests and meandering rivers of the Samsee River valley. His quiet life takes a dramatic turn when he encounters Edith DeCoster, the spirited niece of the wealthy Carl DeCoster, owner of the grand Swampy Krags estate. As Ned is drawn into the DeCoster family's enigmatic world, he learns of an old legend about a sunken treasure guarded by a monstrous sea creature. The ...

A ruthless nobleman plots to trap the woman of his wanton desires... His ingenious scheme is foolproof, fiendish in its execution... But there's more to this victim than he could ever have imagined No female dares spurn the lecherous advances of Sir Henry Cruttendon, 17th Century England’s most reviled aristocrat. To do so risks a retribution that would terrify the Devil himself. But Elizabeth Fiennes is no ordinary woman, blessed with stunning beauty, intelligence and guile. Coming from an influential family, she believes she is safe. What she doesn’t understand is that the Earl is ...

In the shadows of an aging apartment building, Mia’s life is unraveling. When Mia meets the enigmatic Sylvie, she’s drawn into a world of inspiration, admiration, and dangerous obsession. As their friendship deepens, Mia begins to lose herself in Sylvie’s influence, her mind twisting under the weight of Sylvie’s manipulations. Hallucinations blur the line between reality and nightmare, leaving Mia questioning her own sanity. But when Mia uncovers Sylvie’s dark secrets—and the chilling fate of those who came before her—she realizes that escaping Sylvie’s grasp might come at ...

The Antique's Roadshow if Stephen King were the host... When art appraiser Anita Cassatt is sent to catalogue the haunting collection of reclusive artist Leo Kubin, it’s not just the eerie silence of the secluded house that unnerves her—it’s the hundreds of lifelike portraits watching her every move. Unbeknownst to Anita, Kubin left behind strict instructions for handling his art, rules designed to protect those who dare to enter his domain. As Anita and her team begin their work, they unknowingly awaken the dark secrets embedded in the house, secrets that don't want to remain hidden....

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a 'bloodmaid'. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery.

In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun. Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house, and never commented publicly on the case. 40 years later, Shea Collins is a receptionist by day, and a true crime blogger by night. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To her surprise, Beth says yes. But when they meet in Beth's mansion, Shea immediately senses something isn't right.

When well-to-do Hester learns of her sister Mercy's death at a Nottinghamshire workhouse, she travels to Southwell to find out how her sister ended up at such a place. Haunted by her sister's ghost, Hester sets out to uncover the truth, when the official story reported by the workhouse master proves to be untrue. Mercy was pregnant—both she and the baby are said to be dead of cholera, but the workhouse hasn't had an outbreak for years. Hester discovers a strange trend in the workhouse of children going missing.

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. Repairs are violently undone, half-seen figures begin stalking Sibilla through the grounds, and haunting echoes of the previous owners’ lives infiltrate the present. As the disturbances grow more vicious and her husband more secretive, she realizes that she and her child are in danger.

The Teen Monster Hunters are back! - The scary mountain retreat of an eccentric millionaire. - A mysterious coffin in the basement. - A dead dog with vampire bite marks! The Teen Monster Hunters are on the case. While investigating threats, attacks, and suspicious estate inhabitants, Sally, Ryan, and Moe will need all their supernatural expertise to trap the beast and catch the mastermind. Will they solve the mystery before they run dry?

Those in line to the Malenfer estate are succumbing to terrible ends - is a supernatural legacy at work, or something entirely more human? Young Irish mercenary Dermot Ward retreats to Paris at the close of World War I where he drinks to forget his experiences, especially the death of his comrade, Arthur Malenfer. But Arthur has not forgotten Dermot.

Young Cathy Barlow and her brothers lost their parents many years before. The Barlow family lives on a sprawling country estate known simply as Barlow. There are two historic Victorian homes on the Barlow property, the Big House and the Small House. The oldest Barlow brother rents the Small House to a famous writer and his socialite sister. The famous writer seems interested in Cathy. He says he’s moved to Barlow to take care of his recently widowed sister. The writer and his sister grow closer to the Barlows, too close. Why have they come to this small Southern town, so far away from the...

The grieving widower. The motherless daughters. A beautiful house in the woods. Deep in a remote Norwegian forest, Lexi has found a new home with architect Tom and his two young daughters. With snow underfoot and the sound of the nearby fjord in her ears, it’s as if Lexi has stepped into a fairy tale. But this family has a history – and this place has a past. Something was destroyed to build their beautiful new house. And those ancient, whispering woods have a long memory. Lexi begins to hear things, see things that don’t make sense.

“A fast-paced, complex tale of good and evil featuring a protagonist who has morally unconventional motivations….An ambitious and moody supernatural thriller.” – Kirkus Reviews An orphaned witch. A high school clique. An ancient spell linked to the Devil. Travis believes he is superior to other witches in the coven because his magic doesn’t kill. To replenish depleted power, he feeds on human fear alone. The horrors he conjures are wiped from victims’ memories, so what’s the harm? A trio of teens leaving for college finds itself under attack as Travis comes to discover the ...

Everything seems normal in Winslow, Washington, as the tourists arrive for summer fun-the carnival in Prospect Park, the ghost-town tour-and the locals retreat to Ruby Creek to cool off. The only thing that's unusual is the death of Pard Holloway's cattle after a brief, strange illness.

It's Christmas time and Sam finds herself reflecting on some of the adventures she’s had over the recent years. Some are uplifting and remind her there is an abundance of goodness still left in the world, while others are sad memories of the horrors she’s been witness to. Still, she remains grateful for the outcomes of all these things and most of all for how they have shaped her life and the lives of those around her. As she revels in her memories, an unexpected visitor turns out to be Moon Investigations’ newest client. Sam accepts it, thinking she may be dealing with an everyday, ...

In the shadowed halls of Armcox Estate, secrets whisper, desires ignite, and danger lurks in every forbidden page. When Rebecca Wheat arrives at the enigmatic Armcox Estate, she seeks refuge from her shattered past. But within its shadowed halls, she finds more than she bargained for—a seductive world of forbidden knowledge, dangerous desires, and ancient powers that blur the lines between pleasure and peril. As Rebecca delves deeper into the estate’s mysteries, she must confront the tantalizing pull of Lord Buchanan, the bitter jealousy of Maria, and the secrets bound in a cursed book ...

1980s Appalachia. Sheila knows she needs to keep her appetites in check. Isolated and struggling in ramshackle poverty, her desires—for food, for escape, for the perfect girls in the pages of her pilfered magazines—are about the only things she can control. But with every passing day, life with her exhausted mother and her half-feral younger sister Angie feels more like a rope tightening around her neck. When a pair of hikers are brutally murdered on the trail, Sheila and Angie find themselves drawn inexorably into the hunt for the killer.

An angel falls, A phoenix rises. The words “I’ve been through Hell” are usually just a figure of speech. For Phenex, they’re all too literal. As the devil’s right hand, he spent eons in the Pit, but when a witch with a vendetta against all angels - Fallen or otherwise - snares him Phenex learns that Hell is very different from the other side. Time flows more quickly in the underworld, and too many years of torment in darkness and silence have turned Phenex into something unrecognizable. Something broken. Luckily for him, he has an angel on his side. Caila. The only bright spot in ...

John Grissom's enhanced vampiric hearing leads him to investigate the oldest and most powerful order of vampires in England. His investigation takes him from London to Brighton and back again, from a vampire proof dungeon to a glittering masked assembly.