Gothic Supernatural

Teacher Morgan Peers has gone from living a tough life to becoming an heiress nearly overnight. When she inherits Woodmere Manor in the Hudson Valley in New York from her estranged father, she makes big plans for the future, but the past still holds sway over the fog shrouded mansion. Morgan begins to question her sanity when she sees a ghost and learns about the tortured history of the house, and its five tower rooms.

Before the whispers in the walls and the shadows in the trees, Alexandria Harvey-Santorini thought she was just a normal kid... well, sort of. For twelve years, Alex has lived tucked away in Catnip Cottage, a rose-covered little house on the edge of Bridgetown, with the well-meaning—but delightfully odd—Barnaby's. Martha brews mysterious teas that seem to know what you need before you do, and Olly chats to his plants as if they’re part of the family (they just might be). The cottage is cozy and full of love, but it’s never felt quite like home. Orphaned under strange circumstances ...

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.

Oh, to be a Beloved - one of those lucky people for whom nothing ever goes wrong. Everything falls into their laps without effort: happiness, beauty, good fortune, allure. Betty Stash is not a Beloved - but her little sister, the delightful Gloria, is. She's the one with the golden curls and sunny disposition and captivating smile, the one whose best friend used to be Betty's, the one whose husband should have been Betty's. Then, to everyone's surprise, Gloria inherits the family mansion. Losing what Betty considers her rightful inheritance is the final indignity.

There is much that heavily pregnant Grace still doesn't know about her new husband King's background. So, when word comes that King's father is dying, Grace is eager to accompany him to his childhood home, Blackwater, located in a remote part of Tasmania. Things go badly from the start. The house is in terrible repair, King's dying father yells at Grace to leave and King's twin sister, Ruth, seems disturbed by Grace's presence. After his father's death, King convinces Grace they must stay and help Ruth settle the estate, but as time stretches on he grows strange and distant.

A Cambridge historian, Elizabeth Vogelsang, is found drowned, clutching a glass prism in her hand. The book she was writing about Isaac Newton’s involvement with alchemy–the culmination of her lifelong obsession with the seventeenth century–remains unfinished....

This is volume 3 in The Madame Timbu Adventures Series. An ancient jewel with an evil past- and a horrible secret- threatens a small southern community. In this stirring sequel to The Madames of Pinkerport, renowned occultist Madame Timbu comes face to face with malevolent forces that lead her to the Scottish home of deceased magician Aleister Crowley. The dead know secrets, as do two old Southern families. Our Daring Diva of the Divine comes face to face with ancient adversaries in this latest Madame Timbu adventure.

Due to an unfortunate series of events, a teenage girl named Carmilla is left in the care of a wealthy widower and his daughter, Laura. Laura, upon meeting the poor girl, comes to realize that she knows her face. Years prior when she was but a child, Laura was haunted by a presence in her room with the likeness of the young girl. Convinced it was just a nightmare, Laura and Carmilla become fast friends. But as Carmilla's stay continues, strange things begin to happen to the townspeople nearby.

Sir Malcom Bishop, a popular author of horror mysteries, hasn’t had a best-seller in years. His contract will not be renewed unless his next book is a huge hit. A mysterious stranger compels him to accept a blank book with the promise of success if he uses it to pen his new manuscript. But when the terror he writes begins manifesting around him, Sir Malcom realizes there is only one way to end it. Against the backdrop of World War II, an unsuspecting Madame Timbu becomes one of many victims in this tale of terror and the supernatural.

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 is 1889 and The Scottish Play is coming home. But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage terror treads the boards. A grisly message found smeared across the cobbles in blood, foretelling someone's demise. As the bloody prophecies continue to appear Edinburgh's own beloved pair - Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray and Inspector Ian Frey - enter the scene.

Dorian Gray, giovane e bellissimo dandy della società londinese del diciannovesimo secolo, plagiato e iniziato dall'amico esteta Lord Henry, esprime, contemplando un proprio ritratto, il desiderio di poter rimanere sempre giovane e bello. Per un terribile sortilegio è il dipinto a portare i segni dell'età che avanza e della decadenza umana e morale ...

TRUE LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES In 1883 England, Amelia and Wilbert seek a fresh start, but the shadows of their past loom large. Yearning for the father she never knew, Amelia finds herself unexpectedly reunited with her deceased mother, Emily. Together, they embark on a haunting quest to free Josiah, trapped in a fog-laden limbo, tormented by the memories of a life cut short and the family he lost. As they navigate the treacherous realms between life and death, time becomes their greatest adversary. In this gripping tale of love, loss, and the desperate search for redemption, a miracle must...

Something smells like death. And this house was never meant to be a home. My husband just built us a beautiful new house. I should be the happiest woman alive. But from the moment I step inside, something feels off. Like someone’s watching me. Like something’s watching me. As the crew drains the swamp and disturbs the old cemetery, the house seems to… shift. Breathe. And my husband? He’s not the man I married. Not anymore. When I start turning to one of the workers—Zeke, the kindest man I’ve ever known—I know I’m crossing a line. But the real danger isn’t love. It’s the ...

My name is Tierney King, and before you commit yourself to my ramblings, please note that I am far from evil. Though I am a vampire, and have been for quite some time. However, myself and others like me are not the creatures of nightmares as portrayed in the ancient folklore. There are quite a number of us stalking the streets of Boston—holding normal jobs and leading regular lives. There is a greater force at play than us, snatching immortals from the streets, and now it has become personal. They took my life mate, Soren Crowe from me, and I will stop at nothing to find him.

Shirley Dobbins wants nothing more than to live a quiet life and become a head housekeeper at a prestigious house. So when she is invited to come work for the mysterious baronet Sir Joseph Hunting at his estate, she thinks it is the chance of a lifetime. However, from the moment she arrives, things are not what they seem. As she becomes wrapped up in more of the baronet's radical science, she realizes something dark and otherworldly is loose within the estate. And if left unchecked, it'll claim the lives of all she holds dear.

In the still of the night, where the veil between worlds is thinnest, an overgrown graveyard whispers secrets of the dead. Here, under the ghostly gaze of an ancient observatory, Hank faces the darkest temptation of his life: to breach the sacred laws of nature. Reeling from the loss of his beloved wife, Hank is consumed by a singular obsession—to bring her back from the realm of the dead. His heart, shattered by grief, leads him down a path shrouded in black magic and forbidden rites. The townsfolk have long feared the cemetery’s ominous presence, whispering of unspeakable horrors that...

Serenity has just completed her second year at UPenn, the day after coming home to Rochester on summer break. She learns her brother, Kendrick, has fallen into deep depression and lost his gifted abilities. Days later, Serenity and Kendrick visit the Grand Coven, the authority over all witches. However, the Beta Coven is trying to take over their power AND believe they’re above ALL coven law. One member almost kills Serenity, but she survives only to be betrayed. She finds herself desperate and torn between her first love, Nathan, and the handsome and powerful immortal warlock, Thomas. ...

It’s 1985 and the Satanic panic has set in. Alice Ayre keeps seeing things, little girls who disappeared years before, characters from 1980s TV shows. Sometimes the visions talk to her. Sometimes they tell her things. An outcast, everyone in her small Southern town thinks she and her mother are witches. Judge Hand, a figure both feared and revered, returns to the town. He’s there to rid the town of its Satanic underground. He means to finish something he started years before. He’s there to burn all the witches. Alice must save herself but what if she's the thing she's most afraid of?

Isabella Lawrence is a photographer in modern day London. Her specialty is photographing old buildings prior to their restoration. One night she goes on a shoot in a derelict theatre. As she takes her shots in the auditorium, she suddenly realises someone else, someone unknown, is in the building with her. Panicking, she runs out onto the stage--and the rotted boards crumble beneath her feet, hurling her down, down, down... into the past into the body of of a jobbing Victorian actress called Arabella Lorne. Arabella is asked to marry the mysterious brooding landowner, Sir Augustus Stannion-...