Gothic Supernatural

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.

Some inherit houses. Morgan inherited a curse. When down-on-her-luck professor Morgan Blackwood learns she’s inherited a centuries-old mansion from a long-lost relative, she hopes it’s the miracle she needs to rebuild her life. But Blackwood Manor is more than an old estate—it’s the prison of an ancient entity bound to her bloodline. As Morgan uncovers journals, occult symbols, and long-buried secrets, she begins to realize her dreams aren’t just dreams—and the house doesn’t just remember the past. It 'is' the past. With a dark power awakening and the marks of a forbidden ...

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.

She’s a survivor being stalked by a crazed serial killer. He’s a reclusive billionaire with a tragic family secret. Ivy Anderson is tested to the limits of her training during an art conservation that is anything but typical. Assigned to work for reclusive businessman, Drake Colton, she finds his isolated gothic mansion full of priceless art both inspiring and terrifying. Twelve years ago, her innocence was shattered when she was abducted, raped and tortured. But Ivy’s a survivor: she’s spent years training her mind and her body to be a fighter. And she refuses to let the ghostly ...

Inspiration comes at a price, and some muses demand more than you can afford. When struggling writer Lucas Whitmore retreats to his crumbling seaside mansion, he’s desperate to revive his career and escape his creative block. But what he summons in his darkest hour isn’t inspiration—it’s Lilith, a succubus who promises boundless creativity at a sinister cost. As Lucas spirals deeper into her intoxicating web, his loyal maid, Mary, discovers the chilling truth about Lilith’s connection to Lucas’s cursed lineage. In a house where shadows breathe and desire blurs into danger, they ...

Das Booktok-Phänomen zum Hören – düster, atmosphärisch und spannend! Mit einem Abschluss in Kunstgeschichte und voller Ambitionen kommt die junge Ann nach New York, um dort bei The Cloisters, einer Außenstelle des ehrwürdigen Metropolitan Museum of Arts für Mittelalter- und Renaissancekunst, ein Praktikum zu absolvieren. Das einem gotischen Kloster nachempfundene Museum mit steinernen Kreuzgängen und einem üppigen botanischen Garten zieht sie sofort in seinen Bann.

What makes us monsters? A psychotic patient with two impossible claims. A leading forensic psychiatrist on the edge. It's not just Dr Dominick's career that's in danger.... As a forensic psychiatrist at New York's leading institution of its kind, Dr Lily Dominick has evaluated the mental states of some of the country's most dangerous psychotics. But the strangely compelling client she interviewed today - a man with no name, accused of the most twisted crime - struck her as somehow different from the others....

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?

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...

This is the first book in a series by Tim Simpson. The Victorian era new York city commissioner Theodore Roosevelt is sent in to reorganize the police department when as series of murders occurs, murders that appear to be done by an animal. However is not he only one looking for the killer, JP Morgan millionaire entrepreneur wants the legendary for his own personal gain. Along the way some of histories greatest minds and personalities get involved such as, Thomas Edison, Harry Houdini, Author Conan Doyle, and others.

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...

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.

Ophelia Hammett inherits her father’s historic home. She’s engaged to the love of her life, an aspiring writer. She has a fine old home and financial security. She wants to make new memories in her father’s house, to replace the ones from her childhood, the ones she can’t quite remember. There’s something about the house. Disturbing images (memories?) come to her unbidden. She can’t stop them. Something happened at Hammett House years before, something that could threaten Ophelia’s attempts at happiness, maybe even her life.

Desire awakens, darkness unfolds, and Jane Powlett's journey into forbidden passion will change her forever. In the fog-laden town of Stormtide, Massachusetts, Jane Powlett is a woman torn between societal expectations and a longing she can neither name nor resist. But on the eve of her awakening, she encounters forces that stir her deepest desires and darkest fears. As whispers of magic and corruption seep into her family home, Jane is drawn to Isla, her mysterious maid, and Marcus Vale, the enigmatic coachman who harbors secrets as deep as the shadows that plague the town. Guided by her ...

Just when Abby and her family think things are finally turning around, Delphine has the last laugh - literally. With enemies new and old coming out of the woodwork, it’s hard to know who’s friend or foe. Abby and Liz become trapped in a merry-go-round of illusions while Delphine becomes stronger. Abby, along with her family and friends, must find and secure the talisman before it’s too late.

In the shadows, forbidden desires ignite, and salvation becomes the ultimate temptation. Abigail Harper is no ordinary healer. In the quiet, judgmental village of Gracefall, she hides a dark secret: a demonic nature she battles to suppress. Haunted by forbidden dreams and the sins of her past, Abigail longs for redemption—but her power whispers promises of liberation, seduction, and destruction. When Jonas Ward, a devout farmer, confesses to visions of Abigail in his dreams, and Pastor Preston grows suspicious of her presence, the fragile walls of her humanity begin to crumble. As desire,...

Award winner! Winner of the Indiana Golden Opportunity contest. Jade Smith's supernaturally fast ability to heal has made her a freak. After years of fearful reactions from others, she stays hidden in the shadows of life. The one thing that keeps her sane is her writing--and her wonderful Demetrius, an imaginary character she created in her online stories. But when Demetrius suddenly appears in her apartment, her life changes forever. Demetrius Mercer is a fighter vampire for the de Nouviant family who spends his days hunting a rival vampire family for killing his beloved Rosaline. When he ...

From first dates to shipwrecked sailors, encompassing modern horror to gothic tropes, this anthology has something for every listener with one thing in common: They want something to think about when they go to bed.

Autumn, 1898. A blizzard batters the town of Hope, and a wizened stranger driving a coal-black caravan appears in the swirl of snowflakes. The sign on the caravan reads The Brothers Zorkin, puppeteers from Archangel, Russia. Bedlam engulfs the town as the storm intensifies. Promises from the stranger bewitch the townsfolk, offering gifts only a God can bestow. Spellbound, they agree to do his bidding, no matter the heinous nature of his commands. Madness burrows deep into the fabric of Hope, and Birdie Caldwell must rally herself to defeat a dangerous foe.

Ran McGhie's world has been turned upside down. A young, lonely and frustrated writer, and suffering from mental health problems, he discovers that his long-dead mother was related to one of Glasgow's oldest merchant families. Not only that, but Ran has inherited Newton Hall, a vast mansion that belonged to his great-uncle, who appears to have been watching from afar as his estranged great-nephew has grown up.