Gothic Supernatural

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.

Some children are born innocent. Others are born ancient. When Lennie Baker's car wraps around a centuries-old yew tree, no one suspects his death was orchestrated by six-year-old Rosie. No one except her mother Elly, who watches in growing horror as her daughter's true nature emerges. In the shadow of Shortbury Prison, where medieval stones hold dark secrets, Clare mourns the loss of her boyfriend Lennie while sensing something is terribly wrong. As children begin to disappear from the village, both women confront an horrifying truth: Rosie isn't just a troubled child—she's a vessel for ...

Thirteen-year-old Dove Boone has always known there was something different about her talent with plants. But on an island where old magic is forbidden and ancient family rifts run deep, some secrets are better left buried. When her aunt's elaborate society wedding brings the divided island families together, Dove's carefully hidden gift becomes harder to control. Something dark is stirring on the forbidden side of Knot Island, where Dove's father vanished nine years ago. As the summer solstice approaches, Dove and her cousins uncover an ancient journal that hints at the truth: the three ...

The Great Charleston Earthquake catapults Penrose Heatherton from the 1880s into the present day. Though she's still residing in Arundell Manor, it's a very different world - with a different man inhabiting the ancestral estate. And Keat Arundell is every bit as brooding and intriguing as his ancestor - her former lover - had been.

Edinburgh, 1923. Evelyn Hazard is a young woman living a comfortable and unremarkable middle-class life. One day, her quiet existence is shattered when her steady, reliable husband Robert makes a startling announcement: he can communicate with the dead. As the couple are pulled into the spiritualist movement that emerged following the mass deaths caused by the First World War and the Spanish Flu, Evelyn's life becomes increasingly unsettled as dark secrets from her past threaten to surface.

For fans of Stephen King, Nick Cutter, and Thomas Heuvelt, this breathtaking supernatural ghost thriller is a masterfully crafted novel about what horrors might exist on the other side—whether we believe they are there or not. "An expertly layered work of impressive scope, The Jilted will leave you pondering the real-life differences between good and evil.” ~Bestselling Author Kristen Mae A vanished loved one. An ancient evil. And only one woman knows the two are connected. It’s been two weeks since Chloe Anderson’s fiancé, Victor, disappeared with his daughter, and each night ...

An old house can hold many secrets. Hollowpark in the west of Ireland certainly does. At the heart of the gardens is an intricate maze, named after a deadly poison, Belladonna. If you know the way through, it's magical, a hiding place and playground like no other. If you don't, it's a place of fear and sinister riddles, where a young girl once went missing and was never seen again.

He saves her, but can she save him? This is no fairy tale... Amidst the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands, mysteries of the past converge with the present, weaving a tale of lost love, haunting legacies, and redemption. Jack Mathers is drawn into a suspenseful journey, seeking answers about his mother's death and his father's bizarre behaviour. As ancient folklore involving enigmatic Highlanders, sinister wolves, and ethereal cranes resurfaces, the Mathers family is plunged deeper into a supernatural enigma. "The Crane Wife" by Max China is a heart-wrenching exploration of love, ...

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 ...

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...

Celestial Marriage of Evelyn Siner. Luciferian Love Story "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple". Luke 14:26 Evelyn Siner has lived her life in devotion - devotion to her faith, her husband, her six children and the God-fearing Mormon community that defines her world. But when she meets a mesmerising stranger in the most mundane of places - a supermarket - her orderly life slowly begins to turn into chaos. Lucien, with his dark charm and piercing gaze, awakens in ...

A zealous Witch Hunter and faithful devotee of Dion, Elijah Lynton comes face-to-face with his own past when he’s sent to unmask the Witches who’ve cursed an entire town. Everyone agrees Elijah Lynton needs a break. Everyone except the Witch Hunter himself, that is. Serving Dion is his only means of salvation, and he’ll damn the rest of the world if that’s what it takes to absolve him of his sins. So when people in a quaint hamlet ask his Order to rid them of what they believe to be a Witch’s curse, Elijah throws himself headlong into the investigation. It soon becomes clear that ...

What message does the ghostly young woman at Stormcliffe have for new mother Amelia, and will her past come back to kill her? Amelia Bronson has finally found her dream home and life with her husband Bard and their new baby, Lottie. But Stormcliffe harbors dark secrets. What is the crying in the night that Amelia hears, and who is the menacing woman in black who roams the halls of the old mansion?

Fanatically attracted to antique lamps, Gerard Archer stops at a yard sale when he sees a vintage lamp with a very unique base, which has been crafted from silver and gold. Asking the seller how much he wants for the artifact, the man shockingly replies that a five-pound note will send it up the road.

Autumn Albert can see the dead - much to her annoyance. But when her dad dies in mysterious circumstances, he's the one ghost who DOESN'T appear. A curious instruction in his will sends Autumn to Imber, the storm-soaked island of his childhood: a place marked by tight-lipped locals, strange stacks of witchstones - and almost no ghosts. Soon Autumn is ensnared in a dark and twisty mystery, which must be unravelled before the sea rises up and history is doomed to repeat itself.

Does good overcome evil . . . . . . Or not? Louisiana bayou teen Angelina Delacroix has feelings she's never had before. She yearns for what she knows is wrong. She’s envious of others and anger fuels her soul. Angelina is haunted by sexual desire while other longings frighten her. She wants for things she knows nothing about, and she knows these longings come from another world. Her family is a mess. Her mother is ill, her father unemployed, and her little brother has a deadly leg wound. Bored, depressed, and unimpressed with life in general, Angelina plays on the dark side where she ...

Unexpectedly thrust into the role of the Ferryman, young Milo is tasked with taking the lingering Dead across the dark sea to the Island of the Broken Tower, where they can finally move on. On his first perilious journey, his ghostly passengers include his own father and the teenage daughter of the Lord of Merlank, who is unprepared to give her up and follows in pursuit in a bigger boat, filled with armed men and two dark magicians at his command. Milo must face untold traps, dangers and fears as he carries his ghostly passengers across secret seas.

Winter 1954, and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn, Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead, she has no prospects and she cannot afford the rent. But as she goes through her mother's things, Sam finds a stack of hidden letters that reveal a family and an inheritance that she never knew she had, three thousand miles away in Yorkshire. Begars Abbey is a crumbling pile, inhabited only by Sam's crippled grandmother, Lady Cooper, a housekeeper and a handful of servants. Sam cannot understand why her mother kept its very existence a secret.

A mysterious woman pleads for the help of Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an anonymous death threat - right after learning he is to inherit the best part of a vast wine-producing estate. In exchange for their protection, she offers McGray the ultimate cure for his sister, who has been locked in an insane asylum after brutally murdering their parents: the miraculous waters that spring in a small island in the remote Loch Maree.