Fiction - Gothic

"One hot summer day, Michael Salter, nineteen-year-old scion of a posh Highland family, disappears. When his childlike aunt claims she drowned him during a fight, the family close ranks. No police. No memorial service. No titbits for village gossips. A decade of deceit begins."...

"Eerie and atmospheric, this psychological thriller will twist its way into readers' psyches." --Booklist In today's "lean in" era, debut novelist Siobhan Adcock casts the issue of whether women can ever "have it all" into a superbly written novel that will have readers everywhere...

Ellen Wilbur's stories crackle with emotional energy, drawing readers into a vivid tapestry of relationships, heartbreak, and revelation. From the very first page, her keen insight and nuanced storytelling shine through, plunging us into an array of lives shaped by personal struggles, transformative moments,...

The Rose Bush is a gothic romance you should pluck without hesitation of thorns to read and to be bewitched by this intriguing love story. During the 1840s, a young girl, Annabel Allan, knows she has a bright future ahead of her. While unbeknownst...

Ivy SloanSince I was a little girl, I fell in love with the circus. It's all I ever wanted to see up close or be a part of. There was no room for things like that where I grew up. There was no room...

When Briony first meets Ren, he is standing in the freezing sea at the edge of their tiny town. Ren hasn't been home for a decade but has returned to be with his dying father. Briony won't leave, hoping that Sarah, her missing sister,...

Oscar Wilde's surreal and haunting story of a beautiful young man who bargains his soul for eternal youth, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound Editions line. When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter's stunning portrait of him, he...

In a world where dreams forge destinies, a bat defies the night, a lonely Dracula seeks solace, and an odyssey of magic and mystery begins. Enter the Dreams of Man-where imagination knows no bounds.Delving into the journey of life, Enter the Dreams of Man...

Author: Arianna FraserISBN-13: 9798230877820Publisher: Arianna FraserLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2025Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.71d

Author: Gaston LeRouxISBN-10: 0241725429ISBN-13: 9780241725429Publisher: Penguin ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/08/2025Pages: 368Format: Hardcover

Fated to be a healer from birth. Unwilling to carry out the summer tradition. Bewitched by the fabled fairies of Transylvania. Venturing into the dark landscapes of the most famous CASTLE ever known. The Impaler's legend echoes with poetic darkness, revealing the consequences of...

A real-life Latin American haunted mansion. A murky labyrinth of family secrets. A young, aristocratic woman desperate to escape her past. This haunting debut gothic horror novel is perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic and The Shining.In 1923 Soacha, Colombia, La Casona--an opulent mansion...

Just for one night, I didn't want to be a pure Mafia Princess.When I - quite literally - ran into the insanely hot Scottish mystery man on a London street, we agreed to spend the night together. No backstories, no history, no names. This...

When its librarian keeper mysteriously dies, two former classmates must race to locate a rare book from their college years that can foretell your future if you confess a secret from your past--but someone is intent on protecting what's hidden inside.It can write the...

A plot as labyrinthine as the Venice backstreets, told in dazzling prose; suspenseful, seductive stuff Erin Kelly Evokes all the grimy charisma of eighteenth-century Venice and at its brooding heart the flawed yet seductive Byron, enmeshed in a mystery as sinuous as the city's...

There's no mercy at the Ares Academy. Not for me.Named after the God of War, this college doesn't teach math or literature. Students here are the monstrous offspring from the most powerful families in the world of organized crime, they come here to learn...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Loved by many decades of readers. Frankenstein an idealistic who creates a living creature from various body parts. Frankenstein then rejects his creation. Lonely and isolated Frankenstein's creation develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself...

An original compilation of eight of Edith Wharton's gothic storiesA ghostly presence in "The Lady's Maid's Bell" desires revenge against a tyrannical husband. In "Mr. Jones," Lady Jane Lynke inherits an estate unexpectedly and can't make sense of how to manage the servants--especially since...

Harriet Tate may be a sea captain's daughter, but she doesn't believe in buried treasure. She's logical, practical, and runs her family's shipping company. So, when Jonah Herrick's mysterious letter arrives from a remote place called Fogbound Manor, Harriet dismisses it entirely. She's not...

Author: Mary ShelleyISBN-10: 0063452065ISBN-13: 9780063452060Publisher: HarperLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2025Pages: 208Format: Hardcover

Featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler, this fine collector's edition of Emily Bront?'s Wuthering Heights is a must-have for book lovers and literature fans. One of English literature's classic masterpieces--a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy.In this classic gothic story, Catherine...

Discover the mesmerizing tale of two personalities in a war over the soul of one man. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a tale of Victorian horror. The personalities of the pleasant Dr. Jekyll and the violent Mr. Hyde vie...

VOODOO BurningIgnatius BeauchampPlantation heir.Dominique ChavelleDescendant of a powerful voodoo priestess. SERIAL KILLER ON THE LOOSEAs Mardi Gras approaches, women are being slaughtered and burned sacrificial style, each murder another of the 7 Deadly Sins.Three murders, Three unidentified women, fourteen days until Mardi Gras.The race...

Author: Cw WrenISBN-13: 9798990021402Publisher: Moonlit Lighthouse PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2024Pages: 428Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.95d

In 1890, the ominous tolling of the bell announces that death has come to Traeger Hall, leaving orphaned Waverly Pembrooke to piece together the puzzle behind her uncle's and aunt's murders. Bound by the terms of her uncle's eccentric will, Waverly finds herself alone...

Bram Stoker's timeless masterpiece "Dracula" takes you into Victorian Gothic horror. Follow Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, as he journeys to Transylvania to help a mystery count acquire an estate in England. As Harker discovers the true nature of his host, he gets...

Emile Zola's story of adultery, murder, and madness--soon to be a major motion picture starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Lange In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille....

Follow Abigail as she is drawn into a world of ghostly hauntings and hidden darkness. As friendships form and romance blooms in "Abigail's Curse", It all culminates in a spine-chilling twist, leaving readers questioning the boundaries between life and the afterlife.Author: June SpearsISBN-13: 9798224472628Publisher:...

"It's pretty dark, but damn, it's really f***ing good." -- Erin Kyan, Love and Luck Podcast In 1999, Ella was one of three students who arrived at her Denver school with a cache of weapons and a plan to use them. Years later, she...

Author: Jaime Jo WrightISBN-10: 1420522922ISBN-13: 9781420522921Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2025Format: HardcoverLarge Print

Set in the buried streets of Georgian London and the outrageous underworld of the molly houses, a carpenter hiding a double life searches for a traitor who is betraying the secrets of the mollies. The visceral, raucous, tender and utterly enchanting historical thriller by...

"A lush, beautifully written novel about trying to be a person in our strange world . . . Pick this one up for its exquisite characterization, decaying settings and a dash of Southern gothic horror." --Kiersten White, The New York Times Book Review A...

Barton Academy, an imposing structure in downtown Mobile, has seen centuries of life-and death. Once the site of Fort Cond?'s northwest wall, it was a dumping ground for trash and bodies in the 1700s. Later, it became a school, a hospital for Union soldiers...

American civil war- The Deep South How did a noble mission to ensure the safe return of his daughter's governess to New York, end with Midnight Gunn being stranded on an island off the coast of South Carolina, alone and in the middle of...

Falling in love during the vampire war could cost these fated mates everything.Book 1: Night ShadeBy day, Gregori Novak is Daniella's friend and rich CEO boss, but at night, he's her secret fantasy. Gregori craves Daniella, but has kept his distance to protect her....

I had never seen a ghost before I came to Alswell Manor...Staff who disappear after sunset. Footsteps that echo in the halls. Alswell Manor is at once a place of life and death, love and tragedy. When the manor passes to Georgina after her...

"He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul."The Castle of Otranto is a macabre tale that revolves around a haunted castle. Manfred,...

Interweaving three narratives, a story of love, mystery, and murder during World War II follows three courageous women--an award-winning British landscape designer, a young, blind perfumer's apprentice, and a junior British intelligence officer.Author: Deborah LawrensonISBN-10: 006227967XISBN-13: 9780062279675Publisher: Harper PaperbacksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2015Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize:...

Before Rafa could take his first breath, his mother made a desperate bargain for love, sacrificing his soul and binding him to a dark and unrelenting fate.Haunted by the looming presence of a malevolent entity, he begins to awaken his paranormal abilities, drawn to...

Author: Sk HortonISBN-10: 196450516XISBN-13: 9781964505169Publisher: Aethon Books, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 334Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

What can the man convicted of killing your brother possibly want if he doesn't desire forgiveness?Evangeline Bransby's world is thrown into turmoil when she receives an unexpected invite from Valdemar Montresor, the man convicted of killing her twin brother ten years ago.Within the ominous...

"Through its archive of narratives nestled within narratives, this exquisite novel creates a beguiling soundscape of echoes and murmurs that reverberates in the mind long after the reading. In lucid, captivating prose, Issa Quincy constructs a palimpsest composed of the fractals and losses that...

Grief leaves a stain.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....

Author: Rowyn AdelaideISBN-10: 196676300XISBN-13: 9781966763000Publisher: Wicked Dreamers BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2025Pages: 372Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83d

Set in the tumultuous era following the American Civil War, "Demon of Mine" follows Daniel as he teeters on the edge of sanity, plagued by a spectral white wolf that haunts his every step. The brutal aftermath of the war has left him battling...

Reeling from a near-fatal encounter, Alex and Mia delve deeper into the Hotel California's sinister past. As the embodiment of Greed, the Bellhop Felix, tempts guests with promises of riches, Mia uncovers a shocking truth about her own connection to the hotel. Can they...

Dive into these six volumes of classic stories from the masters of the dark and macabre...if you dare. This collection of dark and haunting stories is an essential addition to the bookshelf of anyone who enjoys classic literature and tales of horror. The six...

This gothic novel follows the story of Victoria, a young woman who falls under the spell of the seductive and mysterious Zofloya, who introduces her to a life of deceit, betrayal and murder. As Victoria becomes more deeply enmeshed in his world, she discovers...

Will Lizzy lose her heart or her life to the enigmatic Mr. Darcy?Lizzy is the newest instructor at Netherfield Academy, and strange noises have her searching the corridors of the drafty old castle to discover the source. The previous headmaster disappeared under strange circumstances,...

What happens when your only source of warmth and light leaves you?The dismal shadows once kept at bay, begin to seep back in and coat everything the light once touched. All feeling becomes saturated in their inky grasp and escape becomes impossible. She left...