Gothic

From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realm's forbidden boundary into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.

I died, briefly. Then I came back. Now I’m determined to make the most of every minute I have left. Only problem is I’ve been saddled with supervision. Kane Deveraux is handsome, smug, and cold as a tombstone. So why does he make me feel something more powerful than death?

Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods live together in pleasant isolation. But one day a stranger arrives....

Grant Stockton is the devil incarnate. The cowboy turned casino-owning crime boss has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember.

Horror romance meets science fiction in this dark and delicious gothic psychological thriller by New York Times bestseller Karina Halle, perfect for fans of Gothikana, Ninth House, and Mexican Gothic.

It's been months since the day we stood above that empty grave that stunk of burnt flesh and secrets. All of us were dressed to the nines, one of us wearing a wedding dress, a day that was supposed to mark the beginning of a new adventure. It marked the bitter end of our vengeance.

My world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match. Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise. My gentlemanly façade is nothing but a memory. My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink....

I wasn’t sure what to expect when arriving in Salem. Forced to marry a man I’ve never met, attend a private university I’d never heard of, and the whispers of a rumored secret society filling the halls.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client....

After my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose, my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him. He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his hands? Then I would bathe in it.

My husband. My villain. We started with death and blood. We started with games and carnal pleasure. Adrian and I shouldn’t have been together. He’s wrong. I’m wrong. What we have is the epitome of disaster. Yet, it’s impossible to stop....

In the game of predator and prey, sometimes the greatest trap is discovering you no longer want to escape. I've always escaped into gaming when reality became too much.

Sebastian Weaver is the star quarterback and the college’s heartthrob. Rich. Handsome. Bastard. Everyone’s attention flocked toward him, and all the girls dreamed of being with him. Not me. At least, not until he made a move on me....

No good ever comes from a red-head in a stolen dress with her worldly possessions at her feet. I should have known she was trouble when smoke and sin followed her into my bar and she challenged me to a game....

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born....

I sent a psychopath to prison. Now, he's out and back for revenge.

She answered the emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash....

Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond...

Portia Hastings has spent her life rescuing her younger sister from one scrape or another. But this time, she has to step through time to do it, following Miranda from the 19th century to the 18th....

Nia finds herself entangled in a world of lies and betrayal, where the truth is as elusive as the Dream Stalker himself. Now trapped in a perilous court, she must navigate her own web of deceit while honing her magic. Every ally may be an enemy, and every word could be her last.

I'm from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I'm hungry for survival. Growing up in a broken town doesn't make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.

My husband. My tormentor. The most notorious man in the city offers me a job. Act as his dead wife. Adrian Volkov isn’t the type of person who takes no for an answer. He commands with an iron fist and all his orders are met. When he approaches me with the offer, I have two options....

Fiery blue eyes. Hungry red lips. Tattoo-covered hands… hands that never let go… Mikhail Zhirkov is the perfect villain. Ruthless. Powerful. Hot as hell. So, when I'm blackmailed into delivering a mysterious package to the former Bratva boss, I know I'm in deep trouble.

It all started with a favor. Now he is calling, and he's calling to collect. When two worlds collide, two families combine under one roof and there is no telling what is in store. One thing is for certain, when the Graves family meets the Gallows Hill crew, it's about to be a Very Bloody Christmas.

Will obsession be enough? I'd always believed my love was enough to save him. To protect him. I was wrong. The Copycat killer gets closer every day, and I can't help but feel his every move is in my direction.

Grant Stockton is the devil incarnate. The cowboy turned casino-owning crime boss has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember—first as my older brother’s best friend, then as my guardian when my brother died at his side, and now as the rival bar owner and landlord running me into the red. He might be the head of The Quiet Horsemen, the man everyone else in this town fears, but I’m not about to cede a single inch of ground to him. If I have to lie, cheat, and steal to keep him from finding out my bar’s underwater—well, that’s exactly what I’ll do.

Weapons are not born, they're made. And a weapon, I have become. I am the scythe that will cleave the Gods' traitorous heads from their not-so-Divine bodies. Forced to the dangerous Ortus Island and the very first Mortal Gods Academy, I know that time is running out for both me and the Darkhavens. If we can't figure out what the Gods are planning and how to stop them, it's no longer just our lives on the line. It's the lives of every Mortal God in existence.

In the wake of Adelasia's resurrection, a sickness begins to consume her mind, body, and soul. With the Coven after the magic she's stolen from the Well, and old flames returning to the Obsidian Palace, Kaius must accept that he cannot save his mate on his own. With the help of a mysterious incubus named Rowan, and while meeting some old friends along the way, the trio travels through the dangerous Blackwood to face Yekaterina and the Priestesses one final time.

Claudia Castañeda, joven mexicana en Estados Unidos, contrae matrimonio por impulso con James Blaisdel, un hombre encantador que al conocerla le cuenta que fue sospechoso de la misteriosa muerte de una mujer en Texas. Año y medio después, Claudia enfrenta con estupor la inexplicable pérdida de su marido y la creciente hostilidad de la elegante Nina Blaisdel, su suegra, que se niega a aceptar la desaparición de su hijo. Una ausencia que entreverá una hilera de siniestros secretos del pasado que terminarán saliendo a la luz para quedar, sin remedio, trágicamente expuestos a pleno sol.

It was just a fling. Nothing serious. I was the girl who worked in his rich family’s kitchen… And Valentino was the mafia prince who looked like a movie star. But then his family went and set up an arranged marriage… To the daughter of a Cosa Nostra family in Sicily. Now I realize it was never a fling. I’m in love with him. And it feels like my whole world is ending.

Eigentlich sollte es ein einfacher Job für Harlow Torrent, der Switch-Hexe, sein: persönliche Assistentin von Red Forrest, der Bestsellerautorin für cozy Krimis, die wegen der Autorenmesse Writerpalooza in der Stadt ist. Aber als ein Mann aus einer Seitenstraße torkelt und behauptet, er sei von einem Monster angegriffen worden, wird Harlow in ein gefährliches Geheimnis hineingezogen, das seit Jahrzehnten besteht.

Harlow Torrent, die Switch-Hexe, versucht alles zusammenzuhalten. Sie möchte einfach nur das Geschäft ihrer vermissten, unheimlichen Tante Cass am Laufen halten, den Müttern in ihrer neuen Bäckerei helfen und vielleicht ein oder zwei Minuten mit ihrem Freund Jack verbringen. Sie versucht, nicht an die Möglichkeit zu denken, dass sie mit einem Zauber belegt wurde, der mächtiger sein könnte, als sie alle ahnen.

Four full-cast dramatisations of classic Gothic novels, plus documentaries exploring the genre’s rise and enduring appeal Dark deeds, dastardly villains, innocent victims and supernatural happenings – these are the terrifying tropes that make up Gothic fiction, a genre that has captured our...

Trapped in an asylum on a remote island, she searches for answers about her missing best friend, only to find more sinister secrets. Fighting all odds, she struggles to find her way back to her men before her captors destroy her—or her absence destroys them.

As Autumn deepens into darkness in Lidingö, on the Stockholm archipelago, the island is plunged into chaos: in the space of a week, two teenagers, the son of the island's mayor and that of a powerful businessman, are brutally murdered. Their bodies are left deep in the forest, dressed in white tunics with crowns of candles atop their heads, like offerings to Saint Lucia. Maïa Rehn has fled Paris for Lidingö, where her husband has grown up, trying to come to terms with the death of their only daughter in a car accident...

Dark winds howl over the cornfields, but even three years after the pyres have burnt out, the cries of innocents still haunt the air. Tonight, the magic conjured by my blood will breathe life into a scarecrow carved of pumpkin and bone, binding a damned soul to return and avenge those burned by pious men, drunk on their own corruption.

Silver Dormund is using her great-aunt Soleil's passing as an opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of New York City, where she works as the top real estate broker. As she prepares her aunt’s house for the market, she begins to realize that someone is watching her—stalking her. Unbeknownst to her, she is about to step into a dark world filled with magic and blood, one from which she may not escape alive.

A condemned man's final confession. A beloved pet turns into an instrument of terror. A crime that cannot stay buried. Edgar Allan Poe pens one of the most psychologically devastating tales ever written—now brought to life in a chilling dramatic narration that will haunt you long after the final words fade.

Mord, Sabotage, eine sprechende Maus und ein Highschool-Treffen: Für die Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Switch-Hexe Harlow Torrent wird das Leben immer stressiger. Als die Familienunternehmen angegriffen werden, bereiten sich die Torrent-Hexen auf einen Krieg vor ... bis ein kleines Problem mit der Switch-Magie außer Kontrolle gerät. Ist es das Werk der teuflischen Familie Coldwell oder eine dunkle Macht, die ein Chaos anzettelt?

Der Weihnachtsurlaub mit meinen beiden besten Freundinnen wird zu einem Albtraum, den ich nicht kommen gesehen habe. Aida und Gia haben mich gebeten, mit ihnen in Boston Urlaub zu machen. Meine Eltern sind in Hongkong unterwegs, also stimme ich zu. Vermutlich ist das die schlechteste Entscheidung, die ich je getroffen habe. Ich werde aus der Bar gezerrt, in der wir getrunken haben. Werde von einem von Milos Feinden gefangen genommen. Von dem russischen Bratva-Chef Mikhail Gurin. Er hält mich für Lösegeld fest, um Milo zu zwingen, von einem Geschäft zurückzutreten.

Joining the Brotherhood was supposed to lock my violent past away for good. I was in too deep when I learned their dark secret. All Brothers must choose a Ward. A captive woman to own, train, and punish. It reignites the sadistic desires I've smothered. I try to do the right thing and choose a sweet, submissive woman who wants this life. But fate has other plans and throws Quinn at my feet instead.

Rage and bloodlust have been the only things fueling my soul for the last one hundred years. Revenge has been the only thing holding my sanity together. Until his shadows curl around my throat and all I can think about is his revenge. I don't want to be loved, but he doesn't know the meaning of the word no.

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 story of your future...

Princess Morena wakes at the threshold of an ever-shifting maze. Inside awaits Lorcan Fieri, the enigmatic Lord of the Fae, whose sharp wit is as dangerous as his secrets. He holds the key to an artifact of unimaginable power—the Eye of the Fates, said to reveal the true threads of destiny. The path to the Eye is treacherous, riddled with deceptive allies, monstrous foes, and her estranged mate, Elijah, the mercurial Prince of Time. Bound by her resolve to save her kingdom and her friends, Morena must untangle the web of lies spun by those closest to her.

After an eviction notice and one too many apple martinis, I wake, stripped bare and alone in a cell. No, wait, not alone. My evil garbage fire ex, Andrew, who suggested he’d let me stay with him “for a price” is here, too. He’s the whole reason I lost my job. My head is throbbing, my vision fuzzy. “Andrew, you piece of… what are you doing?” “Who’s Andrew?” My blood runs cold. That’s not Andrew’s voice. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.

When nineteen-year-old Elara returns to her grandmother’s ridge house in the Appalachian hollow, she finds more than heirlooms waiting. A sycamore tree as pale as bone stands watch, a cracked pocket watch stops at 10:17 each day, and a ledger filled with rules whispers what it costs to live here: Kin before names. Bread before bargains. Never pay in leaving. The hollow keeps storms, secrets, and sometimes people. If you feed it heels of bread and speak plain, it will mind its side of the fence.

Beim Hüten ihrer Schafe folgt Nel einer magischen Melodie und lernt den Moorgeist Agil kennen. Er schwärmt für ihr Flötenspiel, krönt sie mit einem Blätterkranz und lädt sie zu einer opulenten Gesellschaft ins nahegelegene Moor ein. Doch was wie ein neckisches Spiel anmutet, entwickelt sich bald zu einem grotesken Gelage. Denn dieser geisterhafte Witzbold plant für das Fest ein aufwendiges Bankett – bei dem Nel als Hauptgericht auf der Speisekarte steht ...

An ancient evil. A plague of horrible deaths. A monster in the making… The city of New Orleans has never been kind. And no one knows this better than Del who only wants a normal life, to be a newspaper reporter. But being blessed, or cursed, with unwieldy supernatural power, dark things are drawn to her. And her life will never be normal.

Das Ehepaar Lys und Patrick Francis wollten eine kostengünstige Reise machen, doch statt Entspannung warten auf sie eine ganze Menge skurriler Persönlichkeiten. Ob eine nervtötende Influencerin, unangenehme Dorfbewohner, ein wortkarger Busfahrer, ein schießwütiger Polizist oder ein unheimliches Schloss inklusive bedrohlicher Bewohner, unsere beiden haben einiges zu tun, um hoffentlich mit heiler Haut davonzukommen. Sie hätten nie gedacht, dass aus ihrem harmlosen Trip eine Horror-Tour wird, denn es wartet ... Das Grauen auf Schloss Moosdran.

Devastated by a tragedy that struck the small island, the Egyptian bloodline sets out on a dangerous quest to defeat the Demon bloodline once and for all. There are many unexpected twists and turns, making their already daunting task seem even more impossible.