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Book 2 in The Lost Bride trilogy by New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Book two in the haunting Lost Bride trilogy - a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. In need of an escape from her ex-fiance's betrayal, and the lucky...

Hacienda San Isidro was meant to be Beatriz's haven, her salvation from an oppressive life with her uncle and his vicious wife. When Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposed, Beatriz dreamed only of the security his estate in the countryside would provide, ignoring the rumors surrounding his first wife's demise and his sinister allegiances. She will have her own home again, no matter the price. But the house has ideas of its own. Visions and voices claw at Beatriz, stealing her sleep, and the weight of invisible eyes follows her every move.

Desperate in his search of the secret of life, young Dr Victor Frankenstein attempts to construct and then bring to life a previously inanimate creature. He succeeds, yet immediately finds himself horrified and repulsed by the fruit of his long-lasting labors and, as a result, abandons the creature without a word. This action begins a series of tragic events in the life of the scientist, as the enraged monster begins his quest to fill every minute of Dr. Frankenstein's life with terror, dread and misery.

"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy", is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ballwithin seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets... Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden...

‘Chillingly addictive’ – Cosmopolitan AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’ In this twisted, unforgettable horror, a group of young girls turn to a dark, ancient magic. From Grady Hendrix, New...

Nineteen-year-old Katrina van Tassel knows she’s a disappointment to her parents, for more reasons than one. But as the only daughter of the most prominent family in Sleepy Hollow, she never imagined that she would be chosen as the next sacrifice. Or that in her attempt to escape, she would instead come face to face with the Horseman himself.

Jericho St. James hasst meine Familie. Er ist mächtig, unvorstellbar reich und der gefährlichste Mann, den ich kenne. Und ich gehöre ihm. Er hat mich aus meinem Zuhause geholt. Er wird mich zu seiner Frau machen. Und er hat sehr deutlich gemacht, dass ich in seinem Bett schlafen werde.

No strings. No promises. No emotions. Just the sweet release of giving my body over to someone else, someone who doesn’t know who I am or the things I’ve done. Highdive can give me that. The Sergeant at Arms for the Dark Sons isn’t looking for anything serious, making him the perfect match for my time at their club. And for a few sinfully delicious weeks, he is everything I need.

Pera Sinclair was nine the day the pilot intentionally crashed his plane into her family's grand home, killing everyone inside. She was the girl who survived the tragedy, a sympathetic oddity, growing stranger by the day. Over the decades she rebuilt the huge and rambling building on the original site, recreating what she had lost, each room telling a piece of the story of her life and that of the many people who died, both before and after the disaster. And while she doesn't believe in ghosts, she's not above telling a ghost story or two to those who come to visit Sinclair House.

Erzsébet Báthory, whose infamous place in history characterises her as the 'Blood Countess', is rumoured to have murdered 600 peasant girls. The Nightingale's Castle tells the gripping story of an intelligent and capable woman fighting to hold onto her wealth and independence, in a world where the poor and the wealthy alike face savage challenges.

Anne Towry finds herself trapped within the cold, unforgiving walls of the psychiatric unit in Baltimore's inner city. Torn away from her newborn child and mourning her recent losses, she fights to escape and prove her innocence. As Anne's world spirals into madness, the ominous presence of Whitehall Manor stretches its sinister fingers even further.

We met at his ex's wedding, where she uttered their safe word in her vows. Immediately, his jaw clenched, and his hands balled into tight fists. Moments later, he told her I was with him. When in reality, I had snuck into the wedding. Knowing full well he was trouble, I tried to leave when he gripped my arm and whispered in a low, intimidating voice, "Do you sneak into weddings often?" His words had me stuck to the spot.

Slavný Wildeův román v sobě nese autobiografické rysy. Mladý muž se nechává portrétovat známým malířem, a když poprvé spatří svůj krásný portrét, projeví přání, aby sám nikdy nezestárl a všechny proměny tváře se objevovaly pouze na obraze… Román obsahuje hororové prvky i faustovský motiv, dotýká se i tématu homosexuality. Zatímco krásný Dorian Gray zůstává stále dvacetiletý, do jeho věrného portrétu na malířském plátně se propisují všechny hříchy a poklesky živé předlohy. Původně čistý a naivní mladík Dorian se vlivem okouzlujícího, ale amorálního Henryho, postupně mění.

The supernatural and Salem witches are back, in this young adult, urban fantasy novel about a girl that doesn't know everything about her supernatural bloodline...Serenity doesn't understand what's happening when she starts experiencing hallucinations about her fate. She has no friends to turn to for help until she meets Kendrick. Kendrick knows a secret about Serenity: she is the youngest descendant of the Salem witch bloodline.

"The Raven" is a mesmerizing journey into the depths of the human psyche, masterfully crafted by legendary American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Published in 1845, this narrative poem enchants with its haunting melodies, exquisitely intricate language, and an otherworldly ambiance that lingers long after the final verse.

“A deliciously chilling gothic mystery with a smart and resourceful heroine . . . What more could fans of Jane Eyre and Rebecca want?” — Carol Goodman, two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Two brides band together to unravel the secrets at the heart of a crumbling island manor in this...

An international bestseller! One secret could destroy them all. The brand new dark academia debut for 2024 and a gripping tale of revenge, guilt, privilege, and loyalty, perfect for fans of The Secret History and If We Were Villains “An intensely gripping, thrilling and darkly beautiful debut...

They promised to keep me alive. They promised to keep me safe. But what happens when death is payment for a debt I never knew? Death or an eternity in servitude? The Costello’s are steeped in betrayal. Lies and corruption taint my family’s bloodline, owing debts to monsters more dangerous than the Vampires I love. Now the Inner Circle has come to collect. Only I won’t go easy.

When I called all men soul-sucking, I didn’t realize how literal that could be. In a desperate attempt to get away from my ex, I moved to a new city. Only to find the men here to be the same—overbearing, pushy, and just plain creepy. Except, maybe I placed the blame on the wrong people.

I thought I’d already lost everything, but life has a way of proving you wrong. The moment I set my scuffed sneaker on Cadieux Island for College, my fate was sealed, but there’s no way I could have prepared for what was coming. I should have run when I attracted the Morningstar’s attention, ruthless twins that lord over the elite school and everyone in it. I thought I could handle them, or at least survive them, but now it seems I might not live without them.

Josephine began to suspect something was wrong with the crumbling gothic monstrosity next door when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back. No family stays at Marwick House for long. No life lingers beyond its blackened windows. No voices drift from its ancient halls. Once, Josephine swore she saw a woman's silhouette pacing through the upstairs room… but that's impossible. No one had been there in a long, long time.

Sophie's world is shattered when disaster bankrupts her family. She's still reeling when she's offered an unexpected solution: Mr. Argenton, a wealthy stranger, has asked for her hand in marriage. Marrying Mr. Argenton will save her family, but it condemns Sophie to a life in Northwood, a vast and unnaturally dark mansion situated hours from civilization.

Life after her high school graduation sucks for Mads Bland—her foster mother has died, her boyfriend has broken up with her, she can’t afford community college, and it seems she’ll work in a grocery store forever. After a mysterious invitation to Usher House arrives at her door, everything changes. Mads soon learns that her real name is Madeline Usher and that she has inherited the crumbling mansion in a remote part of Georgia.

After receiving a letter from his boyhood friend that he is suffering from some sort of debilitating illness, a man feels compelled to travel to a reclusive mansion to assist him. He learns that his friend and his deathly-ill sister are the last in the Usher line, slowly collapsing into madness. The Gothic mansion seems to have a bizarre metaphysical connection with the brother and sister, and there are incredibly strange occurrences that continue to happen late at night. Will this well-meaning friend survive another night in this macabre Gothic house of horror?

В сборник "Рандеву" английской писательницы Дафны Дюморье (1907–1989) вошли рассказы, написанные в конце 1920-х – начале 1930-х годов и в десятилетие между 1937 и 1947 годом. Как и вся новеллистика Дюморье, эти четырнадцать историй поражают разнообразием сюжетов и жанров. Выдержанный в готической традиции "Эскорт" соседствует с театральными, в духе Чехова, "Примой" и "Прирожденным артистом"; психологический этюд "За закрытой дверью" – с поучительным анекдотом "Оплошность"; своеобразно обыгрывающие форму сказки или притчи "Пресвятая Дева".

Имя Дафны Дюморье (1907–1989) мир узнал в 1938 году, после выхода в свет романа "Ребекка", седьмой по счету книги молодой английской писательницы. Всего же за долгую творческую жизнь она выпустила полтора десятка романов, несколько сборников рассказов (новелл, повестей – в разное время Дюморье по-разному именовала произведения своей малой прозы), а также три пьесы, биографии и книгу о Корнуолле. Сборник рассказов Дафны Дюморье, в 1977 году озаглавленный по знаменитой новелле "Птицы", впервые был опубликован в 1952 году под названием "Яблоня", а в 1953-м – "Поцелуй меня еще раз, незнакомец".

It's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island's dark past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of. As the girls come of age, and the strictures of the community shift but never wane, their rebellions twist and sharpen

Moving in with the Kings of Aventine was supposed to be simple: get close enough to find out what happened to my sister and get the hell out. Yeah, that's not what happened. Like, at all. Now I'm falling hard for Rock, a golden retriever with the body of a god, and Oscar, the pierced brooder who takes pictures of me when I'm not looking. Even Neo, my bully and stepbrother, isn't off limits because, apparently, my body is a thirsty traitor. Still, there are advantages to having the Kings on my side, especially since I'm now the proud owner of a rage-filled stalker.

Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award–winner Carol Goodman, about a reclusive writer who is desperate to rewrite the past. Losing yourself inside of a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way out. Agnes Corey, a...