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In a quiet French town, a crumbling, locked-up manor stirs the curiosity of all who pass it. No one enters. No one speaks of what happened inside. But behind the overgrown garden and shuttered windows lies a story of love, betrayal, and a chilling act of vengeance. When a visiting doctor presses for answers, he uncovers a tale that was meant to stay buried. A jealous husband. A secret lover. A sealed fate. The mystery of La Grande Bretèche reveals itself slowly, with devastating clarity.

I thought I was running from heartbreak, not into a Victorian nightmare haunted by more than just old walls and creaky floorboards. But here I am, freshly dumped and desperate for a fresh start, moving into a charming—if slightly spooky—home that promises a new beginning.

As she nears the end of her life, Addie Bundren wants nothing more than to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. A captivating and stylistically innovative work, the narrative revolves around the grim, yet darkly humorous, pilgrimage as the Bundren family sets out to fulfill her last wish.

Gemini Foley. The most cunning of our children. A servant and devoted worshiper of trickery—and himself. He revels in the illusion, always hungry for lies told in secrecy. He will snatch the truth right out of any poor soul’s lungs. It’s a gift we have given him, and he uses it magnificently. But a new epoch is now upon us, and it is time for one more gift. A surprise, for the lover of tricks. She will appear as his sacrifice during the Feast of Fools. And it will be his fate not to kill her.

Quando Hazel si imbatte in Jack fuori dalla Società reale degli anatomisti di Edimburgo non ne rimane particolarmente colpita. Nel momento in cui però le viene proibito di frequentare i corsi del celebre dottor Beecham in quanto donna, capisce che il suo nuovo amico potrebbe tornarle molto utile. Ora i due dovranno unire le forze per scoprire gli oscuri segreti nascosti non solo in quelle tombe senza nome, ma nel cuore stesso della buona società di Edimburgo.

In this standalone classic from New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon, two people with secrets must learn to trust each other if they're to find the answers they're seeking… She was only six when she walked out of the swamp after the LeBlanc School for Girls caught on fire. Sixteen years after the terrifying night that stole her memory, a child's scream lures Ginny back into the woods…where a strong arm encircles her. The gun-wielding stranger is Paul Stanton, a cop-turned-P.I., who's come to Johnson's Bayou looking for answers of his own.

Als der junge Marineoffizier George Mason sich für eine mehrjährige Fahrt auf der HMS Pioneer einschifft, um an der Suche nach der verschollenen Franklin-Expedition in den Nordpolarkreis aufzubrechen, lässt er seine Verlobte Letitia Shiner sorgenvoll in der Heimat zurück. Als ihre Vorahnungen sich durch dunkle Vorzeichen verdichten, wappnet sich die junge Braut gegen das Schlimmste.

Julian Harrow and Christian Thorne are now Vampires! And both young men have been united with their Masters after trials and tribulations. But if they thought that becoming Vampires was dangerous and exciting, being the fledglings of the exiled Lord Balthazar Ravenscroft and the Vampire King Daemon will blow that out of the water. Because both Balthazar and Daemon have enemies that are intent on making sure that they and their new fledglings are given their Second Deaths.

Rouen, 1890. Nach einem Spaziergang an der Seine kehrt der junge Vicomte de Folieson in seltsamer Unruhe zurück auf sein Anwesen. Ein rätselhaftes Fieber, eine unerklärliche Unruhe erfasst ihn, die ihm den Schlaf und seine Kräfte zusehends raubt. Nach einer Kur scheint er genesen, jedoch bald nach seiner Rückkehr fällt er in das alte Leiden zurück. In der Nacht ereignen sich seltsame Dinge im Haus, deren Urheber der Vicomte selbst sein muss, welche getan zu haben er sich aber nicht erinnert.

Vampires are real. At least that’s what Julian Harrow and Christian Thorne are trying to prove with their YouTube show. But as they uncover the truth, the beautiful monsters they seek, are also seeking them. Lord Balthazar Ravenscroft, the roguish Vampire with the ability to read minds, finds himself drawn to Christian, determined to protect the boy, even as his quest to uncover the truth puts all of Vampire kind in danger. But worse, as Christian and Julian have discovered the Ever Dark, the Vampire’s secret world, where they risk waking the most powerful, deadly Vampire of all.

Even as Vampire King Daemon extends his reach and restores his incredible power in the Vampire World, his enemies continue to move against him. Meanwhile, Julian and Christian are learning more about their powers and just what this Second Life as powerful Vampires means.

Alabama, 1958. A família Caskey, mais rica e poderosa do que jamais imaginou, vive cercada por festas luxuosas e recepções elegantes. Mas o passado não foi esquecido e uma presença sombria ameaça a cidade de Perdido. Neste eletrizante desfecho da saga, os Caskeys pagarão o preço de suas escolhas e uma profecia finalmente se cumprirá.

Step into the shadowy streets of Victorian London with Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of duality and moral conflict. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores the chilling transformation of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected scientist, into the monstrous Edward Hyde—a being of pure evil.

Another delightful entry into the beloved Fentons series. This time a novella featuring all your favorite characters mixed up in a truly Gothic mystery complete with villains, rescued beauties, treasure and a secret society of terrible aspirations. Baron Balfour, a great giant of a man, and his new wife, who used to be Euphemia Fleet, a put-upon companion, are on their honeymoon in France when the baroness spots a villainous looking individual, just like her idea of a character from a Gothic novel. He is in the company of a frightened young beauty and Euphemia decides to rescue her.

A rebellious young woman desperate to escape her predetermined life joins forces with an unlikely ally—a sinister spirit—in this dark gothic fantasy from the acclaimed author of At the Bottom of the Garden.

They've shattered my mind, twisted my memories, and turned my world upside down. But the Crowne family isn't finished with me yet. Haunted by Gareth's death and trapped in their web of lies, I'm forced to keep playing their games. Caius Crowne is still cold, still ruthless—but now, he's my only ally in a fight against the monster behind it all. Every secret I uncover tightens the noose. Every truth pulls me deeper into a maze I can't escape. They want me broken, but I'm done being their pawn. I'll find the truth. I'll destroy their lies.

Trapped in a dead-end town and a dead-end life, Amy Nettle dreams of escaping her abusive father and starting over, somewhere far away. The arrival of a black envelope heralds just that, in a way she never could have imagined. Whisked away to the Saunders Academy, a Gothic manse in the heart of an eternal storm-tossed ocean, Amy is one of dozens of teenagers plucked from dozens of parallel Earths and selected for an education in witchcraft. It seems too good to be true... except. Except no one will tell them why they were chosen, or what happens after graduation.

On an island akin to Portpatrick (Scotland), Anne Adams, a librarian recovering from a car crash that killed her brother, steps onto the grounds of Winterbourne. Anne will live in the vast house alone. The library is magnificent, with priceless first editions, a librarian's dream. And then she discovers a secret room off the library, full of horrendous banned books - and the diary of the missing librarian whose experiences at Winterbourne mirror her own in an uncanny way.

'Come to me, and be mine for eternity' 1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, Lucy, hurries from London to comfort her, with chaperone and lady’s maid in tow. But lady’s maid Alice, blessed and cursed with the Sight, is tormented by terrifying...

Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, an original gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher. The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers...