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When twenty-one-year-old Virginia “Ginny” Blackthorne’s fire magic ignites during a sermon on sin, she knows one truth: If she stays, she burns. Fleeing her zealot stepfather and a forced marriage, Ginny follows a blood-bound pendant to an academy hidden between worlds, where the chosen study forbidden magic beneath three moons and ancient gods still whisper through the walls. At the Umbral Academy, power comes at a price. The professors are merciless, the Trials are lethal, and her fellow students would rather see her dead than crowned Firebringer.

A burned-out Pulitzer Prize-winning author flees his collapsing life and retreats to the fog-drenched cliffs of Whitby—a place caught between twilight and full dark, where gothic stories never truly end. He wants quiet. He wants anonymity. He wants something that feels real. Instead, he meets her. Elise—magnetic, unsettling, impossible to ignore—pulls him toward a world far more intoxicating than anything he's ever written. When she invites him to the ancient abbey at midnight, he follows… and the life he knew begins to unravel.

In the continuing tradition of bestselling author V.C. Andrews, The Unwelcomed Child explores the eternal question: Why do the ones we love hurt us the most? Desperate to be a normal teenager, beautiful young Elle Edwards must uncover the truth of her birth to find the familial love she craves...

A cozy café. A shy barista with secrets. A spark neither of them can ignore. Luke isn’t just a barista—he’s something far older, far stranger, and trying very hard to blend in. Morningstar Café is his sanctuary, a place where he can pretend to be normal for a few hours each day.

Nancy has spent her whole life on the vibrant and gritty streets of Victorian London, first as one of Fagin's child pickpockets and now on the arm of violent and mercurial Bill Sikes. Nancy does what she must to get by. She's attuned to the harsh realities of life, but also knows how to find moments of beauty amid the grime, even if it is only the scent and taste of an orange - its miraculous colour and form. When she embarks on a relationship with enigmatic gentleman Mr Rufus, it awakens emotions she's never felt before, and makes a better life feel possible for the first time.

A twisty Gothic historical fantasy by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Silent Companions Tabitha would do anything to remain at her ancestral home of Reynard’s Hollow. So, while marrying her cousin Vincent isn’t an inspiring proposition, things could be worse. He doesn’t hold a...

A Vampire Chronicles novella from the internationally bestselling Anne Rice A VAMPIRE IN THE ITALIAN AGE OF GOLD. . . Sixteen years old, Vittorio is the sole survivor of a bizarre and violent massacre at his father's Tuscan palazzo. Escaping to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici, he seeks...

A Vampire Chronicles novella from the internationally bestselling Anne Rice In a cafe in modern-day Paris, in the aftermath of a fresh kill, the fearless and beautiful Pandora begins to tell her tale of treachery, vengeance and love stretching across two millennia. As a young mortal in Imperial...

A tale of obsession and desire . . . The city of Larzég glitters around its famous Nectar Performance House, where violinist Kasia has worked her fingers to the bone to chase one dream: becoming Perla, the theatre’s prestigious concertmaster. When the current Perla mysteriously dies during a...

In this stunning debut gothic fantasy, a young woman haunted by the mystery of her sister’s death must infiltrate a deadly banquet, hosted by her former lover, to finally gain the closure she deserves. A reimagining of Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart" with a romantic twist that begs the question...

The breathtaking and consequential first novel in nearly two decades from the award-winning author of the cult sensation, The Orange Eats Creeps. "Meticulously realized and yet brazenly fresh, Acid Green Velvet is a marvel of character and situation. Krilanovich writes unlike any other writer."...

When her husband, Ben, takes on his first parish in the rural community of Hope-Upon-Barrow, Kate Greenwood feels like it could be a fresh start for the family. But from the moment they arrive, something just feels . . . off. It could be the locals, with their strange rituals and rites. Or it could be the yew tree, which stands in a graveyard bordering their garden, whose presence brings headaches, visions, and disturbing, unfamiliar memories that do not belong to Kate.

In this short yet perfectly constructed work, Poe creates one of the most famous allegories in world literature — a story about fear, power, and the fatal error of humankind. Gothic atmosphere, precise symbolism, and the cold beauty of the imagery turn the text into something almost musical, where every detail carries meaning. In the world of Edgar Allan Poe, wealth is only an illusion of safety, and human arrogance is the shortest road to the abyss.

Lonely widow Susan Reid, scarred by a childhood accident, makes an impulsive decision to start again in a remote Cornish village. Polherron is picturesque, steeped in myths and ancient traditions—the perfect place to disappear into a quieter life. As Susan settles in, she becomes drawn to a local legend: Edyth Legge, a young woman burned for witchcraft in the sixteenth century. With the village preparing for the Day of the Haegtesse—an annual festival marking the anniversary of Edyth’s death—Susan begins to sense she’s being watched.

She thought the nightmare was over . . . but it's only just begun Perfect for fans of Adalyn Grace and Powerless, the captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused, New York Times-bestselling Dream by the Shadows is filled with revenge, romance, and redemption! _______________________________ Esmer...

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Aries: I kept my distance to protect her. My little stepsister with wide eyes and soft smiles—too innocent for a world like mine. But while I was locked away in darkness, he took my place. My name. My life. Her. Now I’m back. Lilian: I was never meant to matter this much. Not to one brother—let alone two. Aries was my almost. The stepbrother I shouldn’t have loved. Arson was the secret. The lie no one warned me about . . . until it was too late. They hate each other. Always have. Always will. But now I’m gone, and the only way to get me back is to work together. Two monsters. One obsession.

From a bestselling, award-winning author comes a compellingly realised story of an enigmatic figure, the beautiful 19th century muse and brilliant social powerhouse, Florence Stoker, whose life, in spite of her many gifts, was overshadowed by one of the most abiding and terrifying of...

From her deathbed, Mathilda tells the story she has carried in silence—one marked by love, loss, and a devastating truth that reshaped her life forever. Orphaned young and raised in emotional distance, she is reunited with her father only to face a revelation so profound it fractures their bond and drives him toward irreversible despair.

In Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe delivers one of his most haunting and psychologically charged tales—a story where love, intellect, and sheer will seem to defy the boundaries of death itself. The narrator recalls his mysterious and brilliant wife, Ligeia—a woman of extraordinary beauty, vast intellect, and an almost supernatural intensity of spirit. Her presence is unforgettable, her voice hypnotic, and her eyes—dark, luminous, and unknowable—become an obsession that lingers long after her passing. But death does not bring peace.