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When Mel's mother passes away, she and her husband are tasked with sorting her estate. The affair is long and tedious, but when she and her husband, Jamie, discover Mel's inherited property in West Virginia, they have no idea that life would drop them right in the middle of those lonely hills.

Inženýr Leon Hebvábný je stejně výstřední jako jméno, které nese, přesto se snaží žít výhradně svou prací a pro svou rodinu. Vystudovaný technik, který stál u počátků neonového osvětlení Prahy ve 20. letech 20. století, je pro svou tvořivost a činorodost zlákán zdánlivě jiným oborem: má vylepšovat společenský obraz Ústředních pražských jatek. Těm vymyslí přezdívku „továrna na maso“, která se chytne nejdřív v pozitivním, později ale v čím dál negativnějším smyslu. Největší jatka ve střední Evropě jsou neohrozitelná a jejich pověst čištěná a bělená Leonovým šarmem a důvtipem.

The history of the Alardyce family is fraught with scandal and intrigue. But after her eldest son Robert leaves the country, finally Amy Alardyce can enjoy some peace. Robert is wanted by the police for some unspeakable crimes, and his family hope he has run far enough and never looks back. A decade after his disappearance, Robert has forged a successful life for himself, making his fortune from the diamond and gold mines of Africa. But when he sees a death notice in the newspaper, the call to go home to Scotland grows ever louder.

When an alcoholic archaeologist removes a scythe from the chest of an unusually well preserved plague victim, he unknowingly awakens a tyrannous ancient vampire. Halfway across the world, a long-dormant bloodline curse is simultaneously revived in college freshman Sofia Kennigen, a direct descendant of the old vampire's mortal queen.

Lange schon wütete der Rote Tod im Lande, nie war eine Pest verheerender, nie eine Krankheit grässlicher gewesen. Blut war der Anfang, Blut das Ende – überall das Rot und der Schrecken des Blutes. Mit stechenden Schmerzen und Schwindelanfällen setzte es ein, dann quoll Blut aus allen Poren, und das war der Beginn der Auflösung. Die scharlachroten Tupfen am ganzen Körper der unglücklichen Opfer – und besonders im Gesicht – waren des Roten Todes Bannsiegel, das die Gezeichneten von der Hilfe und der Teilnahme der Mitmenschen ausschloss, und alles, vom ersten Anfall bis zum tödlichen Ende, war das Werk einer halben Stunde.

Five years ago, I drove away from my birthday party, my father, and his mafia organization. I’ve been living off the grid in Moab, Utah. When my father is brutally killed, I am suddenly a wanted woman by various entities, including the Feds, the Cartel, my father’s odious second-in-command, and the head of the Gateway Syndicate, Nolan Hamilton, none of them good.

Betrayal cuts the deepest. I would know better than anyone. They never suspected me to be the villain. That didn’t matter anymore, though, because I didn’t just want revenge, I needed it. Leaving my old life behind, I knew I could never return, but there was something … no, someone I had left behind. Scarlett. Kind. Innocent. Fragile. She was a light in the darkness of my life. Back then, she was always meant to be mine, even if having her meant breaking every single rule. Now, enemies or not, she would still be mine.

Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn't grown a single inch since she was five. Then at the age of 15 the girls are sold to a mysterious Italian known as 'Captain'. Theo is an orphan, raised by his grandfather. Resenting his grandson for his mother's death in childbirth, Theo is forced to leave home without a penny to his name when he remarries, and a new heir is produced. Unable to train to be a doctor as he'd hoped, Theo finds employment in Dr Summerwell's Museum of Anatomy in London, and here he meets Captain and his theatrical 'family'.

The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 - the year before Stoker's death - with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil.

She's finally under my complete control, yet it's not enough. I hold her body captive but not her heart. She has no money. Nowhere to go. No one to turn to for help. She knows I took everything from her to make her mine, so she fights me at every turn. This began as a game, but she needs to understand that I will do anything to win. Anything. She is my possession. Nothing, and no one, not even her, will keep us apart. One way or another, I'll get what I want. And I want her...all of her.

At just three years of age, Estella is taken from her mother, adopted by the wealthy but eccentric Miss Havisham and taught how to break men's hearts. Satis House is dark and oppressive and life with the vengeful Miss Havisham a confusion of contradictory lessons, but the kindness of the household cook and Estella's love of the nearby marshes bring her some joy. Forced to play with Pip, a local boy from a lowly background, Estella captivates his soul and breaks his heart, exactly as Miss Havisham has planned.

Lange schon wütete der Rote Tod im Lande, nie war eine Pest verheerender, nie eine Krankheit grässlicher gewesen. Blut war der Anfang, Blut das Ende – überall das Rot und der Schrecken des Blutes. Mit stechenden Schmerzen und Schwindelanfällen setzte es ein, dann quoll Blut aus allen Poren, und das war der Beginn der Auflösung. Die scharlachroten Tupfen am ganzen Körper der unglücklichen Opfer – und besonders im Gesicht – waren des Roten Todes Bannsiegel, das die Gezeichneten von der Hilfe und der Teilnahme der Mitmenschen ausschloss, und alles, vom ersten Anfall bis zum tödlichen Ende, war das Werk einer halben Stunde.

Una spietata caccia all’alce che si tramuta in una tragedia, un incubo adolescenziale che torna a perseguitare quattro adulti, un’acuta riflessione sul costo della rottura con le tradizioni. Un horror mozzafiato, campione di vendite e pluripremiato, capace di unire la tensione di una storia horror a una fine analisi sociale.

Traveling to be with her fiance's terminally ill mother in her last days, Saoirse Read expected her introduction to the family's ancestral home would be bittersweet. But the stark thrust of Langdon Hall against the cliff and the hundred darkened windows in its battered walls are almost as forbidding as the woman who lies wasting inside. Her fiance's parents make no secret of their distaste for Saoirse, and their feelings have long since spread to their son. Or perhaps it is only the shadows of her mind suggesting she's unwelcome, seizing on her fears while her beloved grieves?

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide.

Occasionally an author appears who, in a short career, emblazons a legacy so bright and so distinct, as well as popular, that it is difficult to believe it is the output of only one man. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was such a talent. Over the course of his prolific career, Stevenson had not only given his audience many classic novels but beautiful poetry such as ‘A Child’s Garden of Verses’ and many short stories as with his dark classic of Christmas Day ‘Markheim’ (1884).

I’m under the influence of centuries-old, incredibly powerful vampire Meg, and, as such, I’m wreaking havoc all over Splendor and the Netherworld. But, I can’t help it. I’m not even aware of what’s going on.

John Grissom's enhanced vampiric hearing leads him to investigate the oldest and most powerful order of vampires in England. His investigation takes him from London to Brighton and back again, from a vampire proof dungeon to a glittering masked assembly.

From first dates to shipwrecked sailors, encompassing modern horror to gothic tropes, this anthology has something for every listener with one thing in common: They want something to think about when they go to bed.

Favel Farrington meets Roc Pendorric on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Capri, where she was raised and lives with her father. Roc sweeps her off her feet, taking her from her home by an emerald sea to the ancient family home of the Pendorrics, in Cornwall. His sister and her family await them with open arms, welcoming young Favel. She is the much anticipated Bride of Pendorric, a name that amuses and flatters her. The castle is beautiful in its way, but the atmosphere is foreboding. Roc's twin nieces begin watching her carefully; even the stones in the courtyard seem to have eyes.