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The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. To protect her twin from a terrible fate in a lunatic asylum, Lucy must unravel the mystery surrounding her sister's condition, but it's clear her twin is hiding something. Then again, Lucy is harboring secrets of her own, too.

If you think your love life bites, meet Bella! Man after man has let her down. Three different men with no luck! Will she find love or give up?

Alice und Lennox beginnen ihr neues Leben im Zeugenschutzprogramm. Alles scheint perfekt, bis Schatten aus der Vergangenheit erscheinen.

Rimasta orfana, Opal ha lasciato la scuola e ora lavora come commessa part time, sperando di guadagnare abbastanza per garantire al fratello Jasper una vita migliore. Una vita lontano da Eden, nel Kentucky, un luogo celebre solo per due cose: la sua sfortuna e la scrittrice E. Starling, autrice del romanzo Il Sottomondo, misteriosamente scomparsa cent'anni prima lasciando dietro di sé solo chiacchiere e un'antica dimora nascosta tra gli alberi. Tutti concordano su un fatto: meglio ignorare quella casa e il suo bizzarro, misantropo proprietario, Arthur Starling. Quasi tutti, a dire il vero.

It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband home to Buffalo, where he grew up. Dr. Edward Wilk is wasting away from an aggressive and debilitating malady. But it's becoming clearer that his condition isn't exactly a disease but a phase of existence that seeks to transform and ultimately possess him.

The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart. It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long-forsaken property in Manila’s bohemian district, close to where ladies of the evening ply their trade. It is no place for a proper young woman, but this house, even with its ghosts, makes Celestina feel at home.

"A gothic, darkly alluring tale that will leave readers spellbound"—Dua Lipa, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter A compelling take on folk horror and macabre rituals, this debut novel uncovers dark secrets about how far people will go to keep their dreams alive. A Goodreads Most...

Welcome to the Exiled Sector, home to the most lethal Alphas on the planet. These beings don't play nice with others. They've been banished. And a plane full of Omegas just crashed-landed on their isles.

The first time I met Micah Delarosa, I ended up in bed with him. It was supposed to be a one-night stand—no names, no strings, no regrets. Just a fleeting escape from my small-town life and my father's crushing debts. Except I didn't just sleep with a stranger. I tangled with the most ruthless Italian mafia boss in the city. And I was sent to steal from him. I broke into his vault, thinking I could get away with it. But when Micah found me, instead of punishment, he made me an offer: one year as his wife and he'll pay my debts and keep me safe from my abusive ex.

“House of Blight is one of those books I had trouble putting down. I loved the totally unique magic system and the eerie but cozy setting... A must-read for any romantasy lover!” — NISHA J. TULI, internationally bestselling author of Trial of the Sun Queen? The first novel in an eerie...

After laboring for decades in the mines of Skálavík, Viggo is lured by the promise of great riches, and joins his jarl's sea quest. But the daring adventure is doomed, the longship destroyed in a terrible storm. He awakes to find himself robbed of his sight, and his liberty. Signy knows what it is to suffer alone. The last thing she seeks is a man—even if the future of the island depends upon compliance. Thrown together, the two form an alliance. Viggo will impregnate her, in return for a promise that she'll help him end his misery.

In The Mysterious Sketch, Erckmann-Chatrian delivers a chilling tale of obsession, art, and the uncanny. When a young artist becomes inexplicably compelled to sketch the face of a man he has never met, he unwittingly unlocks a sinister thread of fate.

Der bekannte Forscher Doktor Wagenstein kehrt mit seiner Frau, die an einer mysteriösen Krankheit leidet, von einer Reise im Amazonas in ihr geliebtes Traunstein zurück. Der Doktor kämpft aufopferungsvoll gegen den fremden Erreger, der jedoch ein schreckliches Geheimnis birgt. Anscheinend ist Annbelle, die geliebte des Frau des Doktors, von einem parasitären Einzeller befallen, welcher ihre Blutkörperchen angreift und dafür sorgt, dass sie immer mehr unter Schwächeanfällen leidet und kaum noch das Bett verlassen kann. Aus Verzweiflung wagt Wagenstein ein riskantes Experiment!

Ainda se recuperando da enchente devastadora, a cidade de Perdido se mobiliza para construir um dique que evite novas catástrofes. Porém, quando as obras começam, ocorrem eventos misteriosos, como um desaparecimento. Agora parte da família Caskey, Elinor é contra a construção e entra em choque com a sogra, Mary-Love. Entre alianças, intrigas e sacrifícios, nada está proibido nessa disputa.

She was my salvation—until she became my destruction. Once, I would have bled for her. Now, I burn for revenge. She and her father didn’t just betray me. They destroyed me. Left me broken, bleeding, crawling my way out of hell. And now, years later, she’s back—wrapped up in a satin bow with a convenient case of amnesia? Nice try, princess. But I don’t believe in fairy tales. I bought her at an auction. Now I own her for a week. Seven days to make her remember exactly who she was to me. Seven nights to make her pay for every lie.

Published in 1820 and written by the Protestant curate Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer is considered one of the greatest works of Gothic literature. Consisting of a series of stories within stories, the narrative features the scholar John Melmoth, condemned to wander the earth in search of a victim to take his place and free him from his eternal torment.

A battered woman awakens atop a forgotten gravesite by Lake Superior's southern shore. Identified only by the locket around her neck inscribed with the name Rebecca, she seeks refuge with an elderly lighthouse keeper. But as Rebecca struggles to remember who she is, she finds herself haunted by the lingering memories of Annabel, a mysterious woman who perished in the lake's unforgiving waves years earlier. With the spirit of Annabel seemingly reawakened, and an unknown adversary on the hunt to silence Rebecca once and for all, more is at stake than reclaiming her own memories.

'An extraordinary, hallucinatory accomplishment' KAREN JOY FOWLER '[A] reminder about what it means to be alive . . . with razor-sharp prose and diction so precise' MORGAN TALTY 'Read it and be changed' B. PLADEK Something terrible has happened. In a mysterious apartment filled with ghosts, our...

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. Aber mein Biest hat ein Geheimnis. Seine einzige Schwäche. Eine, die es mir unmöglich macht, ihn zu hassen. Er hat eine Tochter. Und er würde alles tun, um sie zu beschützen.

When Rose Blackwood inherits her late grandmother’s sprawling estate and an overgrown greenhouse, she expects a world of mundane responsibilities. But within the shadowy corners of her family legacy lies a magic older and more dangerous than she ever imagined. As plants respond to her emotions and whispers echo from realms unseen, Rose discovers her destiny as a Guardian… a protector of life itself.