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Harlow Torrent, die Switch-Hexe, versucht alles zusammenzuhalten. Sie möchte einfach nur das Geschäft ihrer vermissten, unheimlichen Tante Cass am Laufen halten, den Müttern in ihrer neuen Bäckerei helfen und vielleicht ein oder zwei Minuten mit ihrem Freund Jack verbringen. Sie versucht, nicht an die Möglichkeit zu denken, dass sie mit einem Zauber belegt wurde, der mächtiger sein könnte, als sie alle ahnen.

Eigentlich sollte es ein einfacher Job für Harlow Torrent, der Switch-Hexe, sein: persönliche Assistentin von Red Forrest, der Bestsellerautorin für cozy Krimis, die wegen der Autorenmesse Writerpalooza in der Stadt ist. Aber als ein Mann aus einer Seitenstraße torkelt und behauptet, er sei von einem Monster angegriffen worden, wird Harlow in ein gefährliches Geheimnis hineingezogen, das seit Jahrzehnten besteht.

The gods chose two unsuspecting players as their pawns in what was suppose to be a simple game of Dark Creatures. A game of dark things from a world gone mad and forgotten gods that play with life and death for their own amusement. The human beings caught up in a contest of good versus evil find themselves not only controlled by forgotten gods, but controlling other lives in a darker more hostile fantasy world.

Boris wird im Auftrag der Todeswache in die freien Baronien entsandt, um einen Mörder aufzuspüren, der den Ghulwald in Angst und Schrecken versetzt. Nur mithilfe des mysteriösen Vampirkriegers Festus und eines jungen Werwolfs gelingt es Boris, tief in die freien Baronien vorzustoßen. Dabei gerät er in eine Intrige, welche die bestialischen Morde in einem völlig anderen Licht erscheinen lassen.

Claudia Castañeda, joven mexicana en Estados Unidos, contrae matrimonio por impulso con James Blaisdel, un hombre encantador que al conocerla le cuenta que fue sospechoso de la misteriosa muerte de una mujer en Texas. Año y medio después, Claudia enfrenta con estupor la inexplicable pérdida de su marido y la creciente hostilidad de la elegante Nina Blaisdel, su suegra, que se niega a aceptar la desaparición de su hijo. Una ausencia que entreverá una hilera de siniestros secretos del pasado que terminarán saliendo a la luz para quedar, sin remedio, trágicamente expuestos a pleno sol.

No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town—untouched by white oppression—where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares...that only the women can see.

Why would a man abandon his bride following a single night of passion? Five years after her heartbreak and humiliation, Sofia is determined to find out—and to claim her rightful place by his side, even if it means travelling to the wild mountains of Carpathia to make her home in a decrepit castle. Cursed by his bloodline, Constantin was a fool to believe marriage to Sofia would save him. Now, the one woman he has always loved is in danger, for Castle Roznov’s dark secrets are about to be revealed.

Disowned by her oil tycoon father, debutante Rosamund Burnell is in a fix. With limited funds, and a long way from Texas, the answer seems obvious. Pretend she's still a wealthy catch, to ensnare an eligible English bachelor. Meeting the Duke of Studborne, it seems her prayers have been answered. But the Duke's motives for courting her are not what they seem, and Rosamund is caught in a trap.

Jonathan Harker viaja a Transilvania para cerrar un negocio inmobiliario con un misterioso conde que acaba de comprar varias propiedades en Londres. Después de un viaje preñado de ominosas señales, Harker es recogido en "el Paso de Borgo" por un siniestro carruaje que le lleva, acunado por el canto de los lobos, a un castillo en ruinas. Así es el inquietante principio de una novela magistral que alumbró uno de los mitos más populares y poderosos de todos los tiempos: DRÁCULA.

Rediscover this Faulkner classic--or explore it for the first time. A powerful novel examining the nature of evil, informed by the works of T. S. Eliot and Freud, mythology, local lore, and hard-boiled detective fiction, Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of...

“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie Smith One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century...

Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, where she endures loneliness and cruelty, and at a charity school with a harsh regime. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving the man she loves?

Did we need to hold a Halloween party? No, of course not. Was I going to anyway? You better freakin' believe it. I didn't even feel bad! We needed a break! Even if it was for a day, a healthy work-life balance was essential…even if it was holding a bloody Halloween party and the work was determining who was sucking the magic out of people like goddamn juice boxes.

Whisked off to Yorkshire in an arranged marriage, Lady Madelyn strives to make her dreams of love come true. She soon learns her husband, the Lord of Montrose, scarred during his stint in the King's service, suffers even deeper wounds from the suicide of his first wife a decade ago. Isolated in an ancient manor, Madelyn discovers a curse that has hovered over the house for centuries; a curse that threatens all brides who dare to love a Lord of Montrose.

An eldritch magic has awakened, turning the mortal world darker. Colder. Famished. With flesh-eating monsters and a sinister curse spreading like a plague, the last glimmer of humanity in Foxglove Parish has long since faded. For Maevyth and Zevander, the only chance of escape is through The Eating Woods. But fate has woven a new web, tangling the threads of destiny, and crossing the mystical boundary to Aethyria might not be so simple.

A condemned man's final confession. A beloved pet turns into an instrument of terror. A crime that cannot stay buried. Edgar Allan Poe pens one of the most psychologically devastating tales ever written—now brought to life in a chilling dramatic narration that will haunt you long after the final words fade.

Amidst the devastation of Ireland’s Great Famine, a young woman is salvaged from certain death when offered a mysterious position at a remote manor house haunted by a strange power and the horror of her own memories in this chillingly evocative historical novel braided with gothic horror and supernatural suspense for listeners of Katherine Arden’s The Warm Hands of Ghosts and The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins.

After fifty wearisome years of searching for his fated mate, vampire Cordon Shaw, Viscount Grayson, compiles a list of activities to complete before the lack of a mating bond kills him. In his pursuit of some sense of satisfaction, he stumbles upon a gorgeous woman who rebuffs his advances—and so he can't resist relieving her of the box containing a beautiful scarf tucked in her pocket. Then he receives an invitation to visit the shop of the same woman whose name is carved on the lid of the item he stole.

Laura es una joven que vive con su padre en un antiguo castillo en las tierras de Estiria, en Austria. Un día, su vida cambia cuando la carreta en la que viajan dos mujeres nobles se voltea frente al castillo. En ella van Carmilla y su madre, quien le pide al padre de Laura que hospede a su hija durante pocos meses porque debe seguir con su viaje urgentemente.