Gothic

For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom. But the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking....

From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realm's forbidden boundary into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.

An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe....

Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

I’m trapped by the devil. What started as an innocent mistake turned into actual hell. In my defense, I didn’t mean to get involved with a mafia prince. But he barged through my defenses anyway. He stalked me from the shadows and stole me from the life I know....

I’m out for revenge. After careful planning, I gave the man who messed with my family a taste of his own medicine. I thought it’d end there. It didn’t....

I wasn’t sure what to expect when arriving in Salem. Forced to marry a man I’ve never met, attend a private university I’d never heard of, and the whispers of a rumored secret society filling the halls.

I fell for the villain. It happened back when I was a clueless girl. But he ruthlessly broke my heart and trapped it in a jar. Since then, I’ve sworn to hate him to the end of my days. Eli King might be a savage devil, but I’m out of his way. And league.

A mysterious inheritance draws orphaned teacher Darcy O’Sullivan to the eerie coastal town of Fairydale, where she becomes entangled in a deadly love triangle while facing an ancient evil that could destroy them all in this haunting and seductive blend of gothic horror and historical fantasy.

Nia finds herself entangled in a world of lies and betrayal, where the truth is as elusive as the Dream Stalker himself. Now trapped in a perilous court, she must navigate her own web of deceit while honing her magic. Every ally may be an enemy, and every word could be her last.

Once upon a time there lived three men bonded by darkness and pain. Each fighting a past that wants to drown them. All of them damaged and broken. None of them complete. Until her.

An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.

I am the servant of a merciless God. I am the daughter of Its preacher. All my life, my power has been controlled by others. They raised me to be meek and stifled my magic. No more....

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage....

Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a house—and a marriage—gone terribly wrong.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born....

When scholarship student Iris Hale arrives at the elite Winter Hall, she expects cold stares, ancient traditions, and a brutal academic workload. She doesn’t expect whispers in the walls, students who vanish without a trace, or cryptic warnings etched into stone.

She answered the emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash....

They were a perfect and beautiful family - until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed....

From the acclaimed author of Mrs. March comes the riveting tale of a bloodthirsty governess who learns the true meaning of vengeance.

Sebastian Weaver is the star quarterback and the college’s heartthrob. Rich. Handsome. Bastard. Everyone’s attention flocked toward him, and all the girls dreamed of being with him. Not me. At least, not until he made a move on me....

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

I'm from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I'm hungry for survival. Growing up in a broken town doesn't make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.

Sleeping with my boyfriend’s best friend, behind his girlfriend’s back, probably wasn’t my smartest idea. But Jase is mine, and it’s about time Julia knew it. Attending Lowell University was supposed to be a fresh start.

My husband. My tormentor. The most notorious man in the city offers me a job. Act as his dead wife. Adrian Volkov isn’t the type of person who takes no for an answer. He commands with an iron fist and all his orders are met. When he approaches me with the offer, I have two options....

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

Grad Student Sydney Denik is getting a second chance. When a dream opportunity presents itself with a prestigious foundation doing promising Alzheimer's research, Sydney leaves the shambles of her old life to join a dozen other students at an isolated lodge hidden away in a remote, fog-shrouded inlet on Vancouver Island. But the Madrona Foundation harbors more than brilliant minds. Everyone around her is hiding a terrible secret—including the resident psychologist she's falling in love with.

When legendary horror author Mortimer Queen passes, a group of writers find themselves invited to his last will and testament reading expecting a piece of his massive fortune. Each have their own unique connection to the literary icon, some known, some soon to be discovered, and they've been waiting for their chance to step into the author’s shoes for some time. Instead, they arrive at his grand manor and are invited to play a game. The rules are simple, solve the riddle and progress to the next room. If they don’t, the manor will take one of them for itself.

What do you do when the killers come out to play? When it's hunt or be hunted? You sharpen your knives and prepare to get bloody because nobody does it better than a woman scorned with something to prove. Welcome to the 23rd annual serial killer war games, where the adrenaline runs high, the blood is fresh, and the revenge is best served cold.

The lies that brought them together will tear them apart. Alek and Ian's relationship is built on lies and the cracks are starting to show. A pianist gifted with synesthesia, Alek sees sounds and hears colors and transforms all of his emotions into music. But no matter how hard he tries to hide behind a facade of apathy and seduction, he can't escape the dark past that haunts him.

Anthology of Cthulhu Mythos is a captivating collection that brings together the works of three legendary authors: H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Henry Kuttner. This anthology showcases over thirty stories that delve into the dark and mysterious realms of the Cthulhu Mythos, a universe filled with cosmic horrors, ancient deities, and existential dread.

The Bratva enemy kidnaps me, locks me in, and knocks me up. I’m the Don’s little sister, but I didn’t know anything about the family business. Until our much older Bratva enemy grabs me and throws me into his prison. And there he shows me what it truly means to be vulnerable…and pregnant. I tell him I’m innocent and that I have no idea what he wants from me. He responds that he’ll wait me out and expose me in more ways than one. He opens my prison door and keeps pushing until he breaks through my defenses. He traps my struggling body against the wall until I almost succumb. ...

This edition of Shelley's second novel, transcribed and introduced by Deanna Koretsky, explores the work both as a complex portrayal of taboo desires and as an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarchy. Mathilda is often understood as biographical, but this edition also highlights the issues of justice, gender, and rights.

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires meets Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this twisty, fresh take on a Southern gothic that follows a mysterious, charming bachelor as he makes his way into a small town, bringing a plague and the devil with him, from GMA Buzz Pick author Dana Elmendorf.

Step into the chilling prelude to Dracula in Bram Stoker's gothic tale, Dracula's Guest. Set in a desolate European landscape, this haunting story builds a sense of creeping dread as a lone English traveler encounters ominous signs, supernatural forces, and the shadow of something far darker awaiting in the night.

Just beyond the waking edges of Lucerìa, an 18th-century town in the kingdom of Naples, lies the Night: an enigmatic fiefdom governed by seven immortals and fueled by Moira, the power to reshape one’s destiny. On this porous border separating Day from Night, Oriana spends her time fantasizing about becoming a smith in her father’s forge and eavesdropping on whispered tales of beasts and men who roam the nocturnal realm. But in the Night, these stories come alive, as Oriana saw for herself after she inadvertently trespassed into the Secret Market of the Dead.

Brought to her uncle’s decaying Oxfordshire estate when she was a child, Grace has grown up on the periphery of a once-great household, an outsider in her own home. Now a self-possessed and secretive young woman, she has developed unusual predilections: for painting, particularly forgery; for deception; for other girls.

Der angesehene Dr. Jekyll verbirgt ein düsteres Geheimnis: Durch ein selbst entwickeltes Elixier verwandelt er sich in den skrupellosen Mr. Hyde – ein Wesen ohne Reue, ohne Gewissen, aber mit unstillbarem Hunger nach Macht und Gewalt. Zwei Seelen – ein Körper. In Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde entführt uns Robert Louis Stevenson in die dunklen Gassen des viktorianischen Londons, wo Wissenschaft, Moral und Wahnsinn unheilvoll aufeinandertreffen.

Justo cuando creíamos que habíamos ganado... ...todo se vino abajo. Nuestro enemigo es más fuerte, más inteligente y más despiadado de lo que jamás imaginamos. Es una lucha por nuestras vidas y por nuestra ciudad, y han dejado claro que no terminará hasta que solo uno de nosotros quede en pie. Yo nací en Cinco City. Sufrí en Cinco City. Luché, me arrastré, lloré y sangré en Cinco City, y todo ese tiempo lo hice sola. Esta vez no. Con Sunny, Liam, River y Bane a mi lado, será la Hermandad la que descubra lo que significa tenerlo todo en la palma de la mano... hasta que se lo ...

My Bratva boss is much too old for me. And obsessed with my plus-size curves. I’m his new PA as part of a Bratva alliance, and he monitors me obsessively. He specializes in dirty Bratva business, and his cold gaze follows me around. I hate the way he commands me…but my curves want more. He breathes down my neck constantly and gets jealous when someone approaches me. He kills without a thought and without getting blood on his dress shirt. I shouldn’t notice how his pants emphasize his crazy hot physique. I shouldn’t notice how his scent wakes up my virgin body. He orders me around in...

I’m sold off as the Pakhan’s forced bride. Daddy betrayed the Bratva and sacrificed me to settle the debt. The Pakhan takes one look at me, picks me up, and carries me away. I’m locked in his mansion and expected to give him an heir. He rules San Francisco with an iron fist and a past drenched in blood. He’s more than a decade my senior, and now I’m his little, innocent bride. I’m forced to sign the wedding papers as he tells me I’m his. I’m dragged to his home as he tells me I can’t escape. Nightmares come to claim me, but he soothes me, and I forget. I forget that I must...

The Bratva enemy forces me into marriage and knocks me up. He’s fifteen years older than me and wants revenge on my family. First, he kidnaps me, not caring about the way I fight and struggle. Then, he marries me, not caring that it’s against my will. I’m the youngest in the family, protected and shielded from the Bratva life. But nobody is there to protect me when he forces me into his mansion. He locks me in and makes me his personal toy. He cuffs our hands together so that I can’t escape him. I know about the bad things he’s done, the things he’s capable of. He senses my ...

Isolated from society, Emily Brontë and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.

Elira has escaped her cage—but freedom has come at a heavy cost. After the brutal fallout in Varrowmere, she finds refuge in the long-lost kingdom of Virell—a place woven with memory, magic, and ghosts she’s not ready to face. Grief clings to her like a shadow, and the past refuses to stay buried. But the realm of Virell is no safe haven. Political alliances demand obedience. Power demands sacrifice. And Elira soon finds herself trapped in another cage—this time, bound by duty and expectation. Her magic is awakening. The kingdom is watching. And whispers rise: the true heir has ...

💀 He warned her not to follow the trail. She did anyway. Now she’s trapped in the Devil’s embrace… and the only thing more dangerous than the outlaw watching her is the way her body responds when he gets too close. When small-town schoolteacher **Kennedy Worthington** crosses into cartel territory searching for her missing sister, she never expected to end up in the hands of a brutal motorcycle club enforcer known only as *Outlaw*. 🔒 Cold. Cruel. Commanding. Outlaw doesn’t take in strays. But something about the fire in her eyes and the secrets she carries makes him break his ...

DIFERENCIA DE EDAD + RELACIÓN FALSA + CONVIVENCIA FORZADA + MAFIOSO PROTECTOR + HOMBRE DE MORAL CUESTIONABLE + ROMANCE EN EL MUNDO DE LA MAFIA + HOMBRE ROTO + PASADO OSCURO Para convertirse en consigliere de la Bratva, el padre Santo Zampieri debe pasar por una iniciación de sangre: engendrar un heredero con una hija de la mafia rusa. Una prueba que pone en juego sus principios, su fe... y un corazón lleno de cicatrices. Ella nunca tuvo nada. Ahora debe decidir si está dispuesta a vender su propio destino. Bianca Sierra ha vivido con la angustiosa sensación de no pertenecer a ningún ...

A dark sorcerer. His widowed apprentice. A Victorian gothic romance for all time. In the midnight fog of Victorian London, the young widow Elizabeth Buckingham was destitute and alone, sustained only by her vow of revenge against whoever—or whatever—caused her Egyptologist husband’s uncanny demise. Everything changes when a mysterious encounter at a fortuneteller shop leads Elizabeth to join the Esoteric Order of Magisophists, a secret society and college of magic.

❖ He watched me like a secret. Now I carry the one thing he never meant to leave behind. ❖ I thought he was just another cold customer. Sharp suit. Sharper tongue. The kind of man who thinks a coffee order is a battlefield. I didn’t know his name. Didn’t know he ruled Chicago’s underworld with a whisper. Didn’t know Dario Ventresca was the most dangerous man I’d ever meet. And I definitely didn’t mean to fall for him. But obsession doesn't ask for permission. Not when he’s already watching you behind tinted glass. Not when his touch leaves marks you never want to erase. ...

Nurse Nellie Lester thinks she can escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit manor on a desolate Michigan island. She’s convinced the island holds the secret to her family’s murky past. Soon after her arrival, the frozen body of the prior nurse is unearthed. Haunted nightly by a ghostly presence, Nellie is convinced the nurse’s murder and her father’s fate are connected and dives into the mystery.

She was never his captive. She was his curse. On her wedding day, she killed three men. Blood soaked her white dress. Her diamond ring carved her skin. His empire burned in the distance. They called her his prisoner. His obsession. His broken little bird in a golden cage. They were wrong. Six months earlier, Zephyr Maltese—a ruthless mafia king—claimed her as collateral for a blood debt. He surrounded her with luxury, wrapped her in silk, and stripped away her freedom one calculated touch at a time. His voice demanded obedience. His hands rewrote her rules. His obsession disguised ...