English Gothic

Kat is searching for a release. A release from fears about her future and the shadows of her past that she just can't shake. A release from the husband she watched die. Finally, she thought she found it in BDSM. Until her long-term Dom tells her he is leaving the state, and the darkness begins to close in on her again. She doesn't know if her world is about to break all over again. When Kat posts a message for a new Dom on her local BDSM group website, Marcus is the first to respond. Afraid to get too attached and be destroyed a third time, Kat and Marcus agree to keep things platonic. ...

Some family secrets are better left buried. Six months ago, Stella Collins killed her husband, Morgan. Previously mild-mannered and caring, Morgan changed, becoming monstrous in an instant, and tried to murder Stella on the staircase in their home, instead falling to his own grisly death. In an attempt to understand what happened to her husband, Stella travels across the country to Morgan’s childhood home to search for answers. She finds the house derelict, rotting from time and neglect, leaving Stella with more questions than answers. Uncovering a packet of old letters and diary entries ...

With a modest inheritance and the three gowns that comprise her entire wardrobe, Theodora leaves Edinburgh—and a disappointed suitor—far behind. She is bound for Romania, where tales of vampires are still whispered, to visit an old friend and write the book that will bring her true independence. She arrives at a magnificent, decaying castle in the Carpathians, replete with eccentric inhabitants, including the castle’s master, Count Andrei Dragulescu.

From the author of Sorcerie and Here Lurk Monsters comes a gothic-horror masterpiece. An unemployed nanny running from her past accepts the position of night sitter for a mysterious little girl who only seems to exist between midnight to dawn. You will find the girl in the attic after midnight. You are to be the night sitter, Miss Emily. . . Emily, a woman with nowhere else in this world to go, arrives at the residence of Ms. Vivian Dancemore for a most unusual job interview. The position of night sitter for a peculiar nine year old child by the name of Madelyn Dancemore who only seems to ...

Rachel knows she can do so much more – she can be an effective Protector, but she’ll have to overcome the prejudice on the council to be the first woman shifter to join the elite group. Proving her worth will be no easy task. Antonio takes three things in life seriously. His position on the Protector team, loyalty to his shifter family, and avoiding distractions. Oh, and Rachel. They’re best friends and there’s no way he’d ever sacrifice their friendship for anything. And Rachel is a loose cannon. Sure she’s the strongest woman he’s ever known, but that doesn’t give her the ...

What if the dark magic that runs in your family's blood awakens... in you? I thought I'd outgrown my fear of Mémé. I was wrong. When the shadows lengthen and the storm howls, will you be ready to face what lurks in the corners of your ancestral home? _Can you resist the siren call of forbidden knowledge passed down through generations?_ Uncover the chilling secrets that bind blood and spirit in this gripping tale of inherited power and unspeakable horror. Will you embrace the darkness... or let it consume you? Whispers Of Abaddon is the haunting blend of Southern Gothic and cosmic horror ...

A patriotic young government staffer, recruited and trained by the Freedom Group to root out corruption, mistakenly furnishes her findings to the top Intelligence Director, who summons her to meet with him… “Do you want to live or die?” Brigham asked as though there was a chance I would answer the latter. “Need you ask? I returned with my usual degree of sarcasm. “Then you have one chance and one chance only.” “I refuse to run and hide like I’m the criminal,” I told him stubbornly. I’ve worked undercover for the past five years. “I’ve survived this long, and I can ...

Blood and power bind three generations of women in the Ozark Mountains. So does an evil that’s followed them across the decades. 1931. Gracelynn Doherty lives peacefully on Tin Mountain, helping her adoptive granny work her cures. Despite whispers that the women are witches, the superstitious locals still seek them out, whether to remedy arthritis or a broken heart. But when evangelist Josiah Bellflower comes to town promising miracle healing, full bellies, and prosperity, his revivals soon hold Tin Mountain in thrall—and Granny in abject fear. Granny recognizes Josiah.

I became alpha of the London dragon shifters when I was young. Too young, really… Even after centuries, I still don’t want the responsibility that comes with power. Maybe that’s why some claim I’m still a bit of a bad boy and a womanizer. An important artifact was stolen, and it’s up to me to get it back. My pack is depending on me to be a real leader. However, working with a criminal was never in my plan. She makes something inside of me unexpectedly stir. Those eyes. That voice. That BODY! How am I supposed to trust her? Also, how am I supposed to live without her? Books in this...

A Dark Billionaire Romantic Thriller by New York Times, USA TODAY and Top-100 Bestseller Marata Eros 🔥"50 SHADES meets GONE GIRL."🔥 💔 The breathtaking finale to The Token series—a story of sacrifice, love, and redemption that will grip your heart and leave you wanting more. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Beautifully written..." ~ Eric Thornton ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "...couldn't put them down." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Terribly, beautifully dark... strong and wistful and tender passion." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "...a masterpiece by Marata Eros." ✨ Meet Shepard: An anti-hero burdened by a shadowed past, Shepard has...

On a sunny August morning in 1935, 13-year-old Sophia Gray finds her friend Rosemary wandering in the woods. Rosemary’s yellow dress is tattered and her eyes are vacant and glassy. She beckons to Sophia, desperate to show her something. In an abandoned cabin, beneath a tattered blanket, Sophia discovers Rosemary’s body. It was not Rosemary who led her there, but Rosemary’s ghost. Twenty years later, Sophia finds herself trapped in the sprawling Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, in the hands of a malevolent doctor who preys on patients who exhibit paranormal abilities.

In the fog-laden streets of Whitechapel, something far deadlier than Jack the Ripper hunts the night… Scarlet Blackwood never believed in monsters—until the night she met one. When a savage attack leaves her teetering between death and something… other, she finds herself drawn into the dark world of Dorian Thorne, a brooding and enigmatic man with secrets as deadly as the city itself. London trembles beneath whispers of a ruthless killer, but the true danger lurks in the shadows far older than the city’s gaslit streets. At the heart of it all sits Ambrose Fairchild, a hunter whose ...

If it wasn’t for bad luck, Nik Briscoe wouldn’t have any luck at all. On the run from a criminal gang for a crime she didn't commit, she finds herself arrested in the obscure town of Possum Trot for yet another murder she didn't commit. Sensing a trend here, Nik knows she needs to clear her good name—and fast. As a disabled ex-Navy SEAL, Nik is no stranger to challenges, but facing off against Sam Beaulieu, a local power player with seemingly limitless influence, pushes her skills to the limit. With the odds stacked against her, Nik dives into the murky underbelly of Possum Trot, ...

The house does not have electricity, and the eccentric nature of the family is displayed through the grotesque artwork that lines the walls of the manor. As Noelle wrestles with her own struggles with understanding her connection to death, she is also plunged headfirst into the dark mysteries surrounding the August family. The dying patriarch who she is strangely never able to see. The head of the household who is incapable of giving a straight answer. And a boy unable to speak but clearly terrified of something.

Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and 18-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation. Merricat has developed an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic to guard the estate against intrusions from hostile villagers. But one day a stranger arrives—cousin Charles, with his eye on the Blackwood fortune.

When Brenna is taken hostage by a forbidding Viking intent on using her to procure a safe place for him and his friends to stay, she knows she should be afraid. Not intrigued, not fascinated, and most certainly not aroused. Björn cannot afford to trust the vexing little Saxon who caused him to be beaten to within an inch of his life. He will keep her captive for as long as he needs, release her when she has served her purpose and not fall under her charm in the meantime. At least, that is the plan... Burning desire will come to throw everything into disarray. Björn and Brenna should never...

Crisis inside the shifter community builds unrest. While the alpha bear searches for a traitor he’s losing control. Can an outsider be the solution he really needs? There’s a traitor inside the shifter community and Cronin needs to find out who it is. He’s always had issues controlling his animal, but now he worries he’s on the verge of becoming feral. If he can’t get command of his power, he’ll be in grave danger and so will the shifter community. Alice has a deep-seated dislike of shifters. She’s gotten good at pushing the feelings aside but when she meets Cronin she’s ...

In the dying days of 1850, the young detective Charles Maddox takes on a new case. His client? The only surviving son of the long-dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein. Charles soon finds himself being drawn into the bitter battle being waged over the poet's literary legacy. When a chance discovery raises doubts about the death of Shelley's first wife, Harriet, he starts to question whether she did kill herself—or whether what really happened was far more sinister…

As the mists descend, the gaslight flickers, and terror takes its hold, two warring lovers must reconcile in time to uncover the murderous mysteries of Lackaday House—and live to tell the tale.

When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists' retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor's dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a "waiting room for death". After years of covering murder and violence as a crime reporter, Eleanor hopes that being around artists and writers in this new job will be a peaceful retreat for her as much as for them.