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In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous… Continue reading Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
The Other Side of Midnight was a quick and enjoyable read. Simone St. James is one of those authors who consistently delivers when I'm in the mood for a creepy ghost story, and this time she added a historical twist that really worked for me. Set in 1925 London, this book combines murder mystery, paranormal… Continue reading The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James
Rachel Hawkins returns with another atmospheric, gothic-tinged thriller—this time set against the haunting backdrop of Alabama’s Gulf Coast, where hurricanes aren’t the only storms that leave destruction in their wake. St. Medard’s Bay is known for three things: its deadly hurricanes, the century-old Rosalie Inn, and the long-ago scandal surrounding Lo Bailey, the local girl… Continue reading The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
Alix E. Harrow’s Starling House is a dark, gothic tale set in the small, unlucky town of Eden, Kentucky—a place haunted by secrets and the eerie legend of E. Starling, a nineteenth-century author who vanished after writing The Underland. Before she disappeared, Starling House appeared—an uncanny, brooding structure now home to her last heir, Arthur… Continue reading Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Salem Salazar is fascinated with death. The black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family, she arrives at Mortimer University as a legacy on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will… Continue reading Enigma by RuNyx
“Weak people revenge, strong people forgive, and intelligent people ignore.” After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in Nana’s crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the… Continue reading Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
“She was the snake biting its tail. She was a dreamer, eternally bound to a nightmare, eyes closed even when her eyes had turned to dust.” After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in… Continue reading Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“Never mix vodka and witchcraft.” Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride” scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will… Continue reading The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
“In a different life, in a fair one, I would've kept you until my eternal soul withered away to dust.” When Ophelia and her sister discovers their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve: Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to… Continue reading Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
“You’re the mountain I build my castle on, brick by brick. You stand, I soar. You crack, I crumble.” 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. The… Continue reading Gothikana by RuNyx