قوطي

تُشكّل الممرات المظلمة والقصور المسكونة خلفيةً لحكايات العذاب النفسي والرغبات المحرّمة والرعب الخارق في بريطانيا العصر الفيكتوري وما وراءها. تتشابك شخصيات الأبطال المضادين الكئيبين والقطع الأثرية الملعونة والأسرار العائلية مع موضوعات الأخلاق والعلم والانحلال الاجتماعي في هذه الأعمال الغنية بالأجواء التي أسّست أدب الرعب كما نعرفه اليوم.

قوطي ملخصات الكتب

The Hunter

بقلم Kerrigan Byrne • 2016

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

4.08

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🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld 🛡️ Mother Protecting Child 💀 Touch Her And Die

The Hunter

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

بقلم Kerrigan Byrne 2016 412 صفحة

4.08

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🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld 🛡️ Mother Protecting Child 💀 Touch Her And Die

Vampire Debt

بقلم Kelly St. Clare • 2020

A vampire prince claims a human heiress as his pawn. She intends to win the game.

4.31

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🏛️ Vampire Politics 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Blood Bond

Vampire Debt

A vampire prince claims a human heiress as his pawn. She intends to win the game.

بقلم Kelly St. Clare 2020 430 صفحة

4.31

٧٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏛️ Vampire Politics 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Blood Bond

Coram House

بقلم Bailey Seybolt • 2025

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

3.63

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🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Coram House

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

بقلم Bailey Seybolt 2025 320 صفحة

3.63

٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Prisoner

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

Her mission: steal a spellbook. Her captor: the scarred mage whose nightmare it holds.

4.14

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🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Scarred Hero 🧬 Hidden Heritage ⛓️ Captive Bride

Prisoner

Her mission: steal a spellbook. Her captor: the scarred mage whose nightmare it holds.

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes 2020 440 صفحة

4.14

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🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Scarred Hero 🧬 Hidden Heritage ⛓️ Captive Bride

The Mercer Curse

بقلم Pepper Winters

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

4.23

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🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

The Mercer Curse

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

بقلم Pepper Winters

4.23

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

بقلم Margaret Rogerson • 2023

A sorcerer's sentient manor demands he prove his love by completing three impossible feats.

4.05

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🏠 Sentient House 😈 Demon Companion ⚔️ Impossible Tasks 📚 Bookish Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

A sorcerer's sentient manor demands he prove his love by completing three impossible feats.

بقلم Margaret Rogerson 2023 192 صفحة

4.05

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🏠 Sentient House 😈 Demon Companion ⚔️ Impossible Tasks 📚 Bookish Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

بقلم Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

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✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

بقلم Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 صفحة

3.65

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

بقلم Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

4.29

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🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

بقلم Gwendolyn Kiste 2017 208 صفحة

4.29

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

Entangled

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes • 2021

A reluctant librarian bound to a resentful fae prince must bind the nightmares consuming their city.

4.20

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧚 Fae Romance 📚 Magical Library 👑 Cursed Prince 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Entangled

A reluctant librarian bound to a resentful fae prince must bind the nightmares consuming their city.

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes 2021 315 صفحة

4.20

٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧚 Fae Romance 📚 Magical Library 👑 Cursed Prince 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Ruin

بقلم Jolie Vines • 2022

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

3.92

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💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Ruin

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

بقلم Jolie Vines 2022 389 صفحة

3.92

٧٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Draven's Electus

بقلم Stephanie Hudson • 2019

A supernatural king claims his fated mate, a scarred maid, drawing enemies to her door.

4.62

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🖇️ Fated Mates 😈 Angel Demon Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 👑 Possessive Hero

Draven's Electus

A supernatural king claims his fated mate, a scarred maid, drawing enemies to her door.

بقلم Stephanie Hudson 2019 406 صفحة

4.62

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖇️ Fated Mates 😈 Angel Demon Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 👑 Possessive Hero

A Plague of Zombies

بقلم Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

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🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

A Plague of Zombies

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

بقلم Diana Gabaldon 2011 94 صفحة

3.98

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🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

Gills

بقلم Abe Moss • 2020

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

3.84

٥٠٠+

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Gills

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

بقلم Abe Moss 2020 332 صفحة

3.84

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🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Wings of Ash & Flame

بقلم Jocelyn Bleu • 2025

A human prisoner enters an elite fae academy where failing any trial means the vampire war.

4.00

١٬٠٠٠+

🏫 Fae Academy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Heir 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Bond

Wings of Ash & Flame

A human prisoner enters an elite fae academy where failing any trial means the vampire war.

بقلم Jocelyn Bleu 2025 472 صفحة

4.00

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏫 Fae Academy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Heir 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Bond

Burn Down Master's House

بقلم Clay Cane • 2026

Virginia's enslaved forge a hidden rebellion of love and vengeance their masters cannot survive.

4.35

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📜 Slavery Narrative 🔥 Slave Rebellion 🕰️ Multi-Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story

Burn Down Master's House

Virginia's enslaved forge a hidden rebellion of love and vengeance their masters cannot survive.

بقلم Clay Cane 2026 288 صفحة

4.35

١٧٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

📜 Slavery Narrative 🔥 Slave Rebellion 🕰️ Multi-Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story

The Girl In Cell A

بقلم Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

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🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Girl In Cell A

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

بقلم Vaseem Khan 2025 515 صفحة

3.92

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Devil's Concubine

بقلم Ángeles Goyanes • 2011

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

3.82

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🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer 🥀 Tragic Romance 🌙 Gothic Confession

The Devil's Concubine

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

بقلم Ángeles Goyanes 2011 460 صفحة

3.82

٤٧١ تقييم

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer 🥀 Tragic Romance 🌙 Gothic Confession

The Body

بقلم Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.86

١٬٠٠٠+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Body

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

بقلم Bethany C. Morrow 2026 288 صفحة

2.86

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Madman's Daughter

بقلم Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

٢٥٬٠٠٠+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

بقلم Megan Shepherd 2013 420 صفحة

3.68

٢٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

Thief

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

A thief robs a scarred mage on a haunted island. His nightmare wants them both.

3.92

١٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Scarred Hero 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌙 Dream Manipulation

Thief

A thief robs a scarred mage on a haunted island. His nightmare wants them both.

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes 2020 423 صفحة

3.92

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Scarred Hero 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌙 Dream Manipulation

The Losting Fountain

بقلم Lora Senf • 2024

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

3.68

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🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

The Losting Fountain

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

بقلم Lora Senf 2024 320 صفحة

3.68

١٢١ تقييم

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

We Were Never Friends

بقلم Kaira Rouda • 2026

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

3.21

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🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

We Were Never Friends

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

بقلم Kaira Rouda 2026 288 صفحة

3.21

٤٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

Such a Pretty Smile

بقلم Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

٥٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Such a Pretty Smile

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

بقلم Kristi DeMeester 2022 320 صفحة

3.34

٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Eldrith Manor

بقلم Leigh Rivers • 2026

She dies summoning a demon, wakes a ghost tethered to her killer in a cursed manor.

3.85

٨٬٠٠٠+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Fated By Blood 💔 Sacrifice For Love

Eldrith Manor

She dies summoning a demon, wakes a ghost tethered to her killer in a cursed manor.

بقلم Leigh Rivers 2026 359 صفحة

3.85

٨٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Fated By Blood 💔 Sacrifice For Love

Honed in Havoc

بقلم Albany Walker • 2024

Separated from the brothers she loves, she must survive a family that turns love into a weapon.

4.10

٢٬٠٠٠+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗝️ Secret Society 👑 Matriarch Villain 💕 Polyamorous Romance

Honed in Havoc

Separated from the brothers she loves, she must survive a family that turns love into a weapon.

بقلم Albany Walker 2024 308 صفحة

4.10

٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗝️ Secret Society 👑 Matriarch Villain 💕 Polyamorous Romance

Lay Your Armor Down

بقلم Michael Farris Smith • 2025

Two drifters rescue a silent girl from a backwoods church cellar massacre. The hunters are coming.

3.80

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🌿 Southern Gothic 🫂 Found Family 🌙 Prophetic Dreams 🏃 On The Run 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

Lay Your Armor Down

Two drifters rescue a silent girl from a backwoods church cellar massacre. The hunters are coming.

بقلم Michael Farris Smith 2025 272 صفحة

3.80

٣٨٦ تقييم

🌿 Southern Gothic 🫂 Found Family 🌙 Prophetic Dreams 🏃 On The Run 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Vampire Armand

بقلم Anne Rice • 1998

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

3.80

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🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror 🧛 Maker And Fledgling 🔥 Cult Indoctrination

The Vampire Armand

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

بقلم Anne Rice 1998 457 صفحة

3.80

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🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror 🧛 Maker And Fledgling 🔥 Cult Indoctrination

Madam

بقلم Phoebe Wynne • 2021

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

3.23

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🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Madam

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

بقلم Phoebe Wynne 2021 352 صفحة

3.23

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🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Beyond the Veil

بقلم T.S. Kinley • 2022

Stolen to a dark Neverland, Gwen faces Peter Pan's obsession and an island stealing her memories.

3.76

١٬٠٠٠+

🏴 Dark Peter Pan Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🧚 Fae Bargains 💭 Memory Loss

Beyond the Veil

Stolen to a dark Neverland, Gwen faces Peter Pan's obsession and an island stealing her memories.

بقلم T.S. Kinley 2022 68 صفحة

3.76

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏴 Dark Peter Pan Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🧚 Fae Bargains 💭 Memory Loss

Together We Rot

بقلم Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

٥٬٠٠٠+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Together We Rot

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

بقلم Skyla Arndt 2023 272 صفحة

3.50

٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Disenchanted

بقلم Brianna Sugalski • 2020

To escape the magic that brands her a monster, a princess falls for a cursed vampire.

3.85

٥٠٠+

👑 Reluctant Queen 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🦇 Cursed Vampire Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🧚 Faerie Court Intrigue

Disenchanted

To escape the magic that brands her a monster, a princess falls for a cursed vampire.

بقلم Brianna Sugalski 2020 456 صفحة

3.85

٥٠٠+ تقييم

👑 Reluctant Queen 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🦇 Cursed Vampire Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🧚 Faerie Court Intrigue

These Vengeful Wishes

بقلم Vanessa Montalban • 2025

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

3.89

٥٠٠+

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

These Vengeful Wishes

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

بقلم Vanessa Montalban 2025 304 صفحة

3.89

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

All The Pretty People

بقلم Barbara Freethy • 2022

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

4.02

٥٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

All The Pretty People

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

بقلم Barbara Freethy 2022 316 صفحة

4.02

٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

Legacy of Lies

بقلم Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

3.96

٣٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

Legacy of Lies

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

بقلم Elizabeth Chandler 2000 182 صفحة

3.96

٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

بقلم Leigh Stein • 2025

A broke journalist joins a crumbling hype house haunted by a tarot reader who vanished.

3.21

٢٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 📱 Influencer Culture 👻 Haunted House 💔 Parasocial Obsession 🎭 Twisted Mentorship

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

A broke journalist joins a crumbling hype house haunted by a tarot reader who vanished.

بقلم Leigh Stein 2025 320 صفحة

3.21

٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Modern Gothic 📱 Influencer Culture 👻 Haunted House 💔 Parasocial Obsession 🎭 Twisted Mentorship

The Keyhole

بقلم Gigi Styx • 2026

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

3.73

٣٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

The Keyhole

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

بقلم Gigi Styx 2026 314 صفحة

3.73

٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

House of Thorns

بقلم Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

٥٠٠+

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

بقلم Lee Mountford 2025 520 صفحة

4.00

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

When We Were Birds

بقلم Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • 2022

She guides the dead. He buries them. In Trinidad, love crosses the boundary between worlds.

3.76

٩٬٠٠٠+

🦜 Caribbean Folklore 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Chosen Family 🕊️ Elegiac

When We Were Birds

She guides the dead. He buries them. In Trinidad, love crosses the boundary between worlds.

بقلم Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 2022 292 صفحة

3.76

٩٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🦜 Caribbean Folklore 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Chosen Family 🕊️ Elegiac

The Reformatory

بقلم Tananarive Due • 2023

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

4.43

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🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Reformatory

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

بقلم Tananarive Due 2023 570 صفحة

4.43

٧٨٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

بقلم Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

٢٠٬٠٠٠+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

بقلم Diana Gabaldon 2007 302 صفحة

3.93

٢٠٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

The Lies that Summon the Night

بقلم Tessonja Odette • 2026

A forbidden artist lures shadow monsters for a half-vampire hunter whose darkness calls to hers.

4.10

٦٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌨️ Forced Proximity 🩸 Vampire Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Lies that Summon the Night

A forbidden artist lures shadow monsters for a half-vampire hunter whose darkness calls to hers.

بقلم Tessonja Odette 2026 301 صفحة

4.10

٦٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌨️ Forced Proximity 🩸 Vampire Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Spectyr

بقلم Philippa Ballantine • 2011

Two Deacons race to save the man they love from a goddess who weaponizes faith.

3.88

١٬٠٠٠+

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Psychic Bond 👹 Gods Are Monsters 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🔍 Supernatural Detectives

Spectyr

Two Deacons race to save the man they love from a goddess who weaponizes faith.

بقلم Philippa Ballantine 2011 310 صفحة

3.88

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Psychic Bond 👹 Gods Are Monsters 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🔍 Supernatural Detectives

Torn

بقلم Natasha Knight • 2018

She wakes in a mausoleum: captive of a possessive cartel heir, and caught between two brothers.

3.89

٤٬٠٠٠+

🕸️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captor Captive Relationship 💔 Love Triangle 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets 🕯️ Generational Curse

Torn

She wakes in a mausoleum: captive of a possessive cartel heir, and caught between two brothers.

بقلم Natasha Knight 2018 294 صفحة

3.89

٤٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🕸️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captor Captive Relationship 💔 Love Triangle 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets 🕯️ Generational Curse

Sole Survivor

بقلم Candice Wright • 2024

No memory, a killer's lullaby, and two men pulling her between salvation and obsession.

4.21

١٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers ⚔️ Survivor To Avenger 👁️ Psychic Visions 🧠 Amnesia Thriller

Sole Survivor

No memory, a killer's lullaby, and two men pulling her between salvation and obsession.

بقلم Candice Wright 2024

4.21

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers ⚔️ Survivor To Avenger 👁️ Psychic Visions 🧠 Amnesia Thriller

House of Splinters

بقلم Laura Purcell • 2025

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

4.06

٢٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

House of Splinters

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

بقلم Laura Purcell 2025 368 صفحة

4.06

٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Penitent

بقلم Natasha Knight • 2023

Born to die for his curse, she instead becomes the woman he would die for.

4.18

١٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🔮 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Religious Horror

The Penitent

Born to die for his curse, she instead becomes the woman he would die for.

بقلم Natasha Knight 2023 318 صفحة

4.18

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Gothic Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🔮 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Religious Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing

بقلم Johanna van Veen • 2024

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

3.85

٢١٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

بقلم Johanna van Veen 2024 375 صفحة

3.85

٢١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

Petals on the Wind

بقلم V.C. Andrews • 1980

Three siblings escape the attic, but are consumed by forbidden love and a thirst for revenge.

3.82

٧٣٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Revenge Quest

Petals on the Wind

Three siblings escape the attic, but are consumed by forbidden love and a thirst for revenge.

بقلم V.C. Andrews 1980 439 صفحة

3.82

٧٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Revenge Quest

The Silence of Monsters

بقلم Jay Crownover • 2024

Her niece fled a gilded estate. To protect her, she marries the cold heir who despises her.

4.17

٥٠٠+

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Contract Marriage 💰 Dark Billionaire 👻 Haunted Estate

The Silence of Monsters

Her niece fled a gilded estate. To protect her, she marries the cold heir who despises her.

بقلم Jay Crownover 2024

4.17

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Contract Marriage 💰 Dark Billionaire 👻 Haunted Estate

Every Gift a Curse

بقلم Caroline O'Donoghue • 2023

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

4.27

٢٬٠٠٠+

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

Every Gift a Curse

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

بقلم Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 414 صفحة

4.27

٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

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