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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

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

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🖤 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

A Brief History of Montmaray

بقلم Michelle Cooper • 2008

A teenage diarist chronicles her crumbling island kingdom as Nazi agents arrive hunting a relic.

3.68

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📖 Epistolary Novel 🏰 Crumbling Castle 🏝️ Remote Island 👑 Fading Aristocracy ⚔️ Pre-War Europe

A Brief History of Montmaray

A teenage diarist chronicles her crumbling island kingdom as Nazi agents arrive hunting a relic.

بقلم Michelle Cooper 2008 304 صفحة

3.68

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📖 Epistolary Novel 🏰 Crumbling Castle 🏝️ Remote Island 👑 Fading Aristocracy ⚔️ Pre-War Europe

The God of Endings

بقلم Jacqueline Holland • 2023

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

3.81

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🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The God of Endings

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

بقلم Jacqueline Holland 2023 480 صفحة

3.81

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🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

Dance of Souls

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

A huntress stripped of her wolf spirit enters a royal wedding where witches wear stolen faces.

4.23

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🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🐺 Wolf Companion 🔮 Cursed Hero 👻 Body Possession

Dance of Souls

A huntress stripped of her wolf spirit enters a royal wedding where witches wear stolen faces.

بقلم Sylvia Mercedes 2020 362 صفحة

4.23

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🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🐺 Wolf Companion 🔮 Cursed Hero 👻 Body Possession

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

بقلم India Holton • 2021

A lady pirate and her would-be assassin unite against the villain stealing their flying houses.

3.64

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⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫖 Fantasy Of Manners 🏠 Alternate Victorian 🎭 Satirical Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Lady Pirates

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

A lady pirate and her would-be assassin unite against the villain stealing their flying houses.

بقلم India Holton 2021 336 صفحة

3.64

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⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫖 Fantasy Of Manners 🏠 Alternate Victorian 🎭 Satirical Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Lady Pirates

The Unseelie Exile

بقلم Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2025

Grieving and homeless, Ava Cole stumbles into a fae prison and bonds with its monstrous architect.

4.14

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🌑 Fae Horror 🏚️ Sentient Prison 🖤 Villain Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 📜 Fae Bargains

The Unseelie Exile

Grieving and homeless, Ava Cole stumbles into a fae prison and bonds with its monstrous architect.

بقلم Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2025 266 صفحة

4.14

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🌑 Fae Horror 🏚️ Sentient Prison 🖤 Villain Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 📜 Fae Bargains

Dying to Meet You

بقلم Sarina Bowen • 2025

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

3.80

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🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

Dying to Meet You

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

بقلم Sarina Bowen 2025 368 صفحة

3.80

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🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

Wrayth

بقلم Philippa Ballantine • 2012

A paralyzed Deacon enters a nightmare fortress to uncover the truth hidden in her blood.

3.90

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🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🔗 Psychic Partnership 🐺 Monster Within 🦠 Body Horror 🏚️ Collapsing Empire

Wrayth

A paralyzed Deacon enters a nightmare fortress to uncover the truth hidden in her blood.

بقلم Philippa Ballantine 2012 309 صفحة

3.90

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🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🔗 Psychic Partnership 🐺 Monster Within 🦠 Body Horror 🏚️ Collapsing Empire

The Sea Child

بقلم Linda Wilgus • 2026

A young widow. A wounded smuggler. A Cornish coast where the sea knows her name.

3.96

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🏴‍☠️ Smuggling Romance 🌫️ Coastal Gothic 🩹 Nurse To Lovers 🔍 Mysterious Origins 🖤 Widow Finds Love

The Sea Child

A young widow. A wounded smuggler. A Cornish coast where the sea knows her name.

بقلم Linda Wilgus 2026 304 صفحة

3.96

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🏴‍☠️ Smuggling Romance 🌫️ Coastal Gothic 🩹 Nurse To Lovers 🔍 Mysterious Origins 🖤 Widow Finds Love

Apart in the Dark

بقلم Ania Ahlborn • 2018

A timid secretary is consumed by loneliness. Her mute brother's cure is murder.

3.82

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🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Sibling Bond 🏢 Workplace Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 🕯️ Family Curse

Apart in the Dark

A timid secretary is consumed by loneliness. Her mute brother's cure is murder.

بقلم Ania Ahlborn 2018 384 صفحة

3.82

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🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Sibling Bond 🏢 Workplace Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 🕯️ Family Curse

Down Comes the Night

بقلم Allison Saft • 2021

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

3.77

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

Down Comes the Night

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

بقلم Allison Saft 2021 400 صفحة

3.77

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

When Darkness Loves Us

بقلم Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

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🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

بقلم Elizabeth Engstrom 1985 249 صفحة

4.01

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🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

Blood Bonds

بقلم Stephanie Hudson • 2024

A woman flees the vampire brothers who claim she's theirs, convinced their love is only a curse.

4.30

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💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Why Choose Vampires 👥 Brothers Sharing 🏚️ Ancestral Curse 👑 Lost Heir

Blood Bonds

A woman flees the vampire brothers who claim she's theirs, convinced their love is only a curse.

بقلم Stephanie Hudson 2024 294 صفحة

4.30

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💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Why Choose Vampires 👥 Brothers Sharing 🏚️ Ancestral Curse 👑 Lost Heir

Seven Sins of Snow

بقلم Loxley Savage • 2020

A princess fleeing a murderous queen is taken by seven vampire kings embodying the deadly sins.

3.74

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🧚 Fairy Tale Retelling 💞 Reverse Harem 😈 Seven Deadly Sins ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery

Seven Sins of Snow

A princess fleeing a murderous queen is taken by seven vampire kings embodying the deadly sins.

بقلم Loxley Savage 2020 500 صفحة

3.74

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🧚 Fairy Tale Retelling 💞 Reverse Harem 😈 Seven Deadly Sins ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

بقلم Vincent Tirado • 2026

A will claims a demon hides among Xiomara's family; a storm traps them together until dawn.

3.32

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🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🖤 Gothic Family Saga 🩸 Generational Trauma 😈 Demon Bargain 🚪 Claustrophobic Suspense

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

A will claims a demon hides among Xiomara's family; a storm traps them together until dawn.

بقلم Vincent Tirado 2026 256 صفحة

3.32

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🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🖤 Gothic Family Saga 🩸 Generational Trauma 😈 Demon Bargain 🚪 Claustrophobic Suspense

The Vile Thing We Created

بقلم Robert P. Ottone • 2023

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

3.56

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🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Vile Thing We Created

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

بقلم Robert P. Ottone 2023 410 صفحة

3.56

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🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

Vanquished Gods

بقلم C.N. Crawford • 2024

A killing touch makes her a cult's target and two vampire lords' prize.

3.75

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🖤 Dark Romantasy 🦇 Vampire Romance 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Reluctant Assassin

Vanquished Gods

A killing touch makes her a cult's target and two vampire lords' prize.

بقلم C.N. Crawford 2024 344 صفحة

3.75

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🖤 Dark Romantasy 🦇 Vampire Romance 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Reluctant Assassin

Asylum Hotel

بقلم Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

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🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Asylum Hotel

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

بقلم Juliet Blackwell 2025 384 صفحة

3.56

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🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Magic Lessons

بقلم Alice Hoffman • 2020

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

4.22

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🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Magic Lessons

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

بقلم Alice Hoffman 2020 396 صفحة

4.22

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🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

And the Sea Called Her Name

بقلم Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

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🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

بقلم Joe Hart 2015 40 صفحة

3.73

٤٢٩ تقييم

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

Morsel

بقلم Carter Keane • 2026

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

3.58

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🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Morsel

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

بقلم Carter Keane 2026 198 صفحة

3.58

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🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Whichwood

بقلم Tahereh Mafi • 2017

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

3.93

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🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Whichwood

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

بقلم Tahereh Mafi 2017 368 صفحة

3.93

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🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

You Did Nothing Wrong

بقلم C.G. Drews • 2026

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

3.63

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🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

You Did Nothing Wrong

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

بقلم C.G. Drews 2026 294 صفحة

3.63

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🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

Smothermoss

بقلم Alisa Alering • 2024

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

3.43

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🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Smothermoss

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

بقلم Alisa Alering 2024 256 صفحة

3.43

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🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Of Wicked Blood

بقلم Olivia Wildenstein • 2021

A thief steals a cursed ring. Survival means allying with the furious girl he robbed.

4.07

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⚔️ Cursed Artifact Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Magical Academia

Of Wicked Blood

A thief steals a cursed ring. Survival means allying with the furious girl he robbed.

بقلم Olivia Wildenstein 2021 424 صفحة

4.07

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

⚔️ Cursed Artifact Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Magical Academia

The Night I Died

بقلم Anne Frasier • 2023

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

3.96

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🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma 🪞 Switched Identities 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Night I Died

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

بقلم Anne Frasier 2023 283 صفحة

3.96

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🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma 🪞 Switched Identities 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Curse of Penryth Hall

بقلم Jess Armstrong • 2023

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

3.58

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🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

The Curse of Penryth Hall

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

بقلم Jess Armstrong 2023 326 صفحة

3.58

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🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

The Winter People

بقلم Jennifer McMahon • 2014

Two sisters find a century-old diary after their mother vanishes: instructions for raising the dead.

3.81

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🧵 Folk Horror 🏚️ Rural Gothic 🪦 Grief Horror 📖 Hidden Diary 💔 Mother Daughter Grief

The Winter People

Two sisters find a century-old diary after their mother vanishes: instructions for raising the dead.

بقلم Jennifer McMahon 2014 317 صفحة

3.81

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🧵 Folk Horror 🏚️ Rural Gothic 🪦 Grief Horror 📖 Hidden Diary 💔 Mother Daughter Grief

Genesis

بقلم Nick Roberts • 2024

A family moves into a farmhouse. The basement well has opened before. It can open again.

4.15

٦٬٠٠٠+

🕸️ Generational Curse 👁️ Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse ✝️ Reluctant Exorcist 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Genesis

A family moves into a farmhouse. The basement well has opened before. It can open again.

بقلم Nick Roberts 2024 320 صفحة

4.15

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🕸️ Generational Curse 👁️ Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse ✝️ Reluctant Exorcist 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Rose Petal Graves

بقلم Olivia Wildenstein • 2016

A student returns home to bury her mother and inherits the family cemetery's ancient fae war.

3.80

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🗡️ Fae Hunter Lore 🪶 Indigenous Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Fae Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🕯️ Ancestral Magic

Rose Petal Graves

A student returns home to bury her mother and inherits the family cemetery's ancient fae war.

بقلم Olivia Wildenstein 2016 370 صفحة

3.80

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🗡️ Fae Hunter Lore 🪶 Indigenous Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Fae Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🕯️ Ancestral Magic

The Architect of Song

بقلم A.G. Howard • 2016

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

4.03

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🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap 🌸 Deaf Heroine 🌑 Gothic Love Triangle

The Architect of Song

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

بقلم A.G. Howard 2016 425 صفحة

4.03

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🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap 🌸 Deaf Heroine 🌑 Gothic Love Triangle

Blacklist

بقلم Geneva Lee • 2020

At her father's funeral, her ex returns armed with a hit list and a fake-dating ultimatum.

3.81

١٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💎 Class Divide 🔐 Family Secrets

Blacklist

At her father's funeral, her ex returns armed with a hit list and a fake-dating ultimatum.

بقلم Geneva Lee 2020 402 صفحة

3.81

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🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💎 Class Divide 🔐 Family Secrets

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

بقلم K. Ancrum • 2025

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

4.21

٢٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

بقلم K. Ancrum 2025 380 صفحة

4.21

٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

Summerhouse

بقلم Yiğit Karaahmet • 2025

On a Turkish island, a gay couple's life unravels when desire for a young neighbor turns murderous.

3.59

٥٠٠+

🖤 Literary Suspense ⏳ Age Gap Desire 💔 Long-Term Relationship 👁️ Voyeurism And Obsession 🪦 Cover Up A Death

Summerhouse

On a Turkish island, a gay couple's life unravels when desire for a young neighbor turns murderous.

بقلم Yiğit Karaahmet 2025 352 صفحة

3.59

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Literary Suspense ⏳ Age Gap Desire 💔 Long-Term Relationship 👁️ Voyeurism And Obsession 🪦 Cover Up A Death

Fear Me, Love Me

بقلم Lilith Vincent • 2023

She traded herself to a crime lord for her brother's life. His obsession became her cage.

3.75

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⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🕶️ Mafia Antihero 🏚️ Modern Gothic 💔 Trauma Bonding 🥀 Dark Fairy Tale

Fear Me, Love Me

She traded herself to a crime lord for her brother's life. His obsession became her cage.

بقلم Lilith Vincent 2023 300 صفحة

3.75

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⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🕶️ Mafia Antihero 🏚️ Modern Gothic 💔 Trauma Bonding 🥀 Dark Fairy Tale

A Harvest of Hearts

بقلم Andrea Eames • 2025

Ensnared by a sorcerer's gaze, a butcher's daughter enters his shifting house to reclaim her heart.

3.57

٨٬٠٠٠+

🌑 Dark Fairytale 💔 Costly Magic 💪 Plain Heroine 🏚️ Magical House 🐈‍⬛ Talking Cat

A Harvest of Hearts

Ensnared by a sorcerer's gaze, a butcher's daughter enters his shifting house to reclaim her heart.

بقلم Andrea Eames 2025 437 صفحة

3.57

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🌑 Dark Fairytale 💔 Costly Magic 💪 Plain Heroine 🏚️ Magical House 🐈‍⬛ Talking Cat

Anima Rising

بقلم Christopher Moore • 2025

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

4.05

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🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

Anima Rising

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

بقلم Christopher Moore 2025 400 صفحة

4.05

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🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

As I Descended

بقلم Robin Talley • 2016

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

3.48

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🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

As I Descended

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

بقلم Robin Talley 2016 370 صفحة

3.48

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🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

Pretty Nightmare

بقلم J.A. Huss • 2020

Three broken men share one woman in a bayou manor. A dead man wants his family.

4.45

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🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Split Personality 🧩 Repressed Memories 💔 Trauma Bonds

Pretty Nightmare

Three broken men share one woman in a bayou manor. A dead man wants his family.

بقلم J.A. Huss 2020 444 صفحة

4.45

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Split Personality 🧩 Repressed Memories 💔 Trauma Bonds

The Last Raven

بقلم Helen Glynn Jones • 2024

The human heir to the vampire throne falls for the guard sent to break her.

2.91

١٬٠٠٠+

🩸 Human Among Vampires 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 👑 Vampire Royalty 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance 🔥 Vampire Dystopia

The Last Raven

The human heir to the vampire throne falls for the guard sent to break her.

بقلم Helen Glynn Jones 2024 384 صفحة

2.91

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🩸 Human Among Vampires 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 👑 Vampire Royalty 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance 🔥 Vampire Dystopia

A Duel with the Vampire Lord

بقلم Elise Kova • 2022

A forge maiden captured by a vampire lord must break his curse before it takes them both.

3.90

٢٢٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🩸 Blood Bond 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏰 Cursed Castle

A Duel with the Vampire Lord

A forge maiden captured by a vampire lord must break his curse before it takes them both.

بقلم Elise Kova 2022 536 صفحة

3.90

٢٢٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🩸 Blood Bond 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏰 Cursed Castle

The Moonflowers

بقلم Abigail Rose-Marie • 2024

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

4.32

٢٣٬٠٠٠+

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

The Moonflowers

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

بقلم Abigail Rose-Marie 2024 329 صفحة

4.32

٢٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

The Lighthouse Witches

بقلم C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

٣١٬٠٠٠+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Lighthouse Witches

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

بقلم C.J. Cooke 2021 350 صفحة

3.93

٣١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Bridesmaid

بقلم Cate Quinn • 2025

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

3.29

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🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Bridesmaid

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

بقلم Cate Quinn 2025 372 صفحة

3.29

٨٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

Of Skulls of Shackles

بقلم Kelly St. Clare • 2025

A stitched queen must conquer rival kings before the lover who sees all destroys her heart.

4.25

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🏰 Gothic Romantasy 👑 Monster Politics ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👸 Reluctant Ruler 🖤 Monster Romance

Of Skulls of Shackles

A stitched queen must conquer rival kings before the lover who sees all destroys her heart.

بقلم Kelly St. Clare 2025 338 صفحة

4.25

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🏰 Gothic Romantasy 👑 Monster Politics ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👸 Reluctant Ruler 🖤 Monster Romance

The Deathless One

بقلم Emma Hamm • 2025

A murdered princess bargains with a captive god: life for service, revenge for them both.

3.44

٥٬٠٠٠+

🌑 Dark Romantasy ⛓️ Dark God Romance 🌙 Reluctant Witch 👑 Betrayed Princess 🔗 Magical Bargain

The Deathless One

A murdered princess bargains with a captive god: life for service, revenge for them both.

بقلم Emma Hamm 2025 336 صفحة

3.44

٥٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🌑 Dark Romantasy ⛓️ Dark God Romance 🌙 Reluctant Witch 👑 Betrayed Princess 🔗 Magical Bargain

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

بقلم Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

١٩٠

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

بقلم Patricia Meredith 2021 302 صفحة

4.06

١٩٠ تقييم

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

The Hollow Boy

بقلم Jonathan Stroud • 2015

In ghost-plagued London, a psychic agent's jealousy stirs a spirit that shows her partner's death.

4.38

٣٦٬٠٠٠+

👻 Ghost Hunters 🔍 Psychic Detectives 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Team Rivalry 🔮 Prophetic Visions

The Hollow Boy

In ghost-plagued London, a psychic agent's jealousy stirs a spirit that shows her partner's death.

بقلم Jonathan Stroud 2015 374 صفحة

4.38

٣٦٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

👻 Ghost Hunters 🔍 Psychic Detectives 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Team Rivalry 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Black Sheep

بقلم Rachel Harrison • 2023

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

3.58

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🩸 Cult Horror 🏚️ Family Secrets 🏃 Cult Escape ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 👩‍👧 Maternal Wounds

Black Sheep

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

بقلم Rachel Harrison 2023 289 صفحة

3.58

٣٧٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🩸 Cult Horror 🏚️ Family Secrets 🏃 Cult Escape ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 👩‍👧 Maternal Wounds

A Path Begins

بقلم J.A. White • 2014

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

3.97

٦٬٠٠٠+

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

A Path Begins

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

بقلم J.A. White 2014 488 صفحة

3.97

٦٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

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