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

Bone China

بقلم Laura Purcell • 2019

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

3.65

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🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love

Bone China

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

بقلم Laura Purcell 2019 433 صفحة

3.65

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🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love

Wrath of the Fae

بقلم M.J. Lawrie

Betrayed by her mates, she must become a monster to save the realm they helped destroy.

4.28

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👑 Reluctant Queen 💔 Betrayed By Mates 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Trauma And Healing 🐺 Monstrous Heroine

Wrath of the Fae

Betrayed by her mates, she must become a monster to save the realm they helped destroy.

بقلم M.J. Lawrie

4.28

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👑 Reluctant Queen 💔 Betrayed By Mates 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Trauma And Healing 🐺 Monstrous Heroine

Of Monsters of Kings

بقلم Kelly St. Clare • 2024

Hiding her dying mother, a hotel cleaner is drawn into a monstrous game of immortal kings.

4.15

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🌒 Dark Romantasy 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👥 Found Family 👑 Immortal Courts 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

Of Monsters of Kings

Hiding her dying mother, a hotel cleaner is drawn into a monstrous game of immortal kings.

بقلم Kelly St. Clare 2024 318 صفحة

4.15

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🌒 Dark Romantasy 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👥 Found Family 👑 Immortal Courts 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

Damaged

بقلم Sheridan Anne • 2021

Killing her parents' murderer was justice. Her lover, the dead man's son, called it treason.

4.30

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🏛️ Secret Society 🗡️ Dark Revenge 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💕 Why Choose Romance 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

Damaged

Killing her parents' murderer was justice. Her lover, the dead man's son, called it treason.

بقلم Sheridan Anne 2021 464 صفحة

4.30

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🏛️ Secret Society 🗡️ Dark Revenge 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💕 Why Choose Romance 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Invention of Morel

بقلم Adolfo Bioy Casares • 1940

A fugitive on a deserted island falls for a woman who is only a projection.

3.95

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🖥️ Simulated Reality 🔄 Time Loop 🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Unattainable Beloved 🏝️ Deserted Island

The Invention of Morel

A fugitive on a deserted island falls for a woman who is only a projection.

بقلم Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940 103 صفحة

3.95

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🖥️ Simulated Reality 🔄 Time Loop 🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Unattainable Beloved 🏝️ Deserted Island

Memnoch the Devil

بقلم Anne Rice • 1995

A vampire follows the Devil through Creation, then must decide whose side he is on.

3.76

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🧠 Philosophical Horror 😈 Sympathetic Devil ⛪ Theological Fantasy 👼 Fallen Angels 🔥 Journey Through Hell

Memnoch the Devil

A vampire follows the Devil through Creation, then must decide whose side he is on.

بقلم Anne Rice 1995 354 صفحة

3.76

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🧠 Philosophical Horror 😈 Sympathetic Devil ⛪ Theological Fantasy 👼 Fallen Angels 🔥 Journey Through Hell

Catherine House

بقلم Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

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🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Catherine House

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

بقلم Elisabeth Thomas 2020 311 صفحة

3.11

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🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Academy of the Forgotten

بقلم Eva Chase • 2020

A gothic college has erased her brother from existence. She is the only one who remembers.

3.68

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🖤 Dark Academy 🥀 Cursed School 💕 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Memory Loss

Academy of the Forgotten

A gothic college has erased her brother from existence. She is the only one who remembers.

بقلم Eva Chase 2020 276 صفحة

3.68

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🖤 Dark Academy 🥀 Cursed School 💕 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Memory Loss

The Demon Lover

بقلم Victoria Holt • 1982

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

3.61

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🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

The Demon Lover

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

بقلم Victoria Holt 1982 305 صفحة

3.61

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🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

My Dreadful Darling

بقلم H.D. Carlton • 2026

He promised to destroy the serial killer's daughter. But some obsessions cut both ways.

4.37

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🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Serial Killer's Daughter 🖤 Revenge To Love 🌑 Gothic Romance

My Dreadful Darling

He promised to destroy the serial killer's daughter. But some obsessions cut both ways.

بقلم H.D. Carlton 2026 609 صفحة

4.37

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🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Serial Killer's Daughter 🖤 Revenge To Love 🌑 Gothic Romance

All the Little Houses

بقلم May Cobb • 2026

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

3.48

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🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

All the Little Houses

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

بقلم May Cobb 2026 467 صفحة

3.48

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🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

Death at the Sanatorium

بقلم Ragnar Jónasson • 2019

At a remote Icelandic sanatorium, a student reopens a cold case: the killer was never caught.

3.64

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❄️ Nordic Noir 📂 Cold Case Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Up 🇮🇸 Icelandic Setting

Death at the Sanatorium

At a remote Icelandic sanatorium, a student reopens a cold case: the killer was never caught.

بقلم Ragnar Jónasson 2019 320 صفحة

3.64

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❄️ Nordic Noir 📂 Cold Case Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Up 🇮🇸 Icelandic Setting

Wicked and the Wallflower

بقلم Sarah MacLean • 2018

A wallflower invents a duke's engagement, and a scarred crime lord offers to deliver it.

3.97

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🤎 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🖤 Scarred Hero 💍 Fake Engagement 🔥 Devil's Bargain

Wicked and the Wallflower

A wallflower invents a duke's engagement, and a scarred crime lord offers to deliver it.

بقلم Sarah MacLean 2018 396 صفحة

3.97

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🤎 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🖤 Scarred Hero 💍 Fake Engagement 🔥 Devil's Bargain

Bog Queen

بقلم Anna North • 2025

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

3.58

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🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Bog Queen

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

بقلم Anna North 2025 268 صفحة

3.58

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🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Ghost

بقلم Kat Blackthorne • 2022

Four cursed monsters share a gothic town, a therapist's office, and a dark obsession: her.

4.05

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🖤 Monster Romance 🖤 Polyamorous Monsters 🎭 Masked Stranger 🔪 Who Did This To You 🩹 Trauma Recovery Arc

Ghost

Four cursed monsters share a gothic town, a therapist's office, and a dark obsession: her.

بقلم Kat Blackthorne 2022 374 صفحة

4.05

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🖤 Monster Romance 🖤 Polyamorous Monsters 🎭 Masked Stranger 🔪 Who Did This To You 🩹 Trauma Recovery Arc

The Golden Spoon

بقلم Jessa Maxwell • 2023

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

3.47

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🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Golden Spoon

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

بقلم Jessa Maxwell 2023 288 صفحة

3.47

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🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Safe Place

بقلم Anna Downes • 2020

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

3.65

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🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Safe Place

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

بقلم Anna Downes 2020 352 صفحة

3.65

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🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Wish Collector

بقلم Mia Sheridan • 2018

A ballerina slips a wish through a crumbling wall. A scarred recluse answers from the other side.

4.17

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🩹 Scarred Hero 🖤 Beastly Hero 🩰 Ballerina Heroine ⏳ Dual Timelines ✨ Wishes And Curses

The Wish Collector

A ballerina slips a wish through a crumbling wall. A scarred recluse answers from the other side.

بقلم Mia Sheridan 2018 468 صفحة

4.17

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🩹 Scarred Hero 🖤 Beastly Hero 🩰 Ballerina Heroine ⏳ Dual Timelines ✨ Wishes And Curses

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

بقلم Eric LaRocca • 2025

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

3.30

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🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

بقلم Eric LaRocca 2025 304 صفحة

3.30

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🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

The Secret Marriage

بقلم Mikayla Davids • 2025

A bride discovers her husband's first wife still wears his ring and wants her life back.

3.79

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🏚️ Farmhouse Gothic 🤫 Domestic Thriller 👰 Bigamy 💔 First Wife's Revenge 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Secret Marriage

A bride discovers her husband's first wife still wears his ring and wants her life back.

بقلم Mikayla Davids 2025 295 صفحة

3.79

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🏚️ Farmhouse Gothic 🤫 Domestic Thriller 👰 Bigamy 💔 First Wife's Revenge 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Trap Door

بقلم Dreda Say Mitchell • 2020

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

3.73

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🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Trap Door

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

بقلم Dreda Say Mitchell 2020 300 صفحة

3.73

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🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Star Wars

بقلم Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

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🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

بقلم Joe Schreiber 2010 246 صفحة

3.46

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🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

In Peace Lies Havoc

بقلم Amo Jones • 2019

Abducted into a dark traveling show, a dancer's captor becomes the obsession she can't escape.

4.06

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💔 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

In Peace Lies Havoc

Abducted into a dark traveling show, a dancer's captor becomes the obsession she can't escape.

بقلم Amo Jones 2019 370 صفحة

4.06

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💔 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Cry to Heaven

بقلم Anne Rice • 1982

Betrayed and castrated, a Venetian noble becomes a castrato singer to seek revenge.

3.89

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🇮🇹 18th-Century Italy 🎭 Opera World 🩸 Body Horror ⚧ Gender Ambiguity 🎓 Student-Teacher Love

Cry to Heaven

Betrayed and castrated, a Venetian noble becomes a castrato singer to seek revenge.

بقلم Anne Rice 1982 566 صفحة

3.89

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🇮🇹 18th-Century Italy 🎭 Opera World 🩸 Body Horror ⚧ Gender Ambiguity 🎓 Student-Teacher Love

The Serpent's Sin

بقلم Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2026

A fae wears a borrowed face to marry her family's killer, then revenge tastes like hunger.

4.20

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐍 Morally Gray Hero 🏰 Toxic Family Dynasty

The Serpent's Sin

A fae wears a borrowed face to marry her family's killer, then revenge tastes like hunger.

بقلم Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2026 318 صفحة

4.20

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🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐍 Morally Gray Hero 🏰 Toxic Family Dynasty

Grace

بقلم A.M. Shine • 2026

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

3.73

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🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Grace

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

بقلم A.M. Shine 2026 304 صفحة

3.73

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🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Our Last Echoes

بقلم Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

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👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

Our Last Echoes

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

بقلم Kate Alice Marshall 2021 394 صفحة

3.49

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👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

Kill Creek

بقلم Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

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🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Kill Creek

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

بقلم Scott Thomas 2017 416 صفحة

3.75

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🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

The Weight of Blood

بقلم Tiffany D. Jackson • 2022

A biracial girl passes as white until a rainstorm outs her. The prom becomes the town's reckoning.

4.18

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🎭 Social Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🧠 Telekinetic Powers 🖤 Passing As White 👑 Prom Night Horror

The Weight of Blood

A biracial girl passes as white until a rainstorm outs her. The prom becomes the town's reckoning.

بقلم Tiffany D. Jackson 2022 416 صفحة

4.18

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🎭 Social Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🧠 Telekinetic Powers 🖤 Passing As White 👑 Prom Night Horror

La belleza de la Bestia

بقلم Phavy Prieto • 2020

Her father's life costs Bella her freedom, and the scarred lord demands her complete submission.

3.94

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🥀 Beauty And The Beast Trope 🔗 Captive Romance 🩹 Scarred Hero ⚡ Power Exchange 🕯️ Gothic Historical

La belleza de la Bestia

Her father's life costs Bella her freedom, and the scarred lord demands her complete submission.

بقلم Phavy Prieto 2020 499 صفحة

3.94

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🥀 Beauty And The Beast Trope 🔗 Captive Romance 🩹 Scarred Hero ⚡ Power Exchange 🕯️ Gothic Historical

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

بقلم H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

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🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

بقلم H.R. Mason 2019 248 صفحة

3.85

٢٧٢ تقييم

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

The Devil

بقلم Ashley Jade • 2018

A ruined parson's daughter enters a viscount's bride scheme, but his dark lessons blur all lines.

4.11

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🕯️ Regency Gothic 🖤 Wounded Hero 📖 Teacher Student 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏚️ Gothic House

The Devil

A ruined parson's daughter enters a viscount's bride scheme, but his dark lessons blur all lines.

بقلم Ashley Jade 2018 230 صفحة

4.11

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🕯️ Regency Gothic 🖤 Wounded Hero 📖 Teacher Student 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏚️ Gothic House

The Last Witch

بقلم M.J. Lawrie • 2019

A captive witch, tortured to unleash her power, finds an impossible ally: her captor's brother.

4.34

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🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔗 Captive Witch 💔 Tortured Survivor ⚔️ Vengeance Quest 🏚️ Gothic Darkness

The Last Witch

A captive witch, tortured to unleash her power, finds an impossible ally: her captor's brother.

بقلم M.J. Lawrie 2019 503 صفحة

4.34

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔗 Captive Witch 💔 Tortured Survivor ⚔️ Vengeance Quest 🏚️ Gothic Darkness

Whispers of Dead Girls

بقلم Marlee Bush • 2025

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

3.56

٢٬٠٠٠+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Whispers of Dead Girls

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

بقلم Marlee Bush 2025 368 صفحة

3.56

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🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Kelderkind

بقلم Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

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🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Kelderkind

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

بقلم Kristien Dieltiens 2012 485 صفحة

3.81

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🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

West of Wicked

بقلم Nikki St. Crowe • 2026

Killing a witch in a dark Oz makes a Kansas woman prey for a heartless mercenary.

3.86

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🌪️ Dark Oz Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💫 Amnesia Romance 🌑 Cursed World

West of Wicked

Killing a witch in a dark Oz makes a Kansas woman prey for a heartless mercenary.

بقلم Nikki St. Crowe 2026 310 صفحة

3.86

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🌪️ Dark Oz Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💫 Amnesia Romance 🌑 Cursed World

Young Goodman Brown

بقلم Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1835

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

3.64

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🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 😈 Secret Sin

Young Goodman Brown

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

بقلم Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 48 صفحة

3.64

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🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 😈 Secret Sin

Girls of Dark Divine

بقلم E.V. Woods • 2025

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

3.57

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🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest 🔥 Costly Rebellion 💜 Found Family

Girls of Dark Divine

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

بقلم E.V. Woods 2025 400 صفحة

3.57

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest 🔥 Costly Rebellion 💜 Found Family

The Haar

بقلم David Sodergren • 2022

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

4.02

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🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

The Haar

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

بقلم David Sodergren 2022 206 صفحة

4.02

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🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

Necromance

بقلم Cora Raven • 2025

A necromancer wakes a castle's cursed duke. His dead fiancée will kill to keep his heart.

3.64

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🖤 Gothic Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏰 Haunted Castle 🗝️ Cursed Hero 👻 Vengeful Ex

Necromance

A necromancer wakes a castle's cursed duke. His dead fiancée will kill to keep his heart.

بقلم Cora Raven 2025 344 صفحة

3.64

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🖤 Gothic Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏰 Haunted Castle 🗝️ Cursed Hero 👻 Vengeful Ex

We Fell Apart

بقلم E. Lockhart • 2025

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

3.55

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🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

We Fell Apart

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

بقلم E. Lockhart 2025 320 صفحة

3.55

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🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Tale of the Body Thief

بقلم Anne Rice • 1992

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

3.77

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🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden 🌅 Mortal Longing 🦇 Forced Transformation

The Tale of the Body Thief

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

بقلم Anne Rice 1992 464 صفحة

3.77

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🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden 🌅 Mortal Longing 🦇 Forced Transformation

Blood & Thorns

بقلم Eve Newton • 2024

Turned by her family's killer, she escapes to a hidden academy where his bond still holds her.

3.86

٥٠٠+

🏰 Supernatural Academy 🩸 Reluctant Vampire 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🐉 Dragon Shifter

Blood & Thorns

Turned by her family's killer, she escapes to a hidden academy where his bond still holds her.

بقلم Eve Newton 2024 448 صفحة

3.86

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🏰 Supernatural Academy 🩸 Reluctant Vampire 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🐉 Dragon Shifter

The Amulet

بقلم Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

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🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

بقلم Michael McDowell 1979 352 صفحة

3.92

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🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

Lyla, In The Flesh

بقلم Nick Roberts • 2026

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

4.08

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🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Lyla, In The Flesh

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

بقلم Nick Roberts 2026 292 صفحة

4.08

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🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Weavingshaw

بقلم Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

4.12

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🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

Weavingshaw

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

بقلم Heba Al-Wasity 2026 464 صفحة

4.12

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🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

To Those Willing to Drown

بقلم Mark Matthews • 2025

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

4.08

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🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

بقلم Mark Matthews 2025 209 صفحة

4.08

١٠٨ تقييم

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Violet

بقلم Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

٢٬٠٠٠+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

بقلم Scott Thomas 2019 437 صفحة

3.54

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🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Wretch

بقلم Eric LaRocca • 2026

After his husband dies, a man joins a grief group whose rituals conjure a soul-hungry spirit.

3.35

١٬٠٠٠+

🖤 Grief Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🍖 Emotional Cannibalism 🪲 Insect Horror

Wretch

After his husband dies, a man joins a grief group whose rituals conjure a soul-hungry spirit.

بقلم Eric LaRocca 2026 288 صفحة

3.35

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🖤 Grief Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🍖 Emotional Cannibalism 🪲 Insect Horror

Slay Less

بقلم Tylor Paige • 2024

At a snowbound writer's retreat, the masked killer in the halls shares a bed with her.

3.88

١٬٠٠٠+

🏨 Haunted Hotel 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Erotic Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 🎭 Self Aware Horror

Slay Less

At a snowbound writer's retreat, the masked killer in the halls shares a bed with her.

بقلم Tylor Paige 2024 336 صفحة

3.88

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🏨 Haunted Hotel 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Erotic Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 🎭 Self Aware Horror

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