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Gothic

Dark corridors and haunted mansions set the stage for tales of psychological torment, forbidden desires, and supernatural terror in Victorian-era Britain and beyond. Brooding antiheroes, cursed artifacts, and family secrets intertwine with themes of morality, science, and social decay in these atmospheric works that birthed horror literature as we know it.

Gothic Book Summaries

Heart of Dracula
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
Recruited to track a vampire king, an empath finds her own heart becoming his prey.
4.06
2k+
🏰 Gothic Vampire Romance🖤 Villain Romance💭 Psychic Bond🔥 Enemies To Lovers🩸 Sensual Horror
Heart of Dracula Summary
Heart of Dracula
Recruited to track a vampire king, an empath finds her own heart becoming his prey.
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 304 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏰 Gothic Vampire Romance🖤 Villain Romance💭 Psychic Bond🔥 Enemies To Lovers🩸 Sensual Horror
Salt & Broom
by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2023
To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.
4.10
19k+
🖤 Gothic Romance🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling🧙 Witch Protagonist🔮 Ancestral Curse👻 Haunted Estate
Salt & Broom Summary
Salt & Broom
To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.
by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2023 282 pages
4.10
19k+ ratings
🖤 Gothic Romance🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling🧙 Witch Protagonist🔮 Ancestral Curse👻 Haunted Estate
Horror Movie
by Paul Tremblay • 2024
The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.
3.25
52k+
🎬 Metafictional Horror🎥 Cursed Film🎭 Cursed Object🌀 Unreliable Narrator🦴 Body Horror
Horror Movie Summary
Horror Movie
The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.
by Paul Tremblay 2024 277 pages
3.25
52k+ ratings
🎬 Metafictional Horror🎥 Cursed Film🎭 Cursed Object🌀 Unreliable Narrator🦴 Body Horror
The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler • 2015
A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.
3.61
39k+
🌊 Coastal Gothic🎪 Circus Misfits🔮 Tarot Lore👥 Sibling Caretakers💧 Drowning Motif
The Book of Speculation Summary
The Book of Speculation
A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.
by Erika Swyler 2015 339 pages
3.61
39k+ ratings
🌊 Coastal Gothic🎪 Circus Misfits🔮 Tarot Lore👥 Sibling Caretakers💧 Drowning Motif
Midnight Rooms
by Donyae Coles • 2024
At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.
3.38
1k+
🏚️ Gothic Manor💍 Bartered Bride👹 Monstrous In-Laws🏠 House As Predator🤔 Unreliable Narrator
Midnight Rooms Summary
Midnight Rooms
At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.
by Donyae Coles 2024 336 pages
3.38
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Gothic Manor💍 Bartered Bride👹 Monstrous In-Laws🏠 House As Predator🤔 Unreliable Narrator
Ravished
by Amanda Quick • 1992
To save her fossil caves from thieves, a spinster must trust the scarred viscount everyone fears.
4.02
22k+
🥀 Beauty And The Beast🖤 Scarred Hero💍 Marriage Of Convenience📚 Bluestocking Heroine💬 Ruined Reputation
Ravished Summary
Ravished
To save her fossil caves from thieves, a spinster must trust the scarred viscount everyone fears.
by Amanda Quick 1992 385 pages
4.02
22k+ ratings
🥀 Beauty And The Beast🖤 Scarred Hero💍 Marriage Of Convenience📚 Bluestocking Heroine💬 Ruined Reputation
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice • 1985
A vampire wakes in 1980s New Orleans and decides rock stardom beats eternal secrecy.
4.11
200k+
📖 Literary Horror🩸 Vampire Antihero💔 Tragic Queer Love🥀 Sensual Gothic🌑 Existential Horror
The Vampire Lestat Summary
The Vampire Lestat
A vampire wakes in 1980s New Orleans and decides rock stardom beats eternal secrecy.
by Anne Rice 1985 481 pages
4.11
200k+ ratings
📖 Literary Horror🩸 Vampire Antihero💔 Tragic Queer Love🥀 Sensual Gothic🌑 Existential Horror
Ensorcelled
by Sylvia Mercedes • 2022
A fae prince's captive librarian binds living nightmares: her own has just broken free.
4.05
1k+
🧚 Fae Bargain Romance⚔️ Enemies To Lovers💔 Wounded Hero🩹 Trauma Recovery🫂 Found Family
Ensorcelled Summary
Ensorcelled
A fae prince's captive librarian binds living nightmares: her own has just broken free.
by Sylvia Mercedes 2022 438 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
🧚 Fae Bargain Romance⚔️ Enemies To Lovers💔 Wounded Hero🩹 Trauma Recovery🫂 Found Family
Crown of Nightmares
by Sylvia Mercedes • 2020
A huntress and her wolf shade must kill the grandmother who wears the soul-devouring crown.
4.32
1k+
🐺 Spirit Bonding👑 Reluctant Chosen One💔 Tragic Villain🩸 Family Legacy Curse💕 Forbidden Romance
Crown of Nightmares Summary
Crown of Nightmares
A huntress and her wolf shade must kill the grandmother who wears the soul-devouring crown.
by Sylvia Mercedes 2020 382 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
🐺 Spirit Bonding👑 Reluctant Chosen One💔 Tragic Villain🩸 Family Legacy Curse💕 Forbidden Romance
The Gifts
by Liz Hyder • 2022
Women grow wings in Victorian England. One surgeon will do anything to own them.
3.69
2k+
🦋 Winged Women🎩 Victorian Fantasy🤝 Female Solidarity⚔️ Rival Surgeons🔬 Obsessive Scientist
The Gifts Summary
The Gifts
Women grow wings in Victorian England. One surgeon will do anything to own them.
by Liz Hyder 2022 448 pages
3.69
2k+ ratings
🦋 Winged Women🎩 Victorian Fantasy🤝 Female Solidarity⚔️ Rival Surgeons🔬 Obsessive Scientist
Daughter of Shades
by Sylvia Mercedes • 2019
Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.
3.88
2k+
🗡️ Demon Hunter🐺 Inner Beast👤 Hidden Origins❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers🌲 Cursed Forest
Daughter of Shades Summary
Daughter of Shades
Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.
by Sylvia Mercedes 2019 429 pages
3.88
2k+ ratings
🗡️ Demon Hunter🐺 Inner Beast👤 Hidden Origins❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers🌲 Cursed Forest
The Rumble and the Glory
by J.A. Huss • 2024
A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.
4.25
500+
🏘️ Small Town Romance💔 Second Chance Romance🪖 Ex-Military Hero🤝 Found Family🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere
The Rumble and the Glory Summary
The Rumble and the Glory
A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.
by J.A. Huss 2024 401 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Romance💔 Second Chance Romance🪖 Ex-Military Hero🤝 Found Family🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere
A Good House for Children
by Kate Collins • 2023
An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.
3.59
3k+
👻 Haunted House Novel🏚️ Sentient House⏳ Dual Timelines💔 Maternal Sacrifice👧 Children's Ghosts
A Good House for Children Summary
A Good House for Children
An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.
by Kate Collins 2023 336 pages
3.59
3k+ ratings
👻 Haunted House Novel🏚️ Sentient House⏳ Dual Timelines💔 Maternal Sacrifice👧 Children's Ghosts
La historia del loco
by John Katzenbach • 2004
A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.
4.01
15k+
🩸 Psychological Thriller🏥 Mental Asylum🔪 Serial Killer❓ Unreliable Narrator🕵️ Amateur Sleuths
La historia del loco Summary
La historia del loco
A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.
by John Katzenbach 2004 544 pages
4.01
15k+ ratings
🩸 Psychological Thriller🏥 Mental Asylum🔪 Serial Killer❓ Unreliable Narrator🕵️ Amateur Sleuths
Blood Lovers
by J.A. Huss • 2023
A vampire scion hunts a witch, but her blood makes him her captive.
4.02
500+
🩸 Dark Vampire Romance🏹 Hunter And Prey💉 Blood Addiction🔮 Fated Mates🖤 Morally Gray Hero
Blood Lovers Summary
Blood Lovers
A vampire scion hunts a witch, but her blood makes him her captive.
by J.A. Huss 2023 404 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
🩸 Dark Vampire Romance🏹 Hunter And Prey💉 Blood Addiction🔮 Fated Mates🖤 Morally Gray Hero
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish
by Paula Brackston • 2024
A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.
3.75
2k+
🕯️ Gothic Fantasy📜 Historical Fantasy👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine💔 Doomed Romance🗺️ Magical Map
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish Summary
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish
A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.
by Paula Brackston 2024 356 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Fantasy📜 Historical Fantasy👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine💔 Doomed Romance🗺️ Magical Map
The Thorns
by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025
A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.
3.47
2k+
🧠 Psychological Horror💔 Toxic Female Friendship👁️ Unreliable Narrator🪞 Dissociative Identity🏫 Boarding School
The Thorns Summary
The Thorns
A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.
by Dawn Kurtagich 2025 392 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror💔 Toxic Female Friendship👁️ Unreliable Narrator🪞 Dissociative Identity🏫 Boarding School
The Broken Ones
by Danielle L. Jensen • 2017
Two cursed lovers defy her ruthless father as their underground city crumbles toward revolution.
4.00
1k+
💔 Tragic Romance👑 Fae Court Intrigue🔒 Forbidden Love👁️ Reluctant Spy⛏️ Underground City
The Broken Ones Summary
The Broken Ones
Two cursed lovers defy her ruthless father as their underground city crumbles toward revolution.
by Danielle L. Jensen 2017 256 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
💔 Tragic Romance👑 Fae Court Intrigue🔒 Forbidden Love👁️ Reluctant Spy⛏️ Underground City
The Kingdoms of Savannah
by George Dawes Green • 2022
A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.
3.68
6k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic📖 Literary Mystery🏛️ Buried History📜 Hidden Black History🔍 Reluctant Investigator
The Kingdoms of Savannah Summary
The Kingdoms of Savannah
A fractured Savannah dynasty investigates a murder and uncovers a lost free Black settlement.
by George Dawes Green 2022 304 pages
3.68
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic📖 Literary Mystery🏛️ Buried History📜 Hidden Black History🔍 Reluctant Investigator
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion
by Beth Brower • 2019
Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.
4.05
69k+
📖 Epistolary Novel💪 Plucky Heroine⚖️ Inheritance Battle🫖 Cozy Historical🕯️ Gothic Undertones
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Summary
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion
Banished to her own attic, a penniless heiress keeps a journal her scheming cousin should fear.
by Beth Brower 2019 111 pages
4.05
69k+ ratings
📖 Epistolary Novel💪 Plucky Heroine⚖️ Inheritance Battle🫖 Cozy Historical🕯️ Gothic Undertones
The Drowning House
by Cherie Priest • 2024
A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.
3.39
1k+
🌊 Coastal Gothic🪄 Norse Folklore🏚️ Haunted House⏳ Generational Curse👁️ Psychic Medium
The Drowning House Summary
The Drowning House
A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.
by Cherie Priest 2024 421 pages
3.39
1k+ ratings
🌊 Coastal Gothic🪄 Norse Folklore🏚️ Haunted House⏳ Generational Curse👁️ Psychic Medium
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match
by Sally Thorne • 2022
An heiress stitches together a husband from corpses, but his forgotten past is the real monster.
3.33
15k+
⚡ Frankenstein Retelling🏰 Gothic Romance😂 Historical Rom-Com🧠 Amnesia🔻 Love Triangle
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match Summary
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match
An heiress stitches together a husband from corpses, but his forgotten past is the real monster.
by Sally Thorne 2022 364 pages
3.33
15k+ ratings
⚡ Frankenstein Retelling🏰 Gothic Romance😂 Historical Rom-Com🧠 Amnesia🔻 Love Triangle
Geist
by Philippa Ballantine • 2010
A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.
3.64
4k+
🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy✨ Rune Magic🖤 Psychic Bond👑 Cursed Royalty🤝 Found Family
Geist Summary
Geist
A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.
by Philippa Ballantine 2010 294 pages
3.64
4k+ ratings
🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy✨ Rune Magic🖤 Psychic Bond👑 Cursed Royalty🤝 Found Family
North Woods
by Daniel Mason • 2023
A Massachusetts house holds three centuries of longing: the dead stay, the forest reclaims all.
4.10
100k+
📖 Polyphonic Novel🏠 Place As Protagonist👻 Haunted House👯 Twin Sisters🌳 Family Legacy
North Woods Summary
North Woods
A Massachusetts house holds three centuries of longing: the dead stay, the forest reclaims all.
by Daniel Mason 2023 372 pages
4.10
100k+ ratings
📖 Polyphonic Novel🏠 Place As Protagonist👻 Haunted House👯 Twin Sisters🌳 Family Legacy
The Bayou Never Tells
by Chelley St. Clair • 2022
A crime family's enforcer swore never to get attached. Then a senator's daughter spends the summer.
4.21
3k+
🕸️ Mafia Romance💢 Enemies To Lovers🏠 Found Family💔 Trauma Recovery☀️ Grumpy Sunshine
The Bayou Never Tells Summary
The Bayou Never Tells
A crime family's enforcer swore never to get attached. Then a senator's daughter spends the summer.
by Chelley St. Clair 2022 532 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
🕸️ Mafia Romance💢 Enemies To Lovers🏠 Found Family💔 Trauma Recovery☀️ Grumpy Sunshine
The Obsidian Tower
by Melissa Caruso • 2020
Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.
3.79
4k+
🏰 Gothic Fantasy🖤 Found Family💀 Cursed Touch👹 Demonic Possession🃏 Political Intrigue
The Obsidian Tower Summary
The Obsidian Tower
Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.
by Melissa Caruso 2020 528 pages
3.79
4k+ ratings
🏰 Gothic Fantasy🖤 Found Family💀 Cursed Touch👹 Demonic Possession🃏 Political Intrigue
The Magnificence of Death
by Rhea Rainwater • 2025
A mother cheats Death, so Death takes her husband, then courts her through the ages.
3.94
1k+
💀 Death Personified🕯️ Generational Curse⏳ Immortal Heroine🥀 Gothic Romance🖤 Death And The Maiden
The Magnificence of Death Summary
The Magnificence of Death
A mother cheats Death, so Death takes her husband, then courts her through the ages.
by Rhea Rainwater 2025 474 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
💀 Death Personified🕯️ Generational Curse⏳ Immortal Heroine🥀 Gothic Romance🖤 Death And The Maiden
Season of Fear
by Emily Cooper • 2025
A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.
4.03
500+
🏚️ Folk Horror🌲 Dark Fairy Tale🌳 Forbidden Forest🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn💕 Found Family
Season of Fear Summary
Season of Fear
A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.
by Emily Cooper 2025 352 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
🏚️ Folk Horror🌲 Dark Fairy Tale🌳 Forbidden Forest🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn💕 Found Family
Dearest
by Jacquie Walters • 2024
Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.
3.50
15k+
🖤 Postpartum Horror🔗 Generational Curse👶 Haunted Motherhood👁️ Unreliable Narrator🏚️ Gothic Domestic
Dearest Summary
Dearest
Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.
by Jacquie Walters 2024 297 pages
3.50
15k+ ratings
🖤 Postpartum Horror🔗 Generational Curse👶 Haunted Motherhood👁️ Unreliable Narrator🏚️ Gothic Domestic
Wraith
by Sylvia Mercedes • 2021
A half-fae thief falls for the cursed mage whose spellbook she was sent to steal.
4.22
1k+
🧝‍♀️ Half-Fae Heroine🔮 Cursed Mage🌊 Gothic Seaside✍️ Spell-Writing Magic🌑 Nightmare Realm
Wraith Summary
Wraith
A half-fae thief falls for the cursed mage whose spellbook she was sent to steal.
by Sylvia Mercedes 2021 326 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
🧝‍♀️ Half-Fae Heroine🔮 Cursed Mage🌊 Gothic Seaside✍️ Spell-Writing Magic🌑 Nightmare Realm
The Watchers
by A.M. Shine • 2021
An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.
3.87
36k+
🌲 Folk Horror🧠 Psychological Horror👤 Changeling Lore👁️ Surveillance Horror🎭 Hidden Identity
The Watchers Summary
The Watchers
An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.
by A.M. Shine 2021 310 pages
3.87
36k+ ratings
🌲 Folk Horror🧠 Psychological Horror👤 Changeling Lore👁️ Surveillance Horror🎭 Hidden Identity
Tethered
by Elayna R. Gallea • 2023
Forced to wed a vampire prince, a scholar is bound by a curse that makes separation agony.
3.62
31k+
💍 Arranged Marriage⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🔥 Slow Burn Romance🔗 Forced Proximity🌑 Gothic Atmosphere
Tethered Summary
Tethered
Forced to wed a vampire prince, a scholar is bound by a curse that makes separation agony.
by Elayna R. Gallea 2023 416 pages
3.62
31k+ ratings
💍 Arranged Marriage⚔️ Enemies To Lovers🔥 Slow Burn Romance🔗 Forced Proximity🌑 Gothic Atmosphere
The Moonfire Bride
by Sylvia Mercedes • 2021
Ransomed as a fae bride, she must never set eyes on her shadowed husband.
3.74
6k+
🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling🔗 Fae Bargain Romance👤 Unseen Husband🔥 Slow Burn Romance🏰 Gilded Cage
The Moonfire Bride Summary
The Moonfire Bride
Ransomed as a fae bride, she must never set eyes on her shadowed husband.
by Sylvia Mercedes 2021 291 pages
3.74
6k+ ratings
🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling🔗 Fae Bargain Romance👤 Unseen Husband🔥 Slow Burn Romance🏰 Gilded Cage
The Book of Autumn
by Molly O'Sullivan • 2025
At her desert alma mater, a Magician faces a murder and the soul-bound ex she fled.
3.33
1k+
🖤 Dark Academia🏫 Magical College💔 Second Chance Romance🔗 Soul Bond🔍 Magical Investigation
The Book of Autumn Summary
The Book of Autumn
At her desert alma mater, a Magician faces a murder and the soul-bound ex she fled.
by Molly O'Sullivan 2025 384 pages
3.33
1k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia🏫 Magical College💔 Second Chance Romance🔗 Soul Bond🔍 Magical Investigation
Bloodbath
by Molly Doyle • 2024
A cult marks her. The masked men protecting her want more than her safety.
3.94
4k+
🏛️ Secret Society💕 Why Choose🎭 Masked Men🔪 Touch Her And Die👥 Found Family
Bloodbath Summary
Bloodbath
A cult marks her. The masked men protecting her want more than her safety.
by Molly Doyle 2024 192 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Secret Society💕 Why Choose🎭 Masked Men🔪 Touch Her And Die👥 Found Family
The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi • 2020
Desperate to outrun grief, a fractured crew chases godhood into a frozen palace that demands blood.
4.07
21k+
🫂 Found Family💰 Heist Fantasy⚔️ Morally Grey Hero🔥 Slow Burn Romance🖤 Gothic Atmosphere
The Silvered Serpents Summary
The Silvered Serpents
Desperate to outrun grief, a fractured crew chases godhood into a frozen palace that demands blood.
by Roshani Chokshi 2020 406 pages
4.07
21k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family💰 Heist Fantasy⚔️ Morally Grey Hero🔥 Slow Burn Romance🖤 Gothic Atmosphere
Legend
by Karina Halle • 2023
Her lover is possessed by the Headless Horseman; saving him means binding him with his rival.
3.70
3k+
🖤 Polyamorous Triad🏚️ Gothic Retelling⚔️ Enemies To Lovers👻 Possessed Lover🫂 Chosen Family
Legend Summary
Legend
Her lover is possessed by the Headless Horseman; saving him means binding him with his rival.
by Karina Halle 2023 480 pages
3.70
3k+ ratings
🖤 Polyamorous Triad🏚️ Gothic Retelling⚔️ Enemies To Lovers👻 Possessed Lover🫂 Chosen Family
Taken
by Natasha Knight • 2018
A brutal rite delivers her to his island, where her defiance undoes them both.
3.83
6k+
🖤 Dark Captive Romance💔 Enemies To Lovers🔒 Forced Proximity⚡ Morally Grey Hero🕯️ Gothic Suspense
Taken Summary
Taken
A brutal rite delivers her to his island, where her defiance undoes them both.
by Natasha Knight 2018 296 pages
3.83
6k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Captive Romance💔 Enemies To Lovers🔒 Forced Proximity⚡ Morally Grey Hero🕯️ Gothic Suspense
Daughters of the Sea
by H.R. Mason • 2021
A crumbling Oregon manor calls to a fragile woman with whispers only she can hear.
4.20
131
🏚️ Modern Gothic🧹 Witch Family Saga🏰 Haunted Manor👯 Long-Lost Twin📖 Family Grimoire
Daughters of the Sea Summary
Daughters of the Sea
A crumbling Oregon manor calls to a fragile woman with whispers only she can hear.
by H.R. Mason 2021 400 pages
4.20
131 ratings
🏚️ Modern Gothic🧹 Witch Family Saga🏰 Haunted Manor👯 Long-Lost Twin📖 Family Grimoire
The Arachnid
by I.V. Ophelia • 2026
A poisoner who hunts vampires must wed the monster she fled to save her found family.
3.95
4k+
🏠 Found Family💔 Enemies To Lovers🖤 Morally Grey Heroine🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere🧛 Vampire Politics
The Arachnid Summary
The Arachnid
A poisoner who hunts vampires must wed the monster she fled to save her found family.
by I.V. Ophelia 2026 448 pages
3.95
4k+ ratings
🏠 Found Family💔 Enemies To Lovers🖤 Morally Grey Heroine🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere🧛 Vampire Politics
Made in Malice
by Albany Walker • 2023
A guarded outsider inherits a gothic island legacy and the dangerous obsession of the enemy heir.
4.15
4k+
🖤 Dark Academia🌫️ Modern Gothic🔥 Enemies To Lovers💕 Why Choose Romance🖤 Morally Gray Hero
Made in Malice Summary
Made in Malice
A guarded outsider inherits a gothic island legacy and the dangerous obsession of the enemy heir.
by Albany Walker 2023 352 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia🌫️ Modern Gothic🔥 Enemies To Lovers💕 Why Choose Romance🖤 Morally Gray Hero
The Restless Ones
by Abe Moss • 2024
A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.
3.97
1k+
🏚️ Haunted House Horror🎬 Documentary Horror🖤 Toxic Sisterhood👻 Vengeful Spirits🌊 Gothic Seaside
The Restless Ones Summary
The Restless Ones
A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.
by Abe Moss 2024 286 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Haunted House Horror🎬 Documentary Horror🖤 Toxic Sisterhood👻 Vengeful Spirits🌊 Gothic Seaside
Where Echoes Die
by Courtney Gould • 2023
A grieving sister traces her mother's obsession to a desert town whose miracle cure devours memory.
3.57
2k+
🧠 Psychological Horror🏘️ Eerie Small Town💔 Grieving Sisters🧩 Erased Memories🔥 Sapphic Romance
Where Echoes Die Summary
Where Echoes Die
A grieving sister traces her mother's obsession to a desert town whose miracle cure devours memory.
by Courtney Gould 2023 352 pages
3.57
2k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🏘️ Eerie Small Town💔 Grieving Sisters🧩 Erased Memories🔥 Sapphic Romance
Revelation
by C.J. Sansom • 2008
A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.
4.37
27k+
📜 Tudor Mystery✝️ Religious Fanaticism🔪 Ritual Murder🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy🎭 Master Of Disguise
Revelation Summary
Revelation
A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.
by C.J. Sansom 2008 550 pages
4.37
27k+ ratings
📜 Tudor Mystery✝️ Religious Fanaticism🔪 Ritual Murder🌋 Apocalyptic Prophecy🎭 Master Of Disguise
Created in Chaos
by Albany Walker • 2023
After a brutal attack, she's trapped between two obsessive brothers whose protection turns lethal.
4.12
3k+
🕯️ Secret Society📚 Dark Academia💔 Trauma Bonding🖤 Obsessive Love🔪 Touch Her And Die
Created in Chaos Summary
Created in Chaos
After a brutal attack, she's trapped between two obsessive brothers whose protection turns lethal.
by Albany Walker 2023 272 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
🕯️ Secret Society📚 Dark Academia💔 Trauma Bonding🖤 Obsessive Love🔪 Touch Her And Die
The Retreat
by Sarah Pearse • 2022
A detective probes a death on a remote island, but a storm traps her with a murderer.
3.62
44k+
👮 Police Procedural🔒 Locked-Room Mystery🏡 Family Secrets😈 Revenge Plot⏱️ Dual Timelines
The Retreat Summary
The Retreat
A detective probes a death on a remote island, but a storm traps her with a murderer.
by Sarah Pearse 2022 400 pages
3.62
44k+ ratings
👮 Police Procedural🔒 Locked-Room Mystery🏡 Family Secrets😈 Revenge Plot⏱️ Dual Timelines
The Kiss Of Death
by Shanen Ricci • 2024
A violinist enters a brutal university controlled by the boy she kissed and destroyed years ago.
4.07
500+
🏛️ Dark Academia💔 Enemies To Lovers🖤 Wounded Antihero🎻 Musical Prodigy💫 Second Chance Love
The Kiss Of Death Summary
The Kiss Of Death
A violinist enters a brutal university controlled by the boy she kissed and destroyed years ago.
by Shanen Ricci 2024
4.07
500+ ratings
🏛️ Dark Academia💔 Enemies To Lovers🖤 Wounded Antihero🎻 Musical Prodigy💫 Second Chance Love
The Tithing
by Natasha Knight • 2023
A curse forces a reluctant heir to claim his enemy's daughter as bride; desire could destroy them.
4.14
2k+
🖤 Enemies To Lovers💍 Forced Marriage⛓️ Captor Captive🤫 Secret Society🌑 Ancestral Curse
The Tithing Summary
The Tithing
A curse forces a reluctant heir to claim his enemy's daughter as bride; desire could destroy them.
by Natasha Knight 2023 324 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
🖤 Enemies To Lovers💍 Forced Marriage⛓️ Captor Captive🤫 Secret Society🌑 Ancestral Curse
Curse of Dracula
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
An empath loves the vampire who cursed her city. She must embrace his darkness or destroy him.
4.00
2k+
🩸 Vampire Romance🌑 Gothic Romance🔮 Psychic Heroine🖤 Villain Love Interest🐺 Morally Gray Hero
Curse of Dracula Summary
Curse of Dracula
An empath loves the vampire who cursed her city. She must embrace his darkness or destroy him.
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 322 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
🩸 Vampire Romance🌑 Gothic Romance🔮 Psychic Heroine🖤 Villain Love Interest🐺 Morally Gray Hero
Ghostsmith
by Nicki Pau Preto • 2024
To stop an undead army, a ghostsmith must trust the twin brother raised by their lich mother.
4.13
5k+
🦴 Bone Magic💀 Necromancy👥 Twin Siblings💕 Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family
Ghostsmith Summary
Ghostsmith
To stop an undead army, a ghostsmith must trust the twin brother raised by their lich mother.
by Nicki Pau Preto 2024 464 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
🦴 Bone Magic💀 Necromancy👥 Twin Siblings💕 Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family
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