Gotic

Coridoare întunecate și conace bântuite pregătesc scena pentru povești de chin psihologic, dorințe interzise și teroare supranaturală în Marea Britanie victoriană și dincolo de ea. Antieroi posomorâți, artefacte blestemate și secrete de familie se împletesc cu teme de moralitate, știință și decădere socială în aceste opere atmosferice care au dat naștere literaturii de groază așa cum o cunoaștem.

Gotic Rezumate de cărți

The Hunter

de Kerrigan Byrne • 2016

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

4.08

9.000+

🗡️ 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.

de Kerrigan Byrne 2016 412 pagini

4.08

9.000+ evaluări

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

Vampire Debt

de Kelly St. Clare • 2020

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

4.31

7.000+

🏛️ 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.

de Kelly St. Clare 2020 430 pagini

4.31

7.000+ evaluări

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

Coram House

de Bailey Seybolt • 2025

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

3.63

5.000+

🔍 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.

de Bailey Seybolt 2025 320 pagini

3.63

5.000+ evaluări

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

Prisoner

de Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

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

4.14

1.000+

🏰 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.

de Sylvia Mercedes 2020 440 pagini

4.14

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Mercer Curse

de Pepper Winters

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

4.23

500+

🏰 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.

de Pepper Winters

4.23

500+ evaluări

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

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

de Margaret Rogerson • 2023

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

4.05

28.000+

🏠 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.

de Margaret Rogerson 2023 192 pagini

4.05

28.000+ evaluări

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

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

de Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

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

3.65

1.000+

✊ 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.

de Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 pagini

3.65

1.000+ evaluări

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

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

de Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

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

4.29

500+

🩸 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.

de Gwendolyn Kiste 2017 208 pagini

4.29

500+ evaluări

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

Entangled

de Sylvia Mercedes • 2021

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

4.20

2.000+

🖤 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.

de Sylvia Mercedes 2021 315 pagini

4.20

2.000+ evaluări

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

Ruin

de Jolie Vines • 2022

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

3.92

7.000+

💢 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.

de Jolie Vines 2022 389 pagini

3.92

7.000+ evaluări

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

Draven's Electus

de Stephanie Hudson • 2019

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

4.62

1.000+

🖇️ 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.

de Stephanie Hudson 2019 406 pagini

4.62

1.000+ evaluări

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

A Plague of Zombies

de Diana Gabaldon • 2011

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

3.98

10.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Diana Gabaldon 2011 94 pagini

3.98

10.000+ evaluări

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

Gills

de Abe Moss • 2020

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

3.84

500+

🧜‍♀️ 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.

de Abe Moss 2020 332 pagini

3.84

500+ evaluări

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

Wings of Ash & Flame

de Jocelyn Bleu • 2025

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

4.00

1.000+

🏫 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.

de Jocelyn Bleu 2025 472 pagini

4.00

1.000+ evaluări

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

Burn Down Master's House

de Clay Cane • 2026

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

4.35

17.000+

📜 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.

de Clay Cane 2026 288 pagini

4.35

17.000+ evaluări

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

The Girl In Cell A

de Vaseem Khan • 2025

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

3.92

500+

🧠 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.

de Vaseem Khan 2025 515 pagini

3.92

500+ evaluări

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

The Devil's Concubine

de Ángeles Goyanes • 2011

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

3.82

471

🖤 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.

de Ángeles Goyanes 2011 460 pagini

3.82

471 evaluări

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

The Body

de Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

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

2.86

1.000+

🕯️ 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.

de Bethany C. Morrow 2026 288 pagini

2.86

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Madman's Daughter

de Megan Shepherd • 2013

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

3.68

25.000+

🫀 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.

de Megan Shepherd 2013 420 pagini

3.68

25.000+ evaluări

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

Thief

de Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

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

3.92

1.000+

🖤 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.

de Sylvia Mercedes 2020 423 pagini

3.92

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Losting Fountain

de Lora Senf • 2024

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

3.68

121

🚪 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.

de Lora Senf 2024 320 pagini

3.68

121 evaluări

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

We Were Never Friends

de Kaira Rouda • 2026

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

3.21

4.000+

🎓 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.

de Kaira Rouda 2026 288 pagini

3.21

4.000+ evaluări

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

Such a Pretty Smile

de Kristi DeMeester • 2022

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

3.34

5.000+

🖤 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.

de Kristi DeMeester 2022 320 pagini

3.34

5.000+ evaluări

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

Eldrith Manor

de Leigh Rivers • 2026

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

3.85

8.000+

🔥 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.

de Leigh Rivers 2026 359 pagini

3.85

8.000+ evaluări

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

Honed in Havoc

de Albany Walker • 2024

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

4.10

2.000+

🔥 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.

de Albany Walker 2024 308 pagini

4.10

2.000+ evaluări

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

Lay Your Armor Down

de Michael Farris Smith • 2025

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

3.80

386

🌿 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.

de Michael Farris Smith 2025 272 pagini

3.80

386 evaluări

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

The Vampire Armand

de Anne Rice • 1998

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

3.80

74.000+

🦇 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.

de Anne Rice 1998 457 pagini

3.80

74.000+ evaluări

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

Madam

de Phoebe Wynne • 2021

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

3.23

7.000+

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

Madam

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

de Phoebe Wynne 2021 352 pagini

3.23

7.000+ evaluări

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

Beyond the Veil

de T.S. Kinley • 2022

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

3.76

1.000+

🏴 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.

de T.S. Kinley 2022 68 pagini

3.76

1.000+ evaluări

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

Together We Rot

de Skyla Arndt • 2023

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

3.50

5.000+

🕯️ 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.

de Skyla Arndt 2023 272 pagini

3.50

5.000+ evaluări

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

Disenchanted

de Brianna Sugalski • 2020

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

3.85

500+

👑 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.

de Brianna Sugalski 2020 456 pagini

3.85

500+ evaluări

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

These Vengeful Wishes

de Vanessa Montalban • 2025

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

3.89

500+

🕸️ 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.

de Vanessa Montalban 2025 304 pagini

3.89

500+ evaluări

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

All The Pretty People

de Barbara Freethy • 2022

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

4.02

5.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Barbara Freethy 2022 316 pagini

4.02

5.000+ evaluări

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

Legacy of Lies

de Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

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

3.96

3.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Elizabeth Chandler 2000 182 pagini

3.96

3.000+ evaluări

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

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

de Leigh Stein • 2025

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

3.21

2.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Leigh Stein 2025 320 pagini

3.21

2.000+ evaluări

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

The Keyhole

de Gigi Styx • 2026

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

3.73

3.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Gigi Styx 2026 314 pagini

3.73

3.000+ evaluări

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

House of Thorns

de Lee Mountford • 2025

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

4.00

500+

🖤 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.

de Lee Mountford 2025 520 pagini

4.00

500+ evaluări

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

When We Were Birds

de Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • 2022

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

3.76

9.000+

🦜 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.

de Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 2022 292 pagini

3.76

9.000+ evaluări

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

The Reformatory

de Tananarive Due • 2023

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

4.43

78.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Tananarive Due 2023 570 pagini

4.43

78.000+ evaluări

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

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

de Diana Gabaldon • 2007

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

3.93

20.000+

🕵️ 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.

de Diana Gabaldon 2007 302 pagini

3.93

20.000+ evaluări

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

The Lies that Summon the Night

de Tessonja Odette • 2026

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

4.10

6.000+

🖤 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.

de Tessonja Odette 2026 301 pagini

4.10

6.000+ evaluări

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

Spectyr

de Philippa Ballantine • 2011

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

3.88

1.000+

🔥 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.

de Philippa Ballantine 2011 310 pagini

3.88

1.000+ evaluări

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

Torn

de Natasha Knight • 2018

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

3.89

4.000+

🕸️ 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.

de Natasha Knight 2018 294 pagini

3.89

4.000+ evaluări

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

Sole Survivor

de Candice Wright • 2024

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

4.21

1.000+

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

de Candice Wright 2024

4.21

1.000+ evaluări

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

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de Laura Purcell • 2025

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

4.06

2.000+

🏚️ 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.

de Laura Purcell 2025 368 pagini

4.06

2.000+ evaluări

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

The Penitent

de Natasha Knight • 2023

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

4.18

1.000+

🖤 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.

de Natasha Knight 2023 318 pagini

4.18

1.000+ evaluări

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

My Darling Dreadful Thing

de Johanna van Veen • 2024

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

3.85

21.000+

🖤 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.

de Johanna van Veen 2024 375 pagini

3.85

21.000+ evaluări

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

Petals on the Wind

de V.C. Andrews • 1980

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

3.82

73.000+

🏚️ 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.

de V.C. Andrews 1980 439 pagini

3.82

73.000+ evaluări

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

The Silence of Monsters

de Jay Crownover • 2024

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

4.17

500+

🕯️ 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.

de Jay Crownover 2024

4.17

500+ evaluări

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

Every Gift a Curse

de Caroline O'Donoghue • 2023

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

4.27

2.000+

☘️ 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.

de Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 414 pagini

4.27

2.000+ evaluări

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

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