👻 Haunted Estate

Grand houses with dark histories, spectral presences, and secrets sealed behind locked doors. These gothic tales use architecture itself as a character — brooding, decaying, and alive with the uncanny.

Hemlock & Silver

by T. Kingfisher • 2025

A poison expert at a dying princess's bedside finds the sickness lives inside the mirror.

4.01

40k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪞 Mirror Realm 📚 Scholarly Protagonist

Hemlock & Silver

A poison expert at a dying princess's bedside finds the sickness lives inside the mirror.

by T. Kingfisher 2025

4.01

40k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪞 Mirror Realm 📚 Scholarly Protagonist

The Women of Wild Hill

by Kirsten Miller • 2025

Estranged witch sisters return to Wild Hill, where a prophecy demands they end the world men built.

4.15

9k+

🧙 Witch Family Saga 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Women of Wild Hill

Estranged witch sisters return to Wild Hill, where a prophecy demands they end the world men built.

by Kirsten Miller 2025

4.15

9k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Family Saga 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James • 1898

A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.

3.38

182k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👧 Creepy Children 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 😰 Slow-Burning Dread

The Turn of the Screw

A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.

by Henry James 1898

3.38

182k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👧 Creepy Children 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 😰 Slow-Burning Dread

Liars and Liaisons

by Sav R. Miller • 2023

She mistakes a masked man for his brother, then accepts a nanny job at his haunted estate.

4.12

8k+

💼 Arrangement Romance 🏚️ Reclusive Hero 🎹 Musician Hero 👬 Brother Rivalry 🕯️ Presumed Dead

Liars and Liaisons

She mistakes a masked man for his brother, then accepts a nanny job at his haunted estate.

by Sav R. Miller 2023

4.12

8k+ ratings

💼 Arrangement Romance 🏚️ Reclusive Hero 🎹 Musician Hero 👬 Brother Rivalry 🕯️ Presumed Dead

Avidian

by Ashley R. O'Donovan • 2025

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

3.88

1k+

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

Avidian

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

by Ashley R. O'Donovan 2025

3.88

1k+ ratings

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

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 🌸 Botanical Magic

Salt & Broom

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2023

4.10

19k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🔮 Ancestral Curse 🌸 Botanical Magic

The Silence of Monsters

by Jay Crownover • 2024

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

4.17

688

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Contract Marriage 💰 Dark Billionaire 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The Silence of Monsters

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

by Jay Crownover 2024

4.17

688 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Contract Marriage 💰 Dark Billionaire 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

My Darling Dreadful Thing

by Johanna van Veen • 2024

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

3.85

21k+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror 💔 Tragic Romance

My Darling Dreadful Thing

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

by Johanna van Veen 2024

3.85

21k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror 💔 Tragic Romance

Lyla, In The Flesh

by Nick Roberts • 2026

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

4.08

1k+

🧟 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.

by Nick Roberts 2026

4.08

1k+ ratings

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

Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

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

4.12

9k+

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🧳 Refugee Protagonist 🩸 Ancestral Curse

Weavingshaw

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

by Heba Al-Wasity 2026

4.12

9k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🧳 Refugee Protagonist 🩸 Ancestral Curse

The Magpie Lord

by K.J. Charles • 2013

An earl returns cursed to suicide. His only hope: a magician who despises his bloodline.

4.03

25k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Family Curse ✨ Magical Inheritance 🕯️ Victorian Paranormal

The Magpie Lord

An earl returns cursed to suicide. His only hope: a magician who despises his bloodline.

by K.J. Charles 2013

4.03

25k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Family Curse ✨ Magical Inheritance 🕯️ Victorian Paranormal

Vortex Conundrum

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A haunted estate manager despises the demon hunter he needs, but the ghosts are playing matchmaker.

4.26

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🏨 Forced Proximity 🧹 Cozy Supernatural 👻 Meddling Ghosts

Vortex Conundrum

A haunted estate manager despises the demon hunter he needs, but the ghosts are playing matchmaker.

by Louisa Masters 2022

4.26

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🏨 Forced Proximity 🧹 Cozy Supernatural 👻 Meddling Ghosts

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