Gothic Cozy

When Ruth Townsend discovers Tessa Martin’s body in an abandoned factory, sprawled across a Ouija board, she does the responsible thing and calls 911. But by the time Sheriff Blevins arrives, the girl’s body has vanished. Blevins is convinced that Tessa is playing an elaborate hoax. But Ruth and her daughter, Cassie, know better. They both saw the body.

Clara Wren thought she was moving to a quiet seaside village to run an apothecary. Instead, she’s inherited a mystery. The people of Rosewharf whisper about the Lantern that burns in the headland lighthouse—an ancient light that remembers names, marks tallies in the fog, and demands silence from its keepers. Jonas Marlowe, scarred and taciturn, has tended it for years—like generations of Marlowes before him, bound by a vow that costs more than it saves. He tells Clara the rule is simple: When the Lantern saves, you keep it burning. When it claims the living, you turn away. But storms ...

Mystery, mortality, and a dash of the macabre… London, 1882: A Christmas draped in shadows, a city gripped by fear, and a mystery that defies the laws of life and death… When Professor Gilbert Fitzroy unveils a revolutionary theory that mocks the inevitability of decay and whispers to eternal life, the Royal Society is left reeling. Clearly, this does not apply to him, for a few hours later he is found dead in his rooms. As the shadows deepen, the stakes rise. Agatha’s dashing nephew, Sebastian, is implicated in the murder. She and her friend Betty investigate. They stumble into their...

When textile historian Eliza Bennett is invited to a secluded Louisiana hunting camp to examine a rare collection of Acadian brown cotton weavings, it feels like long-overdue validation for her life’s work. These are not museum curiosities—they are living artifacts of survival, displacement, and resilience, hidden deep in the bayou and guarded by one of Louisiana’s most powerful families. But Eliza doesn’t arrive alone. By her side is Merlin—a sharp-tongued, world-weary orange tabby who talks, judges relentlessly, and has solved more murders than most small-town police departments...

“Every Manor Keeps Its Secrets—Some Too Perilous to Remain Silent, and One Woman’s Courage Stands Against a Century of Deceit.” It was on an autumn afternoon, golden yet heavy with the foreboding hush of evening, that Rosalind Harrington stepped from her carriage and crossed the threshold of Montrose Manor, a place she had once called home. She has been summoned home to fulfill the dying requests of Lady Beatrice Montrose. In the serene yet shadowed corridors of Montrose Manor, an estate of grand but fading splendor, widowed Rosalind Harrington, a woman of wit and quiet strength, ...

A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return. All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a...

Bubble, bubble, toil, and murder... When a woman is found dead near her village in Norfolk, the verdict is suicide. Not everyone agrees. Detective James Simpson is ordered to investigate and he brings Agatha Aston, Betty Simpson and Talleyrand the hound, with him. They stumble across a tale of murder that stretches back two centuries. Part occult story, part murder mystery - this creepy tale is steeped in witchcraft and strange rural festivals where everything is not as it seems. The second Agatha Aston murder mystery is full of laughs, twists and things that go bump in the night. Golden ...

A ghost story with a true crime twist. Based on the largest, unsolved art heist in history, GHOST AT THE GARDNER is a gripping, paranormal suspense mystery with a bit of added romance. Supernatural occurrences unfold as an old museum ghost and a young art intern team up to solve an investigation that has remained an FBI cold case for over 20 years. Readers won’t be able to put down this fast-paced novel full of ghostly spirits, mystical séances and first kisses in a spooky graveyard.

In the mist-shrouded village of Moonridge Hollow, witchcraft was supposed to have died out long ago. But when a nobleman’s mysterious death stirs whispers of dark magic, herbalist Penelope Hawthorne knows better. Beneath her quiet shop and calm smile lies a power the old covens once feared, and the secrets she buried are waking again. Her only companion is Aurelius, a silver-eyed familiar with a mind as sharp as his claws. Together, they uncover a chilling truth: a forbidden order known as the Umbrael is corrupting animals into living conduits, “Borrowed Skins”, to spy, possess, and ...

A Renaissance fair in rural Louisiana is not the kind of place you'd expect to encounter any real danger. All the dragons, jousting, sword fighting, and public executions are only make believe, right? Our favorite lettering artist, Mila Breaux, is not so sure about that. When she receives a mysterious note summoning her to hand letter the signage for the local Ren fair, some of the Dark Age performances seem to be way more realistic than she bargained for.

🎃 A Pride and Prejudice Halloween: husband-hunting or haunting hearts? 🎃 Halloween at Pemberley: a perfect setting for romance, right? Not when there’s a centuries-old curse threatening to doom any woman who dares love a Darcy. Enter Elizabeth Bennet, whose curiosity about the family secrets leads her into the arms of the enigmatic Mr. Darcy. But with sisters chasing officers in monster costumes and a mother on a husband-hunting mission, Elizabeth’s got her hands full. Why is Darcy hosting this spooky soiree if he claims no interest in the guests? Is he trying to break the curse ...

Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher DELUXE EDITION—a gorgeous hardcover with endpapers illustrated by the author and a foil case stamp “I saw the devil in these woods.”...

Survivor of a serial killer, Lanie Briers has created a new life for herself. Her refuge is a forgotten flat above a quirky Bloomsbury museum, but it's about to be invaded. Nick Tawes is a landscape architect filming a television series on roof gardens, and he intends to build one in Lanie’s aerial territory. As his sky garden grows he falls ever further in love with the mysterious Lanie. But Nick has his own demons, old family secrets. Maybe Lanie shouldn't trust him.

Delightfully spooky sequel to Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. Newly married to her beloved Henry, Catherine’s eyes are now open to the grownup pleasures of wedded life. Yet she still hasn’t quite given up her girlhood fascination with all things Gothic. When she first visited Northanger Abbey, she only imagined dreadful events had occurred there. This time the horror is all too real. There’s been a murder, and Henry has fallen under suspicion.

🎓 Prestige. Secrets. Sabotage. Prissy Carter dreamed of perfecting her craft at the world-renowned Auguste Academy of Culinary Arts. But when she arrives, the recipes aren’t the only things simmering. Whispers of vanished students, cryptic notes hinting at a “next course,” and punishments that feel more like chains than lessons threaten to turn her dream into a nightmare. When a suspicious “kitchen accident” nearly turns deadly, Prissy’s Chef’s Sixth Sense—a gift for tasting lies as easily as flavors—warns her that something sinister is at work. With her ragtag allies...

Inheriting a haunted cemetery wasn't on Magnolia Thorne's bingo card for her fresh start in small-town Louisiana. When her eccentric great-aunt leaves her the Moonlit Mausoleum Cemetery—complete with a sentient cottage that broadcasts her emotions in Technicolor and a bad-tempered alligator with a marshmallow addiction—Magnolia thinks her biggest challenge will be mastering a lawn mower. She's wrong. Dead wrong. The cemetery is restless. Whispers drift from bootlegger tunnels beneath the grounds, and on the full moon, a devastatingly handsome ghost materializes in her kitchen with a ...

The Scones of Suspicion crackles with mystery, tension, and heart. When Natalie Baker’s seaside town is rocked by fissures that spill light and spawn unspeakable creatures, suspicion turns on her glowing ember-heart. Villagers whisper that she is cursed, the cause of their ruin. But as the tide claws closer, Natalie proves she is not a curse but the lock that can hold the abyss at bay. Through betrayals, desperate stands, and midnight battles in the square, Willow Bay must choose: cast her out, or fight with her. In a final showdown, Natalie channels the ember’s fire with the strength ...

A #1 New York Times bestseller! Doll Bones meets Skandar and the Unicorn Thief in this spooky, middle grade novel about a boy who doesn’t believe in magic discovering a supernatural world full of danger. It began with a crack in the wall. Eleven-year-old Benjamiah Creek believes in science...

When autumn drapes itself over Madison, Georgia, the days shorten, the nights deepen, and something restless stirs beneath the magnolias. In this Southern town, history lingers in the bricks of old houses and whispers ride the wind through quiet streets. Some say it is only memory. Others know better. Spirits have a way of keeping company in Madison, whether you invite them or not. Haunting Season in Madison gathers nine cozy horror tales where the monstrous and the human meet in ways that will tug at your heart and raise gooseflesh on your arms. Some stories bring laughter, with goblins ...

Welcome to Madison, Georgia, where the magnolias bloom, the tea is sweet, and the monsters are real. In this cozy horror anthology, the charming town of Madison hides secrets in its flowerbeds and shadows in its attics. Behind every wrought-iron fence and sun-warmed porch lies something unexpected: a banshee who quilts in the carriage house, a wight who prefers crossword puzzles to haunting, a wendigo who wears sweaters by the fire, and cryptids who just want someone to talk to. But don’t be fooled by the cobblestone streets and Southern charm. The ghouls here are real and love has a ...