Gothic Victorian Mystery

Three novellas to expand and enrich the world of Victorian Gothic: A Spurned Woman follows a reclusive old woman, tired of life. When she is surprised by a young mother, begging help for her stricken child, the old woman reluctantly agrees to return to the village which once wanted to burn her for witchcraft. Bedlam is set between Victorian Gothic Volumes 2 and 3.

The House on Thornhallow Moor (Book One of the Between Heartbeats Series) On the wind-swept cliffs overlooking Blackwater Hollow stands Thornhallow Moor—a house bound by secrets older than the sea. When Clara Wren returns to the neglected Victorian estate of her childhood, she expects memories, perhaps even closure. But the house has waited patiently for her arrival, harboring more than just dust and echoes of the past. Whispers drift through empty rooms, footprints glisten with seawater, and in the shadows stands Silas Vale—a ship’s captain lost to a storm over a century ago. Bound ...

Jacob Ashland's life has taken an unexpected turn. He's now the earl of Ashland and expected to marry. But he's done that before and had his heart ripped from his chest. When Charlotte shows up at his door needing protection, he offers to marry her - in name - only. Charlotte, an orphan, suspects her sinister cousin of terrorizing London. When her maid disappears, she fears for her own life and runs away. Lord Ashland offers marriage, and it's the perfect solution. But it isn't long before she finds herself falling for her new husband.

Do you like your Sherlock Holmes stories with a hint of the preternatural, the seemingly inexplicable, the Gothic? Selecting six of the darkest and most suspenseful cases from author Compton Thorne’s The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, and assembling them together for the first time in one cover, here we find mysteries set amid shadowy forests, inside manor houses with long histories of hauntings, and out on deserted, moonlit moors. This collection also includes a return to the infamous Baskerville Hall scene of Sherlock Holmes’ most celebrated investigation. This unique ...

“Nevermore.” In the cold, quiet corners of a house haunted by the memory of his lost Lenore, a man keeps his lamp turned low, seeking solace in shadows and old books. But the silence is shattered by a tapping at his chamber door—and the entrance of a creature that seems to carry the night on its back. Perched upon a bust of Pallas, the raven doesn't just watch; it speaks. One word, heavy with the weight of a grave: Nevermore. What begins as a bizarre intrusion soon spirals into a desperate search for answers. Is the bird a hallucination born of grief, a cruel trick of nature, or a ...

Shy, stammering Clara Hamilton is shocked when her father announces her betrothal to a cousin she barely knows. Her uncle’s stepson, Branson Hamilton is handsome, avaricious and rumoured to be unstable. Nineteen-year-old Clara, anxious for her father’s approval, agrees to the union unaware of what is at stake. A sinister family secret surfaces and Clara soon discovers that the master of Windemere Hall has a dark revenge in store when she enters into his power.

A gothic mystery set in Victorian London during the late 19th century. Submerge yourself in the chillingly atmospheric streets of fog-shrouded Victorian London, where *Ghosts of River Hall* weaves a captivating tale of intrigue, love, and spectral whispers. This suspense-laden narrative follows the Craven & Son law firm, gripped by the haunting mystery of "The Cursed House," a property overshadowed by unsettling events and spectral presences. Embrace the relentless tension of a house torn between worlds—a beloved residence and an ominous ghost dwelling by the River Thames. The tale ...

A disgraced scholar. A silent village. And a bell that listens to the dark. Winter, 1888. Exiled by a professional scandal to the frozen coast of Wales, Alastair Finch has accepted a lonely commission: cataloging the library of the late, eccentric Baronet of Portmeirion. Trapped in the drafty Gatehouse Library by a relentless blizzard, Alastair finds his only company is the whistling wind and the rhythmic scratching of his own pen. Until he discovers the Vigil-Bell Log. Hidden among the archives, the leather-bound journal belonged to a missing bell-ringer who vanished on Christmas Eve five ...

From New York Times, USA TODAY, #1 Dark Fantasy and Top-15 Amazon Bestselling author Tamara Rose Blodgett, comes the explosive conclusion to the bestselling Savage Series—where fate, love, and vengeance collide in a gritty post-apocalyptic world. What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A perfect finale! Fast-paced and unforgettable." ~ Amanda Catoe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Tamara Rose Blodgett keeps you on edge until the last page!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A dark, beautifully woven conclusion—so emotional and thrilling!" 💔 A World on the Brink of War Ulric is relentless. He will stop at nothing ...

A dark sorcerer. His widowed apprentice. A Victorian gothic romance for all time. In the midnight fog of Victorian London, the young widow Elizabeth Buckingham was destitute and alone, sustained only by her vow of revenge against whoever—or whatever—caused her Egyptologist husband’s uncanny demise. Everything changes when a mysterious encounter at a fortuneteller shop leads Elizabeth to join the Esoteric Order of Magisophists, a secret society and college of magic.

“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, ...

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 ...

Four victims. One locked room. No way in. No way out. When Mr Gregory Winter agrees to spend a single night in a supposedly haunted shed for a hundred guineas, he’s desperate, in debt, and convinced it’s just a story. By morning, he’s dead—his throat slit, the door locked from the inside. Inspector Featherby is no stranger to murder. But this? This is something else. With each body found in the same chair, in the same impossible conditions, the case becomes a chilling puzzle with no solution. The only link between the victims: a gentleman named Noah Spencer—and a shed with a taste...

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club foil a plot to unseat the Queen and race to save one of their own in this electrifying conclusion to the Locus Award winning trilogy that began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when...

When intelligent but destitute Clara Davenport accepts a position as governess at the imposing Blackmoor Estate, she expects to find little more than stern duties and quiet solitude. Instead, she is drawn to the estate’s brooding master, the enigmatic Earl of Blackmoor, whose dark eyes and guarded heart intrigue her as much as they unsettle her. But whispers of tragedy haunt the grand halls—and Clara is warned never to set foot in the forbidden west wing. Unable to quell her curiosity, she finds herself tangled in the mystery of the Earl’s vanished wife and the secrets he keeps locked...

The Whispers of Blackwood Manor In the summer of 1888, Miss Emma Caldwell leaves the bustling streets of London for the serene Blackwood Manor, nestled deep within the English countryside. What begins as a peaceful retreat soon turns into a journey filled with mystery and intrigue. Emma encounters a mysterious presence within the manor, leading her to uncover secrets long buried in its shadowy corridors. The Whispers of Blackwood Manor is a hauntingly beautiful tale of love, loss, and the enduring power of forgiveness. As Emma navigates the manor's hidden truths, she discovers that some ...

The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for 700 years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public trust, and book lover and scholar Carragh Ryan is hired to take inventory of its historic library. But after meeting Aidan, the current Viscount Gallagher, and his enigmatic family, Carragh knows that her task will be more challenging than she'd thought.

Nineteen-year-old Laura Mayhew is the only witness to a sex scandal at Windsor Castle and is committed to Gateshead Insane Asylum to discredit her story. Tanner Caine is a cold, solitary and emotionally damaged ex-naval officer tasked with silencing the girl permanently. Gifted with second sight, Laura has been expecting an assassin for months and sets in motion a bold plan that places the soldier in her power--and she in his.

A young woman washes up on the beach of Wracker's Cove, the victim of a shipwreck. Suffering from amnesia, Emily Axelrod is glad to take refuge with the mysterious, handsome lighthouse keeper, Connor Black. Soon her rescuer becomes her all-in-all and his desire for her is equally all-consuming. Emily welcomes his passion until she discovers she bears an uncanny resemblance to a girl from Connor’s past. A girl named Alice who died under mysterious circumstances.

Jenny Raine, the bookish 19-year-old widow of Sir Richard Raine, is shattered to learn that a distant cousin, Jackson Zephyr, has inherited Cliff House. Zephyr is a career thief who has his eye on one prize: stolen gold from a long-ago heist that was hidden on the property. When his predecessor’s beautiful, strange widow thwarts his plans, Jackson applies pressure to break Jenny’s will and she is forced to reveal a shameful secret. The knowledge gives him power over the young woman until a sinister threat pushes them into a passionate alliance.