Historical Romance Ghost

Two years ago, Dr. Ainsley Graham proved the existence of ghosts, and fell in love - hard to top that. But a trip to Sweden to research at a prestigious university for the summer is nothing to sneeze at, especially since his partner, psychologist Joachim Cockburn, will be teaching alongside him. A change of scenery might be just the thing. Their idyllic trip to Sweden is interrupted by a ghost with a proclivity for rude hand gestures and graphic curse words - and a ghastly history begging to be investigated.

Book Hippo’s Best Paranormal Romance Award-winning author Amy Sumida entrances readers in this steamy gay spinoff series in the same world as her Spellsinger novels. Packed with kinky mythological gods, witches, faeries, dragons, and shapeshifters, these action-packed romances will keep you reading all night! ARES MAY BE KNOWN AS THE GREEK GOD OF WAR, BUT TO ME, HE IS ALSO A GOD OF DOMINANT SEXUAL PASSION. As an immortal male Water Witch in the hidden supernatural world of the Beneath, I’ve dealt with more spirits than I can count. However, when the handsome Ares calls on my skills to ...

Aida Palmer performs a spirit medium show onstage at Chinatown's illustrious Gris-Gris speakeasy. However, her ability to summon (and expel) the dead is more than just an act. Winter Magnusson is a notorious bootlegger who's more comfortable with guns than ghosts. Unfortunately for him, he's the recent target of a malevolent hex that renders him a magnet for hauntings. After Aida's supernatural assistance is enlisted to banish the ghosts, her spirit-chilled aura heats up as the charming bootlegger casts a different sort of spell on her.

Unravel the mystery of the Phoenix Throne.An embattled Highlander. A time-traveling cop. An ancient curse. When Lieutenant Detective Carmen Hendricks is whisked back in time to a mysterious corner of the Scottish Highlands, she finds herself caught in a battle against forces beyond her imagination. Back home, she could rely on her gun, but the past isn’t like the future. Angus Cameron, heir to the Phoenix Throne, doesn't know what to make of the strange woman thrust into his midst, but he quickly realizes Carmen is unlike any woman he's ever met. Not only can she hold her own in a fight ...

Ya'll, let me tell you my story!Glad you could find your way here, and I welcome you to the Sellers Plantation here in the deep south of Mobile, Alabama. I'm anxious to get started with my story tellin,' so, I'm sharin' a little bout the story that I be tellin' to ya'll down below. When I wuz born, I be given the name Gertrude Ida Rollins, but as I be growin' folks just be callin' me Ms. Gertie. I wuz born in Mobile, Alabama in the year eighteen and eighty-eight. Yes, that be a long time ago for most of ya'll, but I thinks it be good to be learnin' bout the history that be comin' before you...

Natchez, Mississippi. 1843... At the age of 22, Jenny has lived a lifetime of experiences. She was a child kidnapped into slavery, and then freed. She’s been married and widowed, and she’s become a mother. But when an ambitious sheriff comes after her for an old crime, she flees the safety of her home at the Natchez estate known as Carefree and plunges headlong into dangers greater than any she has faced before. At 34, Cornelius Carson is wealthy, an important man in Natchez. He has inherited Carefree, and he lives there with his wife Euphonia, his small son Thomas, and his ward, a ...

When Bea Sinclaire's scapegrace brother begs her help to rescue a maiden from a haunted castle, she seizes the chance for adventure. If only Lord Peter "Tip" Cheriot didn't insist on coming along. How can she maintain a clear head in the face of danger when Tip is so utterly, deliciously distracting? Then an alluring ghost makes Bea a shocking offer, and he won't take no for an answer.

She uses him as a slave, bowing to her every desire out of love and need for her. The only problem is that he isn’t real. An abandoned French chateau, a warren of death during the French Revolution, is purchased by a grief-stricken couple hoping to convert it to a hotel to aid in their recovery. However, a powerful spirit resides within that catapults their lives down a path to madness.

He never thought hiding his secret could be the least of his concerns… Living a reclusive life in upstate New York, Desmond Waters caused quite a stir in the half century since his arrival from across the pond. His goal had been to escape the prying eyes of his alpha father but instead found himself hosting a bride from abroad. Isadora Childs was not any happier about the arranged union except that it might provide her an escape from a terrible life she had been forced to endure at one brutal man after another. The journey to the new world was to be the last in a line of terrible ...

The Count of Monte Cristo as Retold by Sherlock Holmes begins with a condensed retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, related through the voice of Sherlock Holmes. Subsequent sequels include exhilarating new adventures, characters, and ideas, carrying the reader through this book I, leading to book II and with book III promising an ever-expanding new series based on the classic. The author consulted the original French as well as the oldest English translations of The Count of Monte Cristo, yet the style of the retelling, in the distinctive voice of Sherlock Holmes, ...

Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it - not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has "seen" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.

Buckle up! The ride's about to get bumpy. When a claw rips through Grogan 'Chief' La Tortue's teepee at midnight, he quickly learns it isn't an ordinary beast but a rougarou, a Cajun werewolf stalking Oyster Island, the ancestral home of the Atakapa Indians. Along with the ghosts in the nearby lighthouse, the island is about to become even more haunted. Buckle up! The ride's about to get bumpy. Here's what some Amazon reviewers are saying: "Can't wait for the next book." "As always, I enjoyed my foray into Eric Wilder's Louisiana world. Some genuine spooky moments and the usual ridiculously...

When Eliza Sullivan inherits an estate from a recently deceased aunt, she leaves behind a grievous and guilt-ridden past in New Orleans for rural England and a fresh start. Eliza arrives at her new home and finds herself falling for the mysterious lord of Havenwood, Malcolm Winfield. Despite the sinister rumors that surround him, Eliza is drawn to his melancholy charm and his crumbling, once-beautiful mansion. With enough love, she thinks, both man and manor could be repaired.

Clan MacCoinnich is the only family Magnus de Gray has ever known. But when a message catches up with him five years too late, he discovers he has more family than he thought. He has a son. He's determined to find the boy and bring him home to Clan MacCoinnich.

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, struggling to find her place in the world when she receives a phone call bringing her back to her hometown of Sullivan's Island.

Fleeing the attentions of the handsome and commanding Marquess of Darkefell, Lady Anne Addison arrives on the doorstep of a dear friend seeking nothing but rest and relaxation, but soon finds herself putting her investigative talents to work after a sighting of the Barbary Ghost. Always a skeptic of the supernatural, Lady Anne immediately suspects the apparition is nothing more than a diversionary tactic to conceal smugglers on the beach below her friend's house.

A grieving soprano becomes entangled in a web of magnificent music and secret revenge—and the climax will either exceed all her greatest dreams, or crush her in inexpressible tragedy. When Christine Daae` became a member of the chorus of the Paris Opera after the death of her father, she never imagined she would find comfort in a tenuous friendship with an aloof stagehand who always remains cloaked and masked. Nor did she ever expect that her childhood sweetheart, Raoul de Chagney, is now the owner of the opera—and both Raoul and her mysterious friend seem to be guarding terrible ...

Two pair of lovers drawn together by myth and mystery, only to be parted by a heartless betrayal. Refusing to forget the magic of their love they find a passion far stronger than any earthly law, a love as timeless as eternity. In the misty highlands, Shona of Clan MacKinnon felt isolated and alone. Sent by her father to live with another clan for the sake of an alliance, she soon gave her heart to dark-haired Colm Cameron. She dreamed of becoming his bride and finding happiness at Castle Tor. Little did she know that Colm’s brother, Reid, who coveted everything his brother possessed, ...

An untimely death. A grand old home with new owners. A past that won't stay in the past. What really happened at Greenwood's Castle? It's 1990 and the Westminster family has made the leap of faith to live their dreams in a small rural town in a home that will become their retirement plan -- Operating a bed and breakfast. The house, known by outsiders as 'Greenwood's Castle' and by the protective locals as 'the Castle', has everything the Westminsters want -- acreage, a pond, garden, and a rich and full history. It has sat empty for a decade since the elderly owners' stepfather passed away ...

The identity of Elizabeth Cage has always been a mystery. Even she doesn't know who, or what, she is. But she's learned to live with it. Until now, when what should have been a peaceful holiday turns into anything but, and Elizabeth is forced to recognise that she isn't what she seems. But neither is anyone else. Has her whole life been a lie? Someone very badly wants to know the truth about Elizabeth Cage. And they'll do anything to find out. But who will live to regret it?