Victorian Short Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels, and his increasing interest in spiritualism and the occult to produce a spectacular array of Gothic tales. Many of Doyle's writings are recognized as the very greatest tales of terror. They range from hauntings in the polar wasteland to evil surgeons and malevolent jungle landscapes. This collection brings together over 30 of Conan Doyle's best Gothic tales

Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler returns with a new anthology of exhilarating mysteries, assembling Victorian society's lords and ladies and most miserable miscreants. Behind the velvet curtains of horse-drawn carriages and amid the soft glow of the gaslights are the detectives and bobbies sniffing out the safecrackers and petty purloiners who plague everything from the soot-covered side streets of London to the opulent manors of the countryside. Brush off your dinner jackets and straighten out your ball gowns for these exciting, glitzy mysteries.

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Volume One includes four full-length novels: Ever Yours, Annabelle; The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne; The Truth About Cads and Dukes; and Desperately Seeking a Scoundrel.

Pride and prejudice have no place in a sickroom. Elizabeth Bennet thought she knew exactly what kind of man Mr. Darcy was—proud, cold, and utterly disagreeable. But when a scarlet fever epidemic threatens Meryton, she discovers a different side of the reserved gentleman. Working together to save lives, their partnership reveals depths of character neither expected. Yet when Elizabeth falls victim to the very disease she's been fighting, her fevered confessions may have revealed more than she intended. Can love born in crisis survive the return to propriety? Set in Austen's beloved world ...

A mysterious robbery, a dead co-ed, and deadly consequences a ta women's hospital are all on the historical menu. Annie and Nate Dawson, joined by family and friends from the O’Farrell Street boardinghouse, investigate crimes in Books 5-7 of the romantic and suspenseful Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. This boxed set includes Pilfered Promises, Scholarly Pursuits, and Lethal Remedies.

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A battle-scarred soldier. A compassionate nurse. And a future rewritten… In this sweet Pride and Prejudice variation, the familiar backdrop of Regency England takes an unexpected turn when Netherfield Park is converted into a convalescent home for officers wounded in the Napoleonic Wars. Elizabeth Bennet, volunteering as a nurse alongside her sister Jane, encounters the formidable Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy—a proud, injured officer whose haughty demeanor immediately puts her on guard. As she tends to his wounds, their initial dislike gradually transforms through quiet conversations, ...

Her music awakened his home. His love transformed her world. When Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Pemberley to serve as Georgiana Darcy's music instructor, she expects nothing more than a temporary position to help support her struggling family. With her genteel background now shadowed by financial hardship, Elizabeth must adapt to her new role while maintaining her dignity and principles. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Pemberley's formidable master, anticipated an elderly spinster to guide his shy sister's musical education—not a spirited young woman whose extraordinary talent and forthright manner ...

Previously published as Deadly Secrets: Hidden Hand by Madalena Melchior. SECRET HAND After a meeting with Sherlock Holmes, Sir Albert Allerton returns home and (apparently) decides to commit suicide along with his wife. Sherlock Holmes must discover the truth about these and other deaths linked to an old Allerton family secret. Were they all suicides, or the result of something unfathomably grimmer?

Pride, prejudice, and the price of independence. When Mr. Bennet falls gravely ill, Elizabeth makes the unthinkable choice—she enters trade to support her family by opening a bookshop in Meryton. Society is scandalized, her mother is mortified, but Elizabeth finds unexpected fulfillment in her newfound independence. Then Fitzwilliam Darcy returns to Netherfield. The proud master of Pemberley is strangely drawn to the shopkeeper Elizabeth has become, finding her business acumen as captivating as her fine eyes. As they engage in spirited discussions over literature and ledgers, both must ...

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Would you dare to follow Sherlock Holmes into the darkest corners of London? In the foggy streets of Victorian London, ten mysteries await the most famous detective. Accompanied by his faithful friend, Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes deploys his deductive genius to face enigmas that defy reason. Join Sherlock and his analytical mind in 10 new unpublished stories: The Mystery of the Safe Margaret is missing The Ogre of Whitechapel Hocus Pocus The underdog candidate Deadly Composition The Witness Knight The Bleeding Church The Circus Mystery Blackwell Manor Some news from Baker Street attempts to...

In a world of shadows, love defies every curse. In Victorian London, a dark, forbidden love unfolds in this spellbinding gothic romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast. When the enigmatic Lord Ravenwood—cursed, tormented, and haunted by betrayal—encounters the spirited Lavinia Ashcroft, their fates become irrevocably entwined. Bound by secrets and driven by a relentless desire to defy an enchanted curse, their union becomes a battleground between the man and the beast within him. As Ravenwood’s monstrous past threatens to consume him, Lavinia’s mystical gift reveals hidden truths ...

Step once more into the heart of Victorian London with the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson. In this collection of three original mysteries—faithfully inspired by the world and style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Holmes faces baffling puzzles, sinister conspiracies, and secrets long buried. As danger lurks in the fog and deception lies at every turn, only his unmatched intellect can bring the truth to light. The Chronofabulist A man claiming to have traveled from 1824 arrives in London with disturbing predictions and a strange invention. As Holmes investigates ...

A reluctant nurse. A difficult patient. An unexpected love story. When a sudden storm, a spooked horse, and a broken leg leave the formidable Mr. Darcy bedridden at Netherfield Park, Elizabeth Bennet finds herself reluctantly enlisted as his nurse. Confined to his sickroom and stripped of his usual defenses, Darcy can no longer hide behind his mask of pride and reserve. As fever and pain make him vulnerable in ways he never intended, Elizabeth begins to see glimpses of the true man beneath the austere exterior. For Elizabeth, whose famous prejudice against Mr. Darcy has been firmly ...

Sometimes a wrong turn leads to the right destination. When a violent spring storm washes out roads and bridges throughout the English countryside, Elizabeth Bennet and her sister Jane find themselves stranded at the Crossroads Inn—the same establishment where Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley have reluctantly taken shelter. Confined together under one roof for days, with nowhere to retreat and social conventions suspended by necessity, Elizabeth and Darcy must confront their misunderstandings in close quarters. But when the skies clear and the roads become passable once more, will their newfound...

A secret journey, a surprise illness, and an unexpected chance at happiness. When Elizabeth Bennet embarks on a secret journey to thank Mr. Darcy for his role in her sister's marriage, she never imagines that a sudden illness will derail her carefully laid plans. As she lies fevered at a countryside inn, the last person she expects to see rushing to her bedside is the very man she set out to find. As she recovers, Elizabeth must navigate not only her recovery, but also her changing feelings. Could this unexpected detour lead her heart to its true home? From the beloved world of Pride and ...

Some schemes succeed by failing spectacularly… When Elizabeth Bennet receives an unexpected invitation from the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh to serve as her companion at Rosings, curiosity compels her to accept. But Elizabeth soon discovers that Lady Catherine's "generosity" is nothing more than an elaborate trap—a calculated scheme to prove once and for all that she could never be a suitable wife for the proud Mr. Darcy. Subjected to systematic humiliation and deliberate slights, Elizabeth finds herself relegated to the servants' quarters while enduring Lady Catherine's cutting ...

Memory, destiny, and healing—three journeys to the same beloved ending. Three captivating tales that reimagine Jane Austen's beloved classic from fresh perspectives, exploring the enduring power of love through memory, circumstance, and healing. Darcy’s Amnesia What happens when love must be discovered twice? Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy have overcome pride, prejudice, and countless misunderstandings to find their perfect happiness. With their wedding just weeks away, their future seems assured—until a tragic accident changes everything. When Darcy awakens from his injuries,...