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  • The Lost by Irina Shapiro

    The Lost by Irina Shapiro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    2018. When a skeleton is found entangled in the roots of an ancient tree on Rhys Morgan’s country estate, Quinn is persuaded to come out of retirement to film one more episode of the Echoes from the Past series. But the nameless skeleton proves to be the least of her problems when secrets from the past suddenly come to light and a new threat looms over her family.1777...
  • The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro

    The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions...
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  • If He's Wild by Hannah Howell

    If He's Wild by Hannah Howell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Lady Alethea Vaughn Channing is haunted by a vision of a man in danger - the same man who she has seen in dreams time and time again. She doesn't even know his name, and yet she feels the connection between them, knows she is the only one standing between him and disaster...
  • Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon

    Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories. This riveting, romantic collection includes: "Besieged" (original novella), "A Fugitive Green" (original novella), "Virgins," "The Space Between," "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies," "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" and "The Custom of the Army...
  • Dreaming Death by Heather Graham

    Dreaming Death by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SWEET DREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THISEver since she was a child, Stacey Hanson has had strange dreams—and sometimes they come true. Her skills and experience led her straight to the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters. Now a serial killer is stalking Washington, DC, and people are scared. And it will be Stacey’s first case...
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    suspense  mystery  historical  paranormal  fantasy
  • A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

    A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Members of an Egyptian expedition fall victim to an ancient mummy's curse in a thrilling Veronica Speedwell novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries.   London, 1888...
  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international best-selling author Kate Morton. Cassandra is lost, alone and grieving...
  • Shifter Agents by Nancy Corrigan

    Shifter Agents by Nancy Corrigan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meet four alpha shifters who know their way around the darkness... They know pleasures can be found in the shadows. Danger, too. But they will do anything—risk everything—to lure their chosen mates into the dark. And once they have the keepers of their soul wrapped in the veil of night, they'll never—ever—let them go.Rescued - One bad choice landed me in a lifetime of servitude...
  • If He's Wicked by Hannah Howell

    If He's Wicked by Hannah Howell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    For Chloe Wherlocke, it all begins with a vision--a glimpse into the future that foretells a terrible plot against Lord Julian Kenwood and his newborn son. Chloe's psychic gift allows her to save the child from certain death, but the earl remains in grave peril. . . Julian Kenwood knows someone is trying to kill him and he suspects his scheming wife and her lover are behind the plot...
  • Highland Shifter by Catherine Bybee

    Highland Shifter by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A mysterious Druid book and Helen’s sixth sense send her to Scotland in search of a missing boy. After being attacked by strange men dressed in medieval garb, a handsome, desirable hero answering to the boy’s name rescues her. No one is more surprised than she to find herself in sixteenth century Scotland...
  • Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

    Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends— but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the ancient cloisters...
  • The Unforgiven by Heather Graham

    The Unforgiven by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A tragic past. An uncertain futureTwelve years after the grisly murder of her parents, Kaitlyn Delaney has finally found peace. She has friends, a good job, a place to call home and a new life to live. But then a shadow creeps in from Katie’s past, reminding her that she will never completely escape its terrifying grip...
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    mystery  suspense  historical  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Forbidden by Heather Graham

    The Forbidden by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She is someone's darkest desire Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon can’t stop thinking about the chilling crime scene, or Finley Stirling, the FBI agent working the case...
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    mystery  suspense  paranormal  historical  fantasy
  • Highland Sinner by Hannah Howell

    Highland Sinner by Hannah Howell

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sir Tormand Murray is certainly a rogue, but a callous killer? Never. Yet he cannot explain how he came to wake up next to the butchered body of one of his former lovers. Someone is prepared to kill again and again until Tormand is found guilty and hanged. And his only hope of discovering the culprit lies with Morainn Ross, a reclusive beauty gifted with second sight...
  • The House That Death Built: A Gothic Thriller of Romance and Mystery by Mel Stone

    The House That Death Built: A Gothic Thriller of Romance and Mystery by Mel Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A country girl. A grieving stranger. And a secret that will bind them forever…Arthur knows nothing but sorrow. His past is filled with secrets, trials, and death. On his way to settle his affairs with his deceased wife’s family he tears his shirt and enters a small village shop for a repair. There he meets Joy.Joy is not impressed by the stranger visiting their little village...
  • Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow

    Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Re-Edited and Revised 17th Anniversary EditionRegency Paranormal Gothic RomanceFrom NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow comes a tragically beautiful love story that defies perception.When the scandalously independent Isabel Drake refuses to marry the man her parents choose for her, they force her to take lessons on how to become a respectable lady...
  • Highland Thirst by Hannah Howell, Lynsay Sands

    Highland Thirst by Hannah Howell, Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling authors Hannah Howell and Lynsay Sands once again combine their talents to deliver their most thrilling book yet. Set in the rugged Scottish Highlands, here is the spellbinding tale of two men destined to live by night with a hunger only the blood of Outsiders can quench--and a passion only two extraordinary women can satisfy. . . Embrace The Dark Side. .
  • My Immortal Highlander by Hannah Howell, Lynsay Sands

    My Immortal Highlander by Hannah Howell, Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Lynsay Sands and Hannah Howell return to the windswept Highlands of 16th century Scotland in the captivating story of identical twin brothers trapped between the curse that has been their legacy and the two women whose love is their destiny . . . As identical twins, Bothan and Calum MacNachton share a bond stronger than most brothers, one forged by a terrible secret...
  • Passage of Shadows by Chasity Bowlin

    Passage of Shadows by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don’t miss the exciting conclusion to The Victorian Gothic Collection… The plots, schemes and machinations at Cysgod Lys, from both mortal and immortal sources, are coming to a head...
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    mystery  victorian  paranormal  fantasy  historical
  • The Girl On Legare Street by Karen White

    The Girl On Legare Street by Karen White

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Acclaimed author Karen White returns with the sequel to the national bestseller The House on Tradd Street. Melanie has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she never imagined she'd have to renovate her own life to include her estranged mother. Ginnette Prioleau Middleton left Charleston thirty-five years ago...
  • Remnant: A Caldwell & Feximal/Whyborne & Griffin Mystery by K.J. Charles, Jordan L. Hawk

    Remnant: A Caldwell & Feximal/Whyborne & Griffin Mystery by K.J. Charles, Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    London, 1899. The beautiful people are dying… A malevolent power is attacking London’s bright young things, and the only clue to what's happening is written in ancient Egyptian script. As ghost-hunter Simon Feximal and his companion Robert Caldwell investigate the mysterious deaths, the arrival in London of a notorious scholar-sorcerer seems to hold the answer to more than one of their problems...
  • The Rake is Taken by Tracy Sumner

    The Rake is Taken by Tracy Sumner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A gorgeous psychic. An unwanted betrothal. A tantalizing compromise.An independent hellion, a stealer of time, and the only woman who can capture his heart…Lady Victoria Hamilton has a supernatural gift, a fiancé, and a guardian angel. She just never expected her protector to be the most dazzling man in England, a devilish scoundrel they call the Blue Bastard...
  • The Darkest Hour by Barbara Erskine

    The Darkest Hour by Barbara Erskine

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak.In the summer of 1940, eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England: the Battle for Britain has just begun. But Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony...
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    suspense  mystery  historical  paranormal  war  fantasy
  • House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne

    House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital, she can remember nothing about the family gathered around her bed, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia and say the memories should start returning. Which they do . . . but these memories are not her own. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall over four hundred years earlier . .
  • Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins

    Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers...
  • The Color of Light by Karen White

    The Color of Light by Karen White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    At thirty-two, pregnant and recently divorced, Jillian Parrish and her seven-year-old daughter find refuge and solace on Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Jillian had experienced her best childhood memories here-until her best friend Lauren Mills disappeared, never to be found. At the time, Linc Rising, Lauren's boyfriend and Jillian's confidant, had been a suspect in Lauren's disappearance...
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    suspense  mystery  historical  paranormal  fantasy
  • Shadows Stir at Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock

    Shadows Stir at Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Seven Sisters, an antebellum restoration in downtown Mobile, has come to life recently...and not in ways historian Carrie Jo Jardine had expected. After battling and surviving a dangerous encounter with a visitor from the past, Carrie Jo and Seven Sisters’ handsome owner Ashland Stuart have one last mystery to uncover...
  • The Eight by Katherine Neville

    The Eight by Katherine Neville

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When two young women in France of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, they recognize its mystic ability to provide anyone playing it with unlimited power and desperately scatter its pieces around the world. But in 1972, computer expert Catherine "Cat" Velis is hired to recover the chess pieces--and is caught up in a nefarious, globe-spanning conspiracy...
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    suspense  mystery  historical  paranormal  fantasy  magic
  • Moonlight Falls on Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock

    Moonlight Falls on Seven Sisters by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a young, wealthy heiress, Calpurnia Cottonwood, disappears from Seven Sisters in 1850, rumors swirl. But no trace of the girl had ever been found--until now. Historian Carrie Jo Jardine and her handsome employer, Ashland Stuart, find clues to the heiress' whereabouts and even more mysteries are revealed. With Carrie Jo's ability to dream about the past, she watches a sinister plot unfold...
  • Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson

    Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries… In Gilded Age New York, heiress Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter investigate crimes that take them from the slums of Five Points in lower Manhattan to the Fifth Avenue mansions of society's elite...
  • Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley

    Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    Priceless artwork has gone missing from the home of a wealthy baronet, and his wife stands to take the blame. When Kat's employer asks for help in clearing her friend's name, Kat trades her kitchen for the homes of Mayfair's wealthiest families. Soon antiques are disappearing not only from the extravagant households of connoisseurs and collectors, but from the illustrious British Museum...
  • Unconquered by Hannah Howell

    Unconquered by Hannah Howell

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Against the splendor and savagery of medieval times, Hannah Howell spins breathtaking stories of impassioned lovers caught up in a world of intrigue and desperate desire. Now, she brings us a tale of conquest and lover as a beautiful Englishwoman loses her heart to a man who is her enemy—and her destiny..
  • The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

    The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    New Mexico, 2017: Sylvia Wren is one of the most important American artists of the past century. Known as a recluse, she avoids all public appearances. There’s a reason: she’s living under an assumed identity, having outrun a tragic past. But when a hungry journalist starts chasing her story, she’s confronted with whom she once was: Iris Chapel...
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    mystery  suspense  historical  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Legend of Lady Maclaoch by Becky Banks

    The Legend of Lady Maclaoch by Becky Banks

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A legendary love, an unforgiving curse, and the discovery of a lifetime ... Centuries ago a vengeful curse buried itself deep into the history of the MacLaoch clan and become a legendary tale told by all those not cursed by its words...
  • The Edge of Dark by Pamela Hartshorne

    The Edge of Dark by Pamela Hartshorne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jane believes in keeping her promises, but a deathbed vow sets her on a twisting path of deceit and joy that takes her from the dark secrets of Holmwood House in York to the sign of the golden lily in London's Mincing Lane. Getting what you want, Jane discovers, comes at a price...
  • Born to Bite by Hannah Howell, Erica Ridley

    Born to Bite by Hannah Howell, Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darkly handsome and dangerously sexy, these voracious vampires are out for blood--and bound for eternal love. . . Dark Secret by Hannah Howell Alone in the world and on a desperate search, Murdina Dunbar finds an ally in mysterious Sir Gillanders Baldwin. Something about her sexy protector stirs her blood. Soon, not even whispers that he's a dangerous demon can keep her from his bed. .
  • The Black Stiletto: Black & White by Raymond Benson

    The Black Stiletto: Black & White by Raymond Benson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Black Stiletto is Back! The second book of the thrilling new series. It’s 1959 and Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, sets out to confront the heroin kingpin of Harlem when the teenage daughter of her beloved martial arts instructor becomes a prisoner in an uptown narcotics den… and she has fallen in love again, this time with an FBI agent who has standing orders to arrest her...
  • Eyes of the Predator: The Pickham County Murders by Glenn Trust

    Eyes of the Predator: The Pickham County Murders by Glenn Trust

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***For Mature Readers*** Eyes scanning, searching, the predator sits motionless in a parking lot. His next victim is only feet away. Within hours a backwater south Georgia county will be rocked by two seemingly unrelated murders that signal the arrival of a serial killer in the rural southland...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  historical  paranormal  fantasy
  • Butterflies by K.J. Charles

    Butterflies by K.J. Charles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Journalist Robert Caldwell is still smarting from his first encounter with ghost-hunter Simon Feximal. Their night in a haunted house was thrilling, but the aftermath leaves Robert hurt, disappointed, and resolved not to see Simon again. But just a few days later their paths cross once more, this time investigating a pair of mysterious deaths: two corpses shrouded in butterflies...
  • Desire Me by Robyn DeHart

    Desire Me by Robyn DeHart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The Legend Hunters . . . The Men of Solomon's meet in secret, their very existence only a rumor among the best of Victorian society. They are treasure hunters, men of wealth and title, seekers of myths and legends. And no legend is as mystifying as the lost city of Atlantis . .
  • A Highlander's Passion by Vonnie Davis

    A Highlander's Passion by Vonnie Davis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    As a bear-shifter in a pack roaming the Scottish countryside, Bryce Matheson embodies brute force and untamed abandon. As a widower, he's running scared. When Bryce attempted to open his scarred heart to another, she grew tired of waiting for him to state his intentions, and the unearthly beauty spurned him for someone who wasn't worthy...
  • King of the Isles by Debbie Mazzuca

    King of the Isles by Debbie Mazzuca

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She'll find him a bride if it's the last thing she does. And it very well might be. Evangeline may be powerfully persuasive in her way, but convincing the notoriously wild Highland king Lachlan MacLeod to strengthen his alliances with a strategic marriage seems to be asking the impossible...
  • Making Merry by Kerrigan Byrne

    Making Merry by Kerrigan Byrne

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    There’s no room at the Inn...Sprightly Victorian spinster Vanessa Latimer is stranded for the holidays in the Scottish Highlands by a relentless winter blizzard. She takes refuge at a centuries-old inn where the only available room is haunted by the ghost of a warrior who fell at Culloden Moor.One who refuses to give up his side of the bed...
  • The House of Lost Wives by Rebecca Hardy

    The House of Lost Wives by Rebecca Hardy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secrets. Lies. And four missing wives. 1813. Lizzie's beloved older sister Esme is sold in marriage to the aging Lord Blountford to settle their father's debts. One year later, Esme is dead, and Lizzie is sent to take her place as Lord Blountford's next wife. Arriving at Ambletye Manor, Lizzie uncovers a twisted web of secrets, not least that she is to be the fifth mistress of this house...
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    mystery  suspense  historical  paranormal  fantasy
  • Deadlight Hall by Sarah Rayne

    Deadlight Hall by Sarah Rayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A long-ago crime continues to menace the present in this spine-chilling tale of supernatural suspense. When Michael Flint is asked by a colleague to investigate a reputedly haunted house, he is intrigued. Leo Rosendale’s childhood was blighted by a macabre tragedy in the grim Deadlight Hall – a tragedy that occurred towards the end of World War II, involving a set of twins who vanished...
  • The Alpha's Daughter by Sam Crescent

    The Alpha's Daughter by Sam Crescent

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Karina is not like any of the wolves within her pack. She's a human. The only human to be born of two wolves.When her father invites another alpha to take his pick of willing, single, consenting females, Karina has no choice but to be in the lineup. She is pack, she is single, and she knows she is not going to get picked. She is human, and any alpha would be looking for a wolf...
  • Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne

    Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Two enthralling paranormal romances in one volume from the New York Times bestselling author.In Destiny , the Immortal High Witch Nidaba is captured by a madman. After endless torment, she escapes-but is deeply altered. Centuries later, she is found by Nathan King, who loved her long ago. But the beautiful woman he cherished has been replaced by a bitter, angry shell of her former self...
  • Disowned by M.J. Haag

    Disowned by M.J. Haag

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Not all fairy tales are ribbons and roses. In a world where the measure of a person rarely goes beneath the surface, Margaret Thoning refuses to play by its rules. Unwilling to compromise her ideals, she walks away from everything she’s ever known to risk her heart and her life for the people who matter most. Welcome to the Tales of Cinder and Snow...
  • Stardust: Home of the Gifted by R.E. Bond

    Stardust: Home of the Gifted by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’d spent my entire life trying to act like my powers didn’t exist. Society claimed we were an abomination, outcasts, and rejects.They only wanted us when they needed saving from supernatural beasts.With my powers going haywire I had to move to the one place I’d been avoiding.My new home among the gifted came with unwanted roomies too...
  • Lies That Comfort and Betray by Rosemary Simpson

    Lies That Comfort and Betray by Rosemary Simpson

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…Heiress Prudence MacKenzie is a valuable partner to attorney Geoffrey Hunter, despite the fact that women are not admitted to the bar in New York’s Gilded Age...
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