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The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsMara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah... -
![Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox]()
Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHey, Over here. No, look up.Yeah, I’m the one they talk about. The headmaster’s prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of NotreDame Parochial College. To most of the students I was just a myth. An urban legend.The girl who rings the bells up in the tower, the one who talks to gargoyles.Frollo’s secret Then they showed up, those heartless heathens. Outcasts, just like me... -
![Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCamelia Hammond's trying junior year of high school is finally over...but her troubles aren't. After she discovers a painful truth about her family, she escapes to a summer arts program in Rhode Island. Determined to put family - and boyfriend - drama behind her, she throws herself into her artwork.At the arts school, she gets caught up in the case of Sasha Beckerman, a local girl who is missing... -
![Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHigh school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead... -
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![Celestial Prison by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus]()
Celestial Prison by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the deep shadows of the supernatural world lies a prison whose captives are organized by supernatural race, capabilities, and destructive power. The lower the level, the more lethal — and desirable — the individual. As a Nephilim at the Psychic Prison for Supernaturals, I'm banished to the depths of its lowest level, a hellhole from which few ever return... -
![The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose]()
The Monster of Hotel No. 7 by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLITTLE SUNI am the princess of Writhe, a secret society slithering with evil. But I have everything I could ever want… except him. Sullen Rule disappeared two years ago from Ritual Drive, our shared, private street. After sending off dozens of unanswered letters in hopes they may one day reach him, I have nearly given up on ever seeing the boy of shadows again. But one night at Hotel No... -
![The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsMara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told.There is.She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.She should.She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.She will now.Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.Retribution has arrived... -
![The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake]()
The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them. In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved... -
![The Ghost Tree by Barbara Erskine]()
The Ghost Tree by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBefore you follow the path into your family’s history, beware of the secrets you may find…The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage, career and now the death of her father. She is now faced with the daunting task of clearing his house... -
![The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsMara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.It can.She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is.She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong... -
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The Harbinger by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOTE: This is not a PNR, Fantasy, Supernatural, or anything of the like. It is a contemporary, cult romance with demon/Satan worship. What do you do when you’ve caught the eye of a psychopath?On the run with no memory, Mia is thrust into an evil, secret society which threatens her very existence... -
![Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLast fall, sixteen-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, a new boy at school who had a very mysterious gift – psychometry, the ability to sense the future through touch. But just as Camelia and Ben's romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry and experiencing strange brushes with premonition... -
![Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHigh school juniors Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to see the future through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend...Categorized as:
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![On the Edge of Darkness by Barbara Erskine]()
On the Edge of Darkness by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe eagerly awaited new novel by the author of LADY OF HAY and HOUSE OF ECHOES is the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her twentieth century lover, she plots a terrible revenge on him and his family. Adam Craig is fourteen when, near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands, he meets Brid, whose exotic, gypsy-like dress and strange attitudes fascinate him... -
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![Séances are for Suckers by Tamara Berry]()
Séances are for Suckers by Tamara Berry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen something goes bump in the night . . . it’s most likely a plumbing problem, or something equally mundane. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it’s a living . . . Ellie has an ailing sister to care for, and working as a ghost hunter who doesn’t believe in ghosts helps cover the bills for both of them... -
![The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood]()
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsThe Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud tells the haunting story of a young man who narrowly survives a terrible car wreck that kills his little brother. Years later, the brothers’ bond remains so strong that it transcends the normal boundaries separating life and death. Charlie St. Cloud lives in a snug New England fishing village...Categorized as:
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![Thrum by Meg Smitherman]()
Thrum by Meg Smitherman
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAmi awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto his ship as he offers his assistance in any way he can. But nothing on Dorian’s ship is as it seems... -
![The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson]()
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsThe narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life. As the book opens, he is driving along a dark road when he is distracted by what seems to be a flight of arrows. He crashes into a ravine and suffers horrible burns over much of his body... -
![What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson]()
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe New York Times bestsellerA LOVE THAT TRANSCENDS HEAVEN AND HELLWhat happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death... -
![One Little Nightmare by Dawn Darling]()
One Little Nightmare by Dawn Darling
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA paranoid schizophrenic with a dark passenger lurking in the shadows.A broken Siren who would give anything to end her curse.A mystery girl with the traumas of her past written on her body.Pandora's Box has been opened, and to reclaim their identities they will have to determine what is real, what is fantasy, and face the darkness within... -
![The Televisionary Oracle by Rob Brezsny]()
The Televisionary Oracle by Rob Brezsny
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMillions of people already live their lives in accordance with Rob Brezsny's "Real Astrology" prophecies. But the time has come for a deeper dose of Brezsny's brain. The Televisionary Oracle is an archetypal roller-coaster that would make Rumi dizzy and leave Carl Jung gasping for breath... -
![Hollowed: A Sleepy Hollow Reimagining by Jessica S. Taylor]()
Hollowed: A Sleepy Hollow Reimagining by Jessica S. Taylor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing is ever as it seems in Sleepy Hollow…Sleepy Hollow is crumbling. To protect the supernatural town from the mundane world, each year a resident is sacrificed to The Dullahan, the Headless Horseman that protects the veil around the Hollow.Nineteen-year-old Katrina van Tassel knows she’s a disappointment to her parents, for more reasons than one... -
![House of Many Shadows by Barbara Michaels]()
House of Many Shadows by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeg Rittenhouse fears she is losing her mind. The doctors tell her the strange and disturbing hallucinations she's been experiencing ever since her accident are all in her head, and that, with a little rest, the haunting visions will vanish. But accepting an invitation to stay with her cousin in the country may be the worst decision Meg has ever made... -
![Be Buried in the Rain by Barbara Michaels]()
Be Buried in the Rain by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere are terrible secrets from generations past buried at Maidenwood. Medical student Julie Newcomb has returned to her family's decaying plantation—the site of so many painful childhood memories—to tend to her tyrannical grandmother, felled by a stroke... -
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![Into the Darkness by Barbara Michaels]()
Into the Darkness by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsUpon the death of her grandfather, Meg Venturi unexpectedly inherits the eccentric millionaires antique jewelry business. There is one catch to her sudden windfall - she must share the wealth with a taciturn and oddly attractive young man who has an entire town stirring up rumors - about murderous secrets and a dark legacy... -
![The Crying Child by Barbara Michaels]()
The Crying Child by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrapped between madness and imagination...From the moment she arrived on King's Island, Joanne McMullen knew that her sister's grief over losing her child had driven her dangerously close to madness. Jo grew anxious when Mary confided that she heard a thin, insistent wail that rose up beyond the dark Maine woods... -
![The Night Inside by Nancy Baker]()
The Night Inside by Nancy Baker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArdeth Alexander’s life is the wholly predictable one of a graduate student. She lives by schedules – for papers due, classes to attend, small jobs of research to complete for extra income. Ardeth is the responsible one – steady, dependable, maybe even a little boring.One day, when she is out for her customary early morning walk, all that changes... -
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Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak. From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro... -
![Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice]()
Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAnne Rice brings to life the exquisite and otherworldly society of the eighteenth-century castrati, the delicate and alluring male sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices brought them the adulation of the royal courts and grand opera houses of Europe, men who lived as idols, concealing their pain as they were adored as angels, yet shunned as half-men... -
![Houses of Stone by Barbara Michaels]()
Houses of Stone by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnglish professor Karen Holloway stumbles upon the find of a lifetime: a battered, faded manuscript, the lost masterpiece of a 19th-century poet called Ismene. While racing against other scholars to bring Ismene's true identity to light, she is haunted by a tormented voice screaming out to her from the Virginia woods... -
![The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee]()
The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Rinn Jacobs moves to a new town she hopes it will be a fresh start-a place where nobody knows about her past. At first, everything goes according to plan. She falls in with the popular girls at her new school and falls for the very cute boy-next-door Nate. But River Hills High School has a secret. The ghost of a girl who died back when Rinn's mom was a student supposedly haunts a hallway... -
![Summoned by Shae Ruby]()
Summoned by Shae Ruby
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHalloween night has always been a fun time, but this year it was just full of bad decisions. When my friends and I left the party and sat around a Ouija Board in a dark room, we thought it was all fun and games. It quickly turned into something much darker, deadly, and permanent.This is what happens when you don’t say goodbye. After a string of deaths, I find myself in an impossible situation... -
![Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes]()
Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSixteen-year-old Erin Misrahe just wants to be like everyone else in her new school. But Erin has more to worry about than passing AP Chemistry or making friends. In times of stress, she has always been overcome by her alter ego, Shevaun, whose violent behavior wreaks havoc on those around her... -
![December by Merel Pierce]()
December by Merel Pierce
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a desperate bid to find relief from a mysterious illness, December attempts to steal from the most dangerous crime syndicate in the city. Her botched burglary attempt leaves her at the mercy of Nikolai Petrovski's Bratva, and after an incident with one of his men lands her in the hospital, the horrible truth of her sickness is revealed... -
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![Here I Stay by Barbara Michaels]()
Here I Stay by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAndrea Torgesen is certain that hard work is exactly what her younger brother Jim needs to help him recover from the trauma of a serious car accident—and turning a decrepit old mansion into a beautiful country inn seems to be the perfect project. But unearthly voices and eerie visions haunt Jim from almost the first instant he sets foot in the dreary old house... -
![Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLigeia is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1838. Ligeia is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Ligeia is required reading for various courses and curriculum's... -
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Nvk by Temple Drake
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in the otherworldly megalopolis that is today's Shanghai, Temple Drake's suspenseful first novel blends the gothic, the erotic, and the supernatural as it charts an intense and dangerous affair. One night in 2012, executive Zhang Guo Xing takes a group of European clients to a fashionable nightclub in Shanghai... -
![The Memory Thief by Emily Colin]()
The Memory Thief by Emily Colin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReminiscent of On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah, readers will adore Emily Colin’s unique and beautifully written debut novel, where one man’s promise to return drives an exquisitely passionate, unforgettable tale of love lost and found.When Madeleine Kimble’s husband Aiden dies in a mountain climbing accident, Maddie can only think of his earnest promise to return to her and their young son... -
![The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick]()
The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of House of Shadows and The Phantom Tree comes a spellbinding tale of jealousy, greed, plotting and revenge—part history, part mystery—for fans of Kate Morton, Susanna Kearsley and Barbara ErskineLondon, 1765Lady Isabella Gerard, a respectable member of Georgian society, orders her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy it, its shimmering beauty tainted by the... -
![Between the Spark and the Burn by April Genevieve Tucholke]()
Between the Spark and the Burn by April Genevieve Tucholke
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe conclusion to Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, this gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and Daphne du Maurier is a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures and Anna Dressed in Blood.Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world.But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry... -
![Beauty's Release by A.N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice]()
Beauty's Release by A.N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsFrom Anne Rice, author of Beauty's Kingdom, the third book in the erotic Sleeping Beauty seriesBefore E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You,, there was Anne Rice’s provocative take on the timeless fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty... -
![Into the Darkness by V.C. Andrews]()
Into the Darkness by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs lovely as one of the precious gems at her parents' jewellery store, Amber Taylor is shy and introspective--qualities misread by others as being stuck-up and superior. Facing a long, lonely summer working at the family shop, Amber's world lights up when the Matthews family suddenly moves in to the house next door, a property that has stood neglected for the longest time... -
![The Wizard's Daughter by Barbara Michaels]()
The Wizard's Daughter by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA penniless yet strikingly beautiful orphan, Marianne Ransom's indomitable spirit has enabled her to survive a cruel life on the backstreets of Victorian London. But it is her gift of second sight that carries her into the world of money and privilege—a power brought on by a strange twist of fate... -
![Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard]()
Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA modern-day retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with a chilling twist Harper has never been worried about falling in love, something she is skeptical even exists. But everything changes when Logan moves to town, and to Harper's shock, the two tumble into an intense romance. It's everything she never thought she wanted... -
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![A Dry Spell by Susie Moloney]()
A Dry Spell by Susie Moloney
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA town of wide open prairies and endless skies, Goodlands, North Dakota, seemed the perfect place to farm and raise a family--until four years without rain brought the town to its knees. Now darkness has descended on Goodlands: fires are singeing the already parched land, suspicious crimes are on the rise and an ever-increasing sense of doom is enveloping the town... -
![The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams]()
The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams
Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA shy young man meets a beautiful woman in the company of a young girl. He finds himself swept off of his feet and married to her, bringing her with him to live in his family home. She is his erotic dream come true; she does everything she can to bind him to her and join him in his comfortable life.Soon, however, odd things begin to happen... -
![Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis]()
Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Marshall King and Elyse Alton suddenly wake up tangled in each other's arms with zero memory of how they got there or even who they are, it's the start of a long journey through their separate pasts and shared future.Terrified by their amnesia, Marshall and Elyse make a pact to work together to find the answers that could restore their missing memories... -
![The House by Christina Lauren]()
The House by Christina Lauren
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDelilah and Gavin’s new love is threatened by a force uncomfortably close to home in this haunting novel from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard.His shirt is black, jeans are black, and shaggy black hair falls into his eyes. And when Gavin looks up at Delilah, the dark eyes shadowed with bluish circles seem to flicker to life... -
![The Vampire Shrink by Lynda Hilburn]()
The Vampire Shrink by Lynda Hilburn
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 2007 version is out of print. I hope you'll read the rewritten/expanded version of The Vampire Shrink (UK version), released by Quercus Books, September, 2011. Or the new USA version (rewritten/expanded) from Sterling Publishing/Silver Oak April 3, 2012.Paranormal Women's FictionBloody, Sexy & Funny . . .Kismet Knight, PhD, doesn't believe in the paranormal... -
![The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson]()
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSet in the lush countryside of Provence, Deborah Lawrenson’s The Lantern is an atmospheric modern gothic tale of love, suspicion, and murder, in the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Drawn to a wealthy older man, Eve embarks on a whirlwind romance that soon offers a new life and a new home—Les Genévriers, a charming hamlet amid the fragrant lavender fields of Provence...
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