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Tajna Krvavog mosta by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGlas da pod Krvavim mostom leži mrtav čovjek otvarao je vrata purgerskih kuća, budio gospodu na Kaptolu i dopro čak u spavaće odaje gričkih plemkinja... Tako počinje roman “Tajna krvavog mosta” koji je izlazio u svescima 1912. godine u Malim novinama... -
![Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff]()
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom holy cup comes holy light;The faithful hands sets world aright.And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,Mere man shall end this endless night.It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness... -
![Echoes Among the Stones by Jaime Jo Wright]()
Echoes Among the Stones by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter Aggie Dunkirk's career is unceremoniously ended by her own mistakes, she finds herself traveling to Wisconsin, where her grandmother, Mumsie, lives alone in her rambling old home. She didn't plan for how eccentric Mumsie has become, obsessing over an old, unsolved crime scene--even going so far as to re-create it in the dollhouse... -
![Poetry and Tales by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Poetry and Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRead throughout the world, admired by Dostoyevsky and translated by Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe has become a legendary figure, representing the artist as obsessed outcast and romantic failure. His nightmarish visions, shaped by cool artistic calculation, reveal some of the dark possibilities of human experience... -
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![Destroying Angel by S.G. MacLean]()
Destroying Angel by S.G. MacLean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWINNER OF THE 2019 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER'A gripping tale of crime and sedition' Sunday Times on The Black Friar'The best historical crime novel of the year' Sunday Express on The SeekerCaptain Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for the rule of the major-generals, he is now under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne at York... -
![The Bear Pit by S.G. MacLean]()
The Bear Pit by S.G. MacLean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' Sunday TimesLondon, 1656: Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell's RepublicThe Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver Cromwell, now a king in all but name... -
![Prince of Persuasion by Scarlett Scott]()
Prince of Persuasion by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.An illegitimate son bent on revenge is swept up in an unexpected affair with an unexpected lady...The gossips say his soul is as black as his cravats.Handsome, enigmatic Duncan Kirkwood is the prince of London’s most exclusive—and wicked—gaming club... -
![The Lurid Possibility of Murder by Beth Byers]()
The Lurid Possibility of Murder by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOctober 1925 Severine DuNoir has returned home and continued to investigate the death of her parents. She has, however, reached a roadblock. As she tries to break through, she comes across an unexpected offer of help. While she delves into the history of her father’s life, she also starts to investigate the haunting of an elderly woman... -
![A Shadow Beyond by Emma-Nicole Lewis]()
A Shadow Beyond by Emma-Nicole Lewis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of Kate Morton and Barbara Erskine, comes a thrilling and beautiful dual-time novel, set in the present and during 1665 – 1666, when plague broke out in the Peak District village of Eyam. A Shadow Beyond is a heart-rending and chilling tale of sacrifice, love, obsession and tragedy... -
![The Peer's Roguish Word by Kate Archer]()
The Peer's Roguish Word by Kate Archer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Clever lady and a Cavalier Lord. Kitty Dell is an intellectual and has made certain scientific discoveries she takes a great amount of pride in. For now, though, she must put her books aside, as she is on her way to London for her launch season. She is doubtful that she will meet a gentleman who will appreciate her mind, but secretly hopeful of it... -
![Mystery in the Darkest Shadow by Beth Byers]()
Mystery in the Darkest Shadow by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOctober 1925 The hunt for the person who killed Severine’s parents continues, and things are intensifying. She’s finally got a direction along with the most unexpected of helpers. Will she be able to find out why they were killed? As she presses forward, she again encounters the man in the shadows... -
![The Wicked Fringe of Mystery by Beth Byers]()
The Wicked Fringe of Mystery by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovember 1925Severine DuNoir has discovered who has been hunting her. Now she needs to discover why. As the foes circle each other, their friends and family get drawn into the conflict. Just who can Severine trust? How can she stop him? And what will happen to those she loves if she fails? She’s all too afraid the answer is one she won’t be able to live with... -
![Her Noble Captive by Emily Windsor]()
Her Noble Captive by Emily Windsor
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B06X9XD55WThat bitter winter of 1813…Her… Miss Rosalind Trewent. Irrepressibly vivid. Improperly spoken. Burdened by secrets. Refuses to marry.Noble… Major Lucas Mainwaring. Excessively grouchy. Reluctant earl. Self-admitted wreck. Can never marry... -
![The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett]()
The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo women. One house. Centuries of secrets. East Sussex Coast, 1855 Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets the mysterious and handsome Edwin on the beach. He promises her a world beyond the small coastal village she’s trapped in... -
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![The Midnight House by Amanda Geard]()
The Midnight House by Amanda Geard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPeople disappear. Secrets remain... My Dearest T, Whatever you hear, do not believe it for a moment...1940: In south-west Ireland, the young and beautiful Lady Charlotte Rathmore is pronounced dead after she mysteriously disappears by the lake of Blackwater Hall... -
![Mr Darcy and the Murder at Rosings by Lin Mei Wei]()
Mr Darcy and the Murder at Rosings by Lin Mei Wei
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a disastrous proposal in Hunsford, all Elizabeth and Darcy want is never to see each other again. But when a horrible storm traps them both at Rosings, they are forced to at least be civil to one another...Categorized as:
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![Why the Earl is After the Girl by Tabetha Waite]()
Why the Earl is After the Girl by Tabetha Waite
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA missing heirloom. A stolen inheritance. Can love conquer mistrust? Athena Hawthorne never imagined that she would lose everything she'd ever had. But after the death of her father, his prosperous jewelry store is sold off to pay his supposed debts...Categorized as:
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![Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy]()
Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Elinor’s daughter, Rowena, is found poisoned and dead in an animal trough, Elinor is sure the local parish priest is to blame. A ceramic artist by trade and influenced by her late grandmother’s interest in supernatural magic, Elinor crafts an immortelle for Rowena’s grave and attempts to capture the girl’s spirit in the clay model of a starling... -
![Bitter House by Kiersten Modglin]()
Bitter House by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVera Bitter is dead, but her secrets have yet to be buried.After the tragic death of Bridget’s parents, her grandmother took her in. Vera Bitter raised her from behind a closed door—cold and uncaring from the moment she arrived at Bitter House. After Bridget’s high school graduation, Vera kicked her out without so much as a goodbye, and Bridget never heard from her again... -
![A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd]()
A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this intriguing novel of romance, mystery, and clever disguise set in Victorian England, a young woman investigates the murder of her own father. After the mysterious death of her father, Miss Gillian Young takes a new job as the principal costume designer at the renowned Drury Lane Theatre Royal... -
![A Mail-Order Wish by Janelle Daniels]()
A Mail-Order Wish by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe wants to be needed… After a mail-order bride fiasco leaves Olivia Hardy without a groom, she now owns a house and gold mine with eight other women, lives in a town full of rough-and-tumble miners, and has very little peace... -
![The Mysterious Point of Deceit by Beth Byers]()
The Mysterious Point of Deceit by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeverine DuNoir has returned home and continued to investigate the death of her parents. She has, however, reached a roadblock. As she tries to break through, she comes across an unexpected offer of help. While she delves into the history of her father’s life, she also starts to investigate the haunting of an elderly woman...Categorized as:
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![A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe]()
A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Dream Within a Dream is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849... -
![The Uncountable Cost of Mystery by Beth Byers]()
The Uncountable Cost of Mystery by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsApril 1926 Severine DuNoir and friends have left New Orleans and started on the trail to just what happened to Jane Oliver.Things are confused and emotions are intense as they find Jane. The relief of finding their missing loved one fades as they have to face what they’ve found? Will their friendship survive? Where do they go from here?Book SIX in the Mysteries of Severine DuNoir... -
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![The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch]()
The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOxmoon, the rambling old mansion on a sprawling estate in Wales, has been for generations, the dream, the downfall, and the destiny of the wealthy Godwin family... -
![The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury]()
The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this sweeping romantic fantasy from bestselling author Jessica Khoury, a young witch caught in a twisted bargain with the fae must disguise herself as a governess and uncover the gateway to the realm of faerie in order to save her dying magic and escape the clutches of her controlling fae handler—even as she finds herself falling for her new employer, an enigmatic young Scottish laird and the... -
![Sins of the Fathers by Susan Howatch]()
Sins of the Fathers by Susan Howatch
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFull of fascinating dialogue, surprising twists of plot, and well-developed, memorable characters, a stunningly successful work of fiction. NASHVILLE BANNERThis is the tumultuous novel of men and women pitted against a world of wealth, power, and privilege.. -
![My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport]()
My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on the true story of the Collyer brothers.Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyer's brownstone after their deaths, Davenport constructs a tale of the Holt brothers, one a failing concert pianist and the other a naval architect, and the events that prompted them to become recluses in later life... -
![A Lesson in Trust by Jennifer Connors]()
A Lesson in Trust by Jennifer Connors
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter having lived so many different lives already, Ginny finds it hard to believe there isn't a storyline she can't figure out. That is, until now.Ginny becomes a young woman who has to live in the shadow of a scandal her parents created. Her only option is to move in with an eccentric uncle, far in the north of England.What she discovers at Arden Castle is nothing short of a mystery... -
![The Slave Players by Megan Allen]()
The Slave Players by Megan Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s modern day in the Deep South. Racial unrest is rampant, and outbreaks of violence reach epidemic proportions. When a church bus makes a wrong turn in the Alabama countryside, a dozen teenage girls become victims of a heinous crime. The resulting outcry is explosive, as a new civil war erupts, but this time it will be whites who are cast into bondage... -
![Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson]()
Surgeons’ Hall by E.S. Thomson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat secret grips Corvus Hall?Visiting the Great Exhibition to view the wax anatomical models of the famous but reclusive Dr Silas Strangeway, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find a severed hand, perfectly dissected and laid out amongst the exhibits... -
![The House at Helygen by Victoria Hawthorne]()
The House at Helygen by Victoria Hawthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'DARK, DISTURBING AND UTTERLY COMPELLING' LIZ FENWICKAn atmospheric historical suspense novel rich with familial secrets. The House at Helygen is a twisted tale of dark pasts, murderous presents and uncertain futures.2019 When Henry Fox is found dead in his ancestral home in Cornwall, the police rule it a suicide, but his pregnant wife, Josie, believes it was murder... -
![Lord Lucifer by Jade Lee]()
Lord Lucifer by Jade Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree titled gentlemen throw a masquerade party at Vauxhall for their own secret purposes. Three ladies attended for fun but find something far greater in the shadows of the pleasure garden. Welcome to the fabulous new series Lords of the Masquerade by USA Today Bestselling Author Jade Lee... -
![Bride Of Pendorric / The Shadow Of Lynx / King Of The Castle / Mistress Of Mellyn by Victoria Holt]()
Bride Of Pendorric / The Shadow Of Lynx / King Of The Castle / Mistress Of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBride of Pendorric-Swept into marriage by the dashing young heir of Pendorric, Favel was dazed with happiness - until she realized someone wanted her to join the other legendary "Brides of Pendorric," who had all died so mysteriously, and so tragically. The Shadow of the Lynx-To be hated by Lynx would be terrifying and to be loved by him perhaps even more so... -
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![Texas Proud by Constance O'Banyon]()
Texas Proud by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRachel Rutledge had her gun trained on Noble Vincente. With one shot, she would have her revenge on the man who'd killed her father. She'd known that one day he would return to Texas. But Texas wasn't big enough for the two of them, and now her moment of truth had finally arrived... -
![The Resurrectionist by Paul T. Scheuring]()
The Resurrectionist by Paul T. Scheuring
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's 1820, and the physicians of London are on fire to unlock the secrets of human anatomy, some consorting with criminals to get their scalpels into a fresh body. Job Mowatt has become such a criminal—a body snatcher, a resurrectionist. The wages are just enough to keep his brilliant daughter, Ivy, clean and safe in London's worst slum... -
![What You Deserve by Adele Clee]()
What You Deserve by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove — Betrayal — A wicked deception. A gentleman desperate to numb the pain of the past. Tristan Wells lost everything the day he discovered love was nothing more than a bitter lie. Now, having spent five years working for the Crown in France, his brother’s death forces him to return to London... -
![Steampunk: Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Steampunk: Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you combined clockwork gears, parasols, and air balloons with Edgar Allan Poe, what would you get? Steampunk: Poe! This is the first collection ever of Poe stories illustrated with the influence of steampunk... -
![Stranger at Wildings by Madeleine Brent]()
Stranger at Wildings by Madeleine Brent
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHere is a tale of charm and adventure-set in Europe around the turn of the century-whose colorful action ranges from a touring circus in Hungary to the fox-hunting society of the English countryside to the elegant circles of wealth and fashion in London...Categorized as:
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![The Long Masquerade by Madeleine Brent]()
The Long Masquerade by Madeleine Brent
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmma Delaney knows nothing of life's shams. She is without pretext and assumes that a bright future awaits her as the bride of the wealthy Oliver Foy. Too soon she discovers that her life is a masquerade and pretense her only salvation. No one is whom he or she appears to be.Brushing against the concealed identities and hidden motives of others, Emma quickly acquires secrets of her own... -
![Spirits of the Dead: Tales and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Spirits of the Dead: Tales and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe's tales and poems draw the reader into an unsettling world of mystery and fear.In 'The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether', 'A Predicament', 'The Angel of the Odd' and other stories, characters are caught up in macabre situations, often with horrifying results... -
![The Phantom of the Opera by Diane Namm, Gaston Leroux]()
The Phantom of the Opera by Diane Namm, Gaston Leroux
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe lights dim at the Paris Opera House. The exquisite Christine Daaé enraptures the audience with her mellifluous voice. Immediately, Raoul de Chagny falls deeply in love. But the legend of the disfigured "opera ghost" haunts the performance, and as Raoul begins his pursuit of Christine, he is pulled into the depths of the opera house, and into the depths of human emotions... -
![Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent]()
Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHEY CALLED HER JANI BUT SHE ONCE HAD ANOTHER NAME. AND A PAST SHE NEVER KNEW.From far-off Tibet to England's rich countryside, this marvelously enchanting novel unfolds the incredible saga of a beautiful, young half-caste whose strange destiny pulls her into a world of love and terror--a worlds a mysterious power moves slowly toward her, threatening her sanity...and her life... -
![Winterset by Tiffany Odekirk]()
Winterset by Tiffany Odekirk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hidden past. A house with secrets. And one chance for two wounded hearts to find love together.Northern England, Late Fall, 1820Katherine Lockwood is hiding for her life in the most unlikely of places: the forgotten priest holes in the abandoned Winterset Grange manor house. When Kate learns that Winterset’s long-absent owner, Mr... -
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![The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase]()
The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA glittering family. A Notting Hill house. Step into their secrets...Notting Hill, 1998. Dee Delancey—loving mother, grieving widow, sometime model—heads out for the evening, blowing a kiss before vanishing down the crescent. She doesn't come home that night. Nor the one after.. -
![Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro]()
Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the skeletal remains of a young woman and her baby are found entombed behind the kitchen wall of a historic Tudor house, Cassandra is overcome with grief. She seems to know who the young woman was, but not how she knows, or how she came to be there. Cassandra becomes inexplicably drawn to the house and the mystery of the "Bones of Blackfriars... -
![The Awakening Evil by R.L. Stine]()
The Awakening Evil by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow the terror begins…Everyone knows the story of the Evil. The Evil that terrorized Corky Corcoran and the cheerleaders of Shadyside High. The evil that destroyed Sarah Fear one hundred years ago.Everyone thinks they know the story.But the true story has remained hidden. Only Sarah Fear knows where the Evil began. What it wants. And why it kills.Read Sarah’s story…and discover the truth at last...Categorized as:
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![Duet by Kimberley Freeman]()
Duet by Kimberley Freeman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA story of passion, greed, secrets and lies. Present day: A reclusive woman living in outback Australia receives a letter acknowledging a terrible secret from her past. Thirty years before, she stole another woman's life. From the moment the letter is opened two women are on a collision course with destiny... -
![All for Love by Jane Aiken Hodge]()
All for Love by Jane Aiken Hodge
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘Madly readable’ — Sunday Telegraph Having played at impersonation when they were children, nearly identical cousins Josephine and Juliet embark in a much more serious game as adults. After being separated at the Battle of Waterloo, the two young women meet again in Savannah, Georgia: one rich and one poor, but each desperate for a different life... -
![Fearless by Nicola Claire]()
Fearless by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNicola Claire's captivating new Gothic romance series introduces a dark and sinister early settler New Zealand at the end of the nineteenth century - brightened by a fearless and talented heroine and a loyal and secretive police inspector... Free spirit. Brilliant. A Liability? Doctor Anna Cassidy has been trained by the best; the former Chief Surgeon for the Auckland Police Force...
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