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Maggie came with her sister Rebecca to Heather House, to recover from the drowning deaths of their two husbands. They thought a few months in the country would be wonderful therapy. But the house seems to be haunted by the ghost of its one-time owner, Heather Lambert, who (it is said) waits in the tower room for the return of her errant husband. And when Maggie discovers the portrait of Heather hidden in the cellar, the woman from the past seems to...
62) In High Spirits
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In the thrilling conclusion of the O'Hare House Mystery series, Wesley has been wrongly imprisoned and is facing the hangman's noose.Teaming up with Red and Marguerite to prove his innocence, Clara discovers a sinister society bent on unlocking the secrets to eternal life, even if it means others must die. The truth of what really happened to Peter Nero's missing money is a tale some will take to their grave.
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Do you believe in Evil?
Most Dubliners have heard the stories about the Lodge at the Hellfire Club on top of Montpelier Hill, in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, and the evil goings on of the place, but are they aware of what really happened?
It is a stormy autumn night in the year 1739, and the Earl of Rosse and some of his associates - all Freemasons and members of the irreverent and infamous Hellfire Club - have invited two guests to play cards with...
64) House of Glass
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Theirs will be a shattering affair.
The glass chalet has enchanted Reyna since childhood. Built upon the cliff face at Devlin Manor, the luminous curiosity dangles over the Caribbean like a diamond pendant. Wondrous to behold from the water, the house is even more astonishing up close, as Reyna quickly learns when she comes into service at the estate.
Left untouched as a shrine to the beautiful and tempestuous Celeste St. Claire, the glass house...
65) His to Possess
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Time passes, but passion-and vengeance-endure.
The erotic memories are not Olivia's own, yet they shake her to her core. And she knows what it is to be shaken: years ago, a deranged stalker drove her into a life of isolation and distrust. But enigmatic Lucian Wilde will breach all Olivia's defenses, down to her bare skin and very soul.
Lucian believes he and Olivia host the spirits of two lovers brutally murdered decades before. He, too, is...
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Death is just the beginning in this dark, chilling Gothic Regency Romance...After the death of her beloved guardian, Miss Felicity Fields is left adrift, her future uncertain. Grief-stricken, she launches a plan to use her knowledge of alchemy to build a Philosopher's Stone, and bring back to life the woman who was like a mother to her. The last thing this blunt bluestocking needs is the return of Nicholas Harding, the Duke of Wycliffe and rightful...
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The Gothic Brides: edgy, atmospheric Gothic Regency Romance, exploring the dark, twisted corners of England these books are not for the faint of heart. The Gothic Brides battle tortured pasts and face dangerous, suspenseful circumstances on their road to a hard-won happily ever after.
THE MAD COUNTESS, Book 1True love must break the curse of madness...When Lady Claire Deering's mother enters an insane asylum, society is quick to scorn her, dubbing...
68) Enchanted Castle
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Zoey Sanders is spending her senior year at a mysterious castle in Scotland that she believes is haunted. The mystery deepens and she has strong speculations that spirits are inhabiting her body at night when she dreams. As she tries to figure out what is going on, two students fall into a deep coma. Something sinister is happening and Zoey is determined to figure this mystery out. She also vows to save the castle spirits that desperately need her...
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An interdisciplinary view of the evolution and consequences of flexible social cognition-the capacity to withhold the inference of mental states to other people.
In Invisible Mind, Lasana Harris takes a social neuroscience approach to explaining the worst of human behavior. How can a person take part in racially motivated violence and then tenderly cradle a baby or lovingly pet a puppy? Harris argues that our social cognition-the ability to infer...
70) Voodoo Vows
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Rosie Delacroix returns to New Orleans after her mother's disappearance, is pulled into an unimagined world and gets more than she bargained for.Ensconced in the life of magic and voodoo, she's surrounded by unlikely allies. Julian Quibodeaux, an old flame, re-enters her life and their love is once again reignited like dry tinder to a flame. However, he's been cursed and unaware he holds a terrible secret…One that could destroy their relationship.She'll...
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Fionagh Cuneen has recently joined the Montague household as a chambermaid. But the strange events in the cellar of the New England mansion keep her awake at night. Avril, her employer's young bride, seeks to discover what lurks in the shadows, and the master of the house will stop at nothing to protect his secrets. And Fionagh will do anything to protect her mistress
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A mediados del siglo XIX, Samuel, un joven de la nobleza inglesa, se entera de que es portador de una maldición que a lo largo de los siglos ha condenado a su linaje a una muerte prematura. Descubrirá el destino que le espera cuando, perseguido por pesadillas demasiado reales, investiga el origen de su dinastía, arriesgando su vida al enfrentarse contra los fantasmas del pasado. El miedo a la muerte comenzará a introducirse en su alma, jugando...
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Gabriel is about to go on a Christmas Eve adventure that he'll never forget.
When an innocent joyride takes a wrong turn, he finds himself smackdab in a real-life holiday nightmare.
An old New England town legend has come to life and now Gabriel and his best friend have just one night to rescue something very precious to him.
A spooky story, about a holiday that isn't usually spooky at all, Gabriel and the Curse of the Christmas Witch is a fast,...
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The Shadow in the Corner' is a gothic short story, written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and first published in 1879. It tells the story of Michael Bascom, a reclusive scientist, who lives in an old mansion called Wildheath Grange. His man servant informs him that they need a girl to help his wife around the house. An orphan girl takes the role, but informs Bascom that she is very uncomfortable with her lodgings. She says she sees a mysterious shadow...
75) Apotheosis
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The odyssey of Lord Samuel Kainz continues. Hunted by Death, cursed by life, forged by ambition, he knows neither surrender nor defeat. He has no qualms about annihilating anyone or anything that stands between him and his goal. The fate that awaits him is to cancel himself in the oblivion of the afterlife, like all living beings on this earth, but the same will that saved him will lead him far beyond human possibilities. He will sacrifice his life...
76) Apotheosis
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La odisea de Lord Samuel Kainz continúa
Perseguido por la Muerte, maldecido por la vida, forjado por la ambición, no conocerá ni la rendición ni la derrota.
No tendrá ningún remordimiento en aniquilar a cualquier persona o cosa que se interponga entre él y su objetivo. El destino que le esperaba era aniquilarse en el olvido de la otra vida, como todos los seres vivos de esta tierra, pero la misma voluntad que le salvó le llevará mucho...
77) The Witch House
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A young hiker is out one day and ventures upon the old Witch's house nestled in the darkest part of the forest. She is dead, but the house seems to call to the young man, who brazenly enters. Once inside, he finds an old book and begins reading as the story of the Witch unfolds before him. All she ever wanted was to love and be treated like the rest of the town. The animosity of the townspeople, however, changed her whole life and she was forced to...
78) Forever Young
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Jasmine, a young anthropology student arrives in Venice, Italy, to research ghost stories. She meets a mysterious young woman who is trapped in a world as ancient and violent as any ghost story. Jasmine starts to help her new friend to escape her mausoleum of a life — and the man who is her beguiling tormentor — but gradually she too starts to fall under his spell.
Jasmine seems to be a lifeline for her new friend, Violetta, but the relationship...
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An ancient curse. An abandoned abbey. The power of a kiss!
Fleeing angry villagers, a young gypsy woman seeks refuge in an empty manor house. When the owner returns Zara is both frightened and fascinated by the handsome man. A bold kiss unleashes a frightening transformation in St. John. If Zara is to survive, she must escape, quickly.
Tortured by blackouts mirroring reports of brutal murders in London, Stephan St. John returns to his country manor...
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It is England in the close of 1848, and the citizens of Victorian York are under a terrible, unforgiving siege: a bitter, crushing winter of near-biblical proportions. One that causes mayhem and misery, to a struggling populace, at war with itself. Through these trials, a secret social elite quietly ruin an old family-firm. Capus Munion is the hard-working clerk; that does his best for the remaining family, whilst nobody knows his very dark secret....An...
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