Resultados para "Love" en Gótico

Una lettera ingiallita dal tempo scivola in una cassetta della posta: sono passati cinquant'anni da quando è stata spedita. È il 1992, e quel messaggio inatteso riporta tutto indietro, a un mondo oscurato dalle tende nere del Blitz londinese e ai segreti inconfessabili sepolti tra le mura di Milderhurst Castle. Per Edie Burchill, quella busta non è soltanto posta smarrita: è la chiave per scardinare il passato enigmatico di sua madre e scoprire una verità rimasta ostinatamente nascosta per mezzo secolo.

How much of memory is truth, and how much is a story we tell ourselves? No longer a prisoner of Valen’s compulsion, Georgia’s mind is restored. But her memories of everyone around her are at war. Which Valen is the real one? The Valen who does Gregor’s murderous bidding or the one whose...

Faith. Ist es so verwerflich und schrecklich, dass ich mich in alle Monster und nicht nur in das eine Biest verliebt habe? Das dunkle Neverland liegt in Scherben. London brennt und der innere Kreis der verlorenen Jungen ist zerbrochen. Ich habe ihr Königreich erschüttert, ohne es zu wollen. Jetzt müssen sie sich entscheiden: Bleiben sie ihrem Mentor und allem, was sie ausmacht, treu oder retten sie mich? Doch selbst wenn, kann ich ihnen jemals wieder vertrauen, nach allem, was geschehen ist?

Listeners know that few authors are able to create an atmosphere of unease and terror as well as Oates, a fact confirmed by the four novellas presented here. All the novellas in this collection revolve around the theme of love gone wrong - horribly, shockingly wrong.

When the Balkan Prince Stanislaus demanded an English bride, Queen Victoria decided to send him Lady Lavina, whose family had a slight connection with royalty. Determined to avoid this fate, Lavina threw herself on the mercy of the Marquis of Elswick, a disagreeable man who had turned his back on the world following betrayal by the woman he had loved. Surprisingly, he agreed to help by pretending to be engaged to Lavina, and, with her father, they left to visit her relatives in Scotland.

A dark, propulsive literary gothic novel that puts a modern twist on Stevenson and Poe, from a thrilling new voice in Latin American horror. “Impossible to stop reading. It has all the fascinating tension of great literature.” — Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of Night In this...

People are dying...all in the name of love. Tell me, can the Devil and his Angel survive the flames? Deception and Blood were the counterparts, but now can Sophia and Creed navigate their way through the never-ending Chaos?

Ruby Vaughn's octogenarian employer and housemate Mr Owen said the trip to Manhurst Castle in the Scottish Borders was to appraise some purchases for the bookshop. However, the truth as well as secrets he has been carefully hiding soon unravels. For Mr Owen, who lost a son in the Great War, a...

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Fairydale, dark academia and gothic romance meet in this haunting stand-alone filled with centuries-old secrets, dangerous alliances, and obsessive love that stands the test of time. In Radcliffe, perfection is a mask. And Sinclair Arnoult wears his far...

Lost in memories of a blood-drenched past, Adam Kadmon only wants to be left alone, waiting for his deserved death. Once a warrior, a punisher of evil, now he sits alone in a fallen city. And then Holly McAllister entered his life. Once a brilliant young woman with a shining future, Holly is now on the run from a cult that has chosen her. The marked sacrifice to a horrid Dark Angel, Holly will be given to the creature's hellish appetites. With no one else willing to help, with no family, no future, and no identity, Holly must rely on a man who only wants to die.

In the shadowed streets of a decaying city, Nathaniel Thorne, a lonely scholar, becomes enthralled by a pale and distant beauty—Victoria. Her presence ignites an obsession that blurs the line between love and madness, life and death. As visions of the living and the dead intertwine, Nathaniel’s devotion grows darker, consuming his reason and leading him into acts of unspeakable horror.

When aging artist David Bittacy develops an increasingly intimate bond with the forest surrounding his home, his devotion to the trees becomes something deeper—mystical, unsettling, and profoundly transformative. His wife Sophia, rooted in conventional faith and fearful of the wild unknown, watches with growing dread as the woods seem to claim her husband in ways she cannot understand.

When Lenore Warwick turned twenty-one, she expected lots of bar-hopping, parties with friends, and the occasional hookup. What she got was the realization that she's both a witch and a vampire, and that there are things in this world that want her dead. Thank god she has her enigmatic vampire lover, Absolon Stavig, to help show her the ropes. But while Lenore struggles to fit into her new topsy turvy world, full of blood, sex, and magic, she also has to contend with her messy and complicated love for a vampire who isn't always what he seems.

Gothic tales from the mistress of the weird behind frogman-romance Mrs Caliban After a one-night-stand with the Angel Gabriel, a monk is transformed into a pregnant woman. Lost in the fog, two visitors are lured into a ruined candlelit mansion. A wife confiscates her husband's homemade sex doll...

# The Heir of Mondolfo Born to privilege but denied a father’s love, Prince Ludovico has spent his life beneath the shadow of the cold and tyrannical Prince Fernando. Determined to control his son’s future, Fernando intends Ludovico for the church, regardless of the young man’s wishes. But...

I made a mistake. Hearts are the most fragile part of the body, and I trusted mine with Jude Carlisle. My villain. My weakness. My stepbrother. Fairytales have a way of turning the most innocent things wicked. Jude lied through his teeth, and I fell for every word. Then he burned both our families to the ground in a sick game of revenge and never looked back.

A human and a Vampyr forge an unsteady alliance in this marriage-of-convenience romantic fantasy, perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and One Dark Window. Thalia, Princess of Agripa, has spent the last four years hunting her ex-lover, Cassius—the man who shattered her heart...

A high-stakes gamble. A deadly secret. A rivalry pushed to the edge. In the quiet port of Pencastle, childhood companions Eric Sanson and Abel Behenna share everything - except their love for the beautiful Sarah Trefusis. Unable to choose between them, Sarah agrees to a dark game of chance: a...

She was marked for vengeance. He intended to make her his bride. When an Englishwoman inherits the consequences of her father's actions in colonial West Africa, she becomes the target of an ancient blood feud that refuses to die. Far beyond the safety of England's drawing rooms, powerful forces...

One forbidden love. One ancient secret. And a vampire lord with everything to lose. In the shrouded realm of Draconia, power is seductive—and deadly. Vampire Lord Jack Townson rules the infamous Manor of Mystery, cloaked in charm, shadow, and secrets. But when he uncovers a conspiracy...