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Vampire Lover Vampire Lover Charlotte Lamb The Kiss of Death? Clare had thought that Denzil Black was intent on seducing her sister—after her best friend had already fallen prey to his charms. It was almost as if the film director were a v… OL11277316W
Petals on the Wind Petals on the Wind V. C. Andrews Petals on the Wind is a novel written by V. C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The timeline takes place from the siblings' successful escape in November 1960 to the… OL134890W
The cowboy and the vampire The cowboy and the vampire Clark Hays,Kathleen McFall "Reporter Lizzie Vaughan doesn{u2019}t realize it, but she has 2,000 years of royal Vampiric blood coursing through her veins. Neither she nor Tucker, her cowboy lover, has any idea that Julius, the … OL14863733W
When Darkness Falls When Darkness Falls Evelyn Vaughn,Susan Krinard,Tanith Lee Sometimes love lurks in the shadows between dusk and dawn... THREE NEW STORIES! Kiss of the Wolf by USA Today bestselling author Susan Krinard Surgeon Dana Saint-Cyr trusted her instincts, eve… OL15010909W
The Monk The Monk Matthew Gregory Lewis `The Monk was so highly popular that it seemed to create an epoch in our literature', wrote Sir Walter Scott. Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, The Monk is a violent tale of a… OL15220454W
Haunted lady Haunted lady Mary Roberts Rinehart The Fairbanks curse... When Hilda Adams came to the Fairbanks' mansion as nurse/companion to old Eliza Fairbanks, she was warned that Eliza was prey to sick fancies...insane fears. But soon Hil… OL15396831W
The Family Way The Family Way Rebecca Winters A pregnant woman without a husband. A family without a father. And a mysterious stranger who wants to be both.... She's the pregnant mother of two children. She's also a recent widow, still mour… OL15859754W
His brother's bride His brother's bride Judith Bowen She's pregnant--and she's his brother's wife-to-be. She met Jesse Winslow at a cattle show. They had a brief affair--and now Abby Steen is pregnant. Jesse, a rancher from Glory, Alberta, offers to… OL16455888W
While Beauty Slept While Beauty Slept Elizabeth Canning Blackwell "A Gothic retelling of the real story behind the legend of Sleeping Beauty"-- OL17077207W
The Serpent of Venice The Serpent of Venice Christopher Moore Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy of Britain and France, and widower of the murdered Queen Cordelia: the rascal-… OL17124775W
Bellman & Black Bellman & Black Diane Setterfield Caught up in a moment of boyhood competition, William Bellman recklessly aims his slingshot at a rook resting on a branch, killing the bird instantly. It is a small but cruel act, and is soon forgott… OL17319021W
Bellman & Black Bellman & Black Diane Setterfield Killing a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels… OL17651252W
More than sorrow More than sorrow Vicki Delany Hannah Manning was once an internationally renowned journalist and war correspondent; today she's a woman suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Unable to concentrate, full of pain, and haunted by … OL17725761W
Rustication Rustication Charles Palliser "It is winter 1863, and Richard Shenstone, aged seventeen, has been sent down--'rusticated'--from Cambridge under a cloud of suspicion. Addicted to opium and tormented by sexual desire, he finds temp… OL17825088W
The Castle of Otranto The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole This book is the earliest and most influential of the Gothic novels. First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the… OL183675W
The lantern The lantern Deborah Lawrenson Drawn to an older man, Eve embarks on a whirlwind romance that soon offers a new life and a new home--Les Genévriers, an old house in a charming hamlet amid the fragrant lavender fields of Provence. … OL18446147W
Search the Shadows Search the Shadows Barbara Michaels Haskell Maloney was cruelly orphaned when she was just a baby. Now, twenty-two years later, she receives confirmation of the bitter truth she always suspected: the fallen war hero whose name she shar… OL1960312W
The lucky ones The lucky ones Tiffany Reisz They called themselves "the lucky ones". They were seven children either orphaned or abandoned by their parents and chosen by legendary philanthropist and brain surgeon Dr. Vincent Capello to live in… OL19733121W
Melmoth Melmoth Sarah Perry "It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysteriou… OL19754743W
The witch of painted sorrows The witch of painted sorrows Rose, M. J. Paris, 1894. Sandrine Salome flees New York and her treacherous husband to find shelter in Paris with her grandmother, but as she settles in and pursues new passions, it's unclear whether she or an i… OL19995252W
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