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1) She
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She (1887), an intoxicating mix of adventure, fantasy, and romance, is an underappreciated classic of English literature. Among his most successful works, She-which was inspired by Haggard's experience living in South Africa-helped the author establish his reputation as a leading writer of his generation and an invaluable pioneer of the lost world genre of fantasy fiction. Horace Holly, a young Cambridge professor, receives an unexpected opportunity...
2) Witch's Bell
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An urban fantasy with everything from romance to mystery, The Witch's Bell Series follows a feisty witch, Ebony Bell, as she solves magical malady after magical malady.Ebony has had just enough time to pat her hair down and wipe the ash and magical residue off her heels, before yet another ridiculously powerful entity starts threatening her lovely little town again. This time she's a little distracted, though. Sure, there might be something incredibly...
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Wilkie Collins was the first great detective novelist. His dark and complex mysteries influenced the work of other writers, such as Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, with whom he developed a close personal friendship. Swinburne found his work worthy of serious criticism, and T. S. Eliot credits him even more than Poe with the invention of the modern detective novel and the popular thriller. Before such works as The Woman in White, The Moonstone,...
4) My True Mate
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After everything they've been through, after the wars and fights, after the lies and alliances, Sarah and Lucas are finally together. They fought for each other's love, and they won.
There's still much to heal from, but this new chapter offers them new surprises and new allies-fairies, a group of people they never expected to meet. Sarah and Lucas, and their son Fergus, are delighted by the fairies' friendship and the magic they bring.
But the...
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James Hogg was a Scottish author known primarily for his poetry, short stories, ballads, songs and historical narratives. Raised by a tenant farmer in the Ettrick hills of Scotland, Hogg was mostly self-educated, teaching himself to read with only the Bible, and developing an early interest in literature through his mother's recitation of Scottish ballads, songs, and fairy tales. Although his 1824 novel, "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified...
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The shunned house of the title has long been an object of fascination for the narrator, a fascination he shares with his uncle, Dr. Elihu Whipple. The narrator summarises the strange lore the good doctor has collected about the house, lore filled with unexplained sicknesses and deaths, and follows this with his personal account of what happened when he and his uncle ventured inside the old house. (Goodreads)
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"The rules of Blackheath: Evelyn Harcastle will be murdered at 11:00p.m. There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit. We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer. Understood? Then let's begin... Every day Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his...
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Very few books have resulted in the controversy that "The Diary of a Drug Fiend" has caused since its original publication in 1922. While much of the debate is centered on the novel's author Aleister Crowley, the story itself has both enchanted and enraged audiences for nearly a century. Despite being a fictional work, Crowley drew from his own experiences as a heavy drug user for the context of the plot. Peter Pendragon and Louise Laleham, in a drug-induced...
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The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Written during a period of increased interest in Egyptology across Europe, The Jewel of Seven Stars helped to establish the Irish master of Gothic horror's reputation as a leading writer of the early twentieth-century.
In the middle of the night, a young lawyer is roused from sleep by Margaret Trelawny. At her urgent request, he accompanies her to the house of her father, Abel...
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In the degenerate, unliked backwater of Dunwich, Wilbur Whately, a most unusual child, is born. Of unnatural parentage, he grows at an uncanny pace to an unsettling height, but the boy's arrival simply precedes that of a true horror: one of the Old Ones, which forces the people of the town to hole up by night.
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When tragedy strikes on his son's wedding day, Lord Manfred believes it is a foreboding omen, and will do whatever it takes to stop it-no matter how immoral.
Set in the 18th century, The Castle of Otranto begins on the day Manfred's son, Conrad, was meant to be married. Known for his sickly nature, Conrad is the eldest child of two, and is set to marry Princess Isabella, a union that would reap strong benefits for the noble family. However, when...
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Hank Madden novels volume 2
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Fresh out of prison, Richie Forman tries to settle back into his life in the Bay Area. By day, he works at a law firm dedicated to freeing innocent men from prison. By night, he makes a living impersonating Frank Sinatra. But then his ex-best friend is found hacked to death in his garage, and Richie becomes the prime suspect. In a murder mystery with the intricacies of a microchip, David Carnoy weaves his characters like a master.|David Carnoy is...
13) Mi casa
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Extremadamente impresionado al verla muerta en esas extrañas condiciones, estaba propenso a ser dominado por el terror, comenzó a gritar por ayuda: hay una considerable distancia entre una casa y otra; desesperado por completo, intenta irse de esta escena, pero la confusión entre quedarse o salir lo atormenta: se puso las manos sobre su cabeza en tanto trata de pensar con lucidez que puede hacer, el llanto por el dolor que siente aumenta, deduciendo...
14) Dark Thoughts
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When a mysterious head injury causes amnesia, Manson Digby finds himself plagued by violent thoughts and dark dreams-which cause him to wonder if he might be going crazy. Embarking upon a journey of self-discovery, Manson will need to figure out if he should try to regain his past or move on to a new future. He worries that if he remembers, he'll become something more sinister than he already is. As he continues on his path toward rediscovering himself,...
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Pastor Albert mentioned a minister who was slain in 1847 after changing the proclamation of religious beliefs in 1839. He was educated and tortured during his tenure in his last days. The man changed indoctrination from Catholic to Protestant. This was when the frightful adventure started, in 1847, and his name was Pastor Matthew.
Hendrick Elias Leckner was a former pastor of the Catholic faith, the one who made a pact with the devil in 1817.
"If...
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When Isabel is kidnapped by the arrogant and handsome demon king, she proves to be a rebellious prisoner. But, even as she is determined to see him only as a villain, she can't help but feel her heart soften against the powerful demon king. However, amidst twists and turns, deception and truth, the wolf shifter begins to realize that all may not be as it seems. It might be only the demon who can keep her safe from her true enemies.
In Book 3, Isabel...
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"As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. It might have been any one. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removed from the slightest possibility of disturbing experiences. I had gone to Lympne because I...
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A paranormal vampire romance boxed set with Shapeshifters and Werewolves too!
Sometimes, it takes a lot more than love to fix a scared, shy heart.
Gabby Roberts, a college student and gifted scientist, always knew that supernatural beings were real. In fact, she once saw a werewolf right below her own bedroom window when she was just a kid. Not a kid anymore, Gabby made that her life's mission, to prove to the world that supernatural beings really...
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Eliza Stone arrives in the quaint coastal town of Haven's End to take up her new position as the lighthouse keeper. The town, shrouded in mist and mystery, offers Eliza a chance to escape her turbulent past. But the solace she seeks is quickly shattered when she begins hearing whispers echoing through the walls of the lighthouse-whispers of the dead. As the whispers intensify, Eliza discovers she can communicate with the ghosts of shipwrecked sailors...
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This early work by H. P. Lovecraft was originally published in 1941. Born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science. In 1913, Lovecraft joined the UAPA (United Amateur Press Association) but it was four years later, in 1917, that he began to focus on fiction, producing such well-known early stories as 'Dagon' and 'A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson'. However,...
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