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After her daughter wakes from an accident claiming to be someone else, Clem travels to the Orkney Islands to uncover a truth rooted in witchcraft and vengeance.
The Book of Witching
Horror · Historical Literary Fiction · Suspense · Women's Fiction
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After her daughter wakes from an accident claiming to be someone else, Clem travels to the Orkney Islands to uncover a truth rooted in witchcraft and vengeance. The Book of Witching is a chilling, emotional thriller by C. J. Cooke, an Editors’ Pick with 4.1 stars on Amazon and 3.8 on Goodreads.
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A mother’s love can defy reason, time, and even death.
When Clem receives the call that her nineteen-year-old daughter has been found unconscious after a hiking trip gone wrong, she rushes to the remote Orkney Islands seeking answers. But when Erin wakes, she does not recognize her mother. She claims a new name—Nyx—and speaks of things no one could know.
Desperate to save her daughter, Clem searches the island’s past and uncovers the story of a woman condemned for witchcraft four centuries earlier. As the veil between history and haunting begins to tear, Clem must face the possibility that her child’s soul has been claimed by something ancient.
An Editors’ Pick for Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense, The Book of Witching holds 4.1 stars on Amazon and 3.8 on Goodreads.
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When a determined single mum and a cocky new firefighter are forced to save a village bookshop, sparks fly in more ways than one.
Fireworks
Romance
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When a determined single mum and a cocky new firefighter are forced to save a village bookshop, sparks fly in more ways than one. Fireworks blends small-town charm, autumn warmth, and slow-burn chemistry in Bonnie Woods’s Scottish Highlands romance, praised with 4.0 stars on Amazon and 3.6 on Goodreads.
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Love can be explosive.
After years of struggle, Eiley is ready to start over. A cozy flat above a village bookshop and a quiet job among stories seem like the perfect escape from heartbreak. But when Belbarrow’s new firefighter, Warren, arrives with his teasing grin and infuriating confidence, he sparks every emotion she thought she had buried.
Forced to work together after disaster strikes the shop, Eiley and Warren’s uneasy partnership turns into something far hotter. Between autumn festivals, crackling chemistry, and the ghosts of their pasts, both must decide if risking their hearts is worth the burn.
Readers praise Fireworks for its warmth and spice, with 4.0 stars on Amazon and 3.6 on Goodreads. A heartwarming Scottish romance from the bestselling author of Kindling.
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A grieving musician’s midnight melodies drift across a city stalked by a monster, reaching the ears of a disgraced noble who hides his own darkness.
The Musician and the Monster
Romantasy
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A grieving musician’s midnight melodies drift across a city stalked by a monster, reaching the ears of a disgraced noble who hides his own darkness. In The Musician and the Monster, Ceridwen accepts a scandalous bargain to live within Drystan’s shadowed manor, where desire and duty entwine. This gothic fantasy romance blends Regency atmosphere, fairy tale tension, and slow-burning intimacy threaded with music and secrets.
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In a city haunted by a monster, a grieving musician makes a deal with a broody and reclusive nobleman that may either heal or doom them both.
A gothic fantasy romance where a dark and whimsical retelling of Beauty and the Beast meets haunting romance and musical themes of The Phantom of the Opera in a Regency-esque setting like Bridgerton but with magic.
Music is Ceridwen Kinsley’s only escape from grief after the death of her mother. Each night she plays from the rooftop of their crumbling home—unaware her haunting songs reach the ears of the city’s most reclusive noble.
Drystan Winterbourne, disgraced noble and reluctant Lord Protector, is supposed to hunt the monster stalking the city. He’s failing. But the music that drifts across the rooftops soothes the darkness clawing inside him. When the musician herself is attacked, he makes a reckless offer: become his live-in musician. She’ll be safe. And she’ll be his.
For Ceridwen, moving into the eerie manor of a brooding recluse is scandalous enough. Yet the promise of coin for her family—and medicine for her ailing father—is too tempting to refuse.
What begins as a simple arrangement soon deepens into dangerous intimacy. Desire grows where neither expected it, and every moment together blurs the lines of duty, class, and restraint. But within the manor’s walls lie haunting secrets, and if they come to light, they will shatter more than just their fragile hearts.
This series is complete, and should appeal to fans of romantic and atmospheric retellings and fairy tales by authors such as Hannah Whitten, Tessonja Odette, and Stephanie Garber.
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In a near-future America, a reanimated man searches for love, identity, and belonging in a world that fears him.
Chicano Frankenstein
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Hispanic Fiction · Legal Thriller
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In a near-future America, a reanimated man searches for love, identity, and belonging in a world that fears him. As politics and profit divide the living and the revived, his past begins to surface. Daniel A. Olivas’s Chicano Frankenstein is a sharp, compassionate retelling that fuses science fiction, satire, and romance into a story of humanity reborn.
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In a near-future America divided by fear and profit, a man is brought back from the dead through a controversial process that erases his memories but not his humanity. Reanimated and unnamed, he struggles to find belonging in a society that both needs his labor and despises his existence.
When he falls in love with Faustina Godínez, a lawyer whose family embraces him as one of their own, he begins to piece together the truth of who he was before. But in a world driven by political hatred and corporate greed, knowledge can be as dangerous as resurrection itself.
Blending science fiction, satire, and romance, Daniel A. Olivas’s Chicano Frankenstein reimagines Mary Shelley’s myth as a powerful exploration of identity, love, and assimilation.
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In 1850s London, Victor Frankenstein’s great-niece discovers her family’s dark legacy and pursues forbidden experiments to prove her worth in science.
Our Hideous Progeny
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Thriller · Historical Fantasy · Historical Thriller
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In 1850s London, Victor Frankenstein’s great-niece discovers her family’s dark legacy and pursues forbidden experiments to prove her worth in science. What she creates will change everything. A Lambda Literary and Triangle Award finalist, C. E. McGill’s Our Hideous Progeny is a rich, queer, and feminist gothic tale of discovery, obsession, and defiance.
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Mary Saville, great-niece of Victor Frankenstein, has inherited more than his name. In 1850s London, she longs to make her mark in the world of science beside her geologist husband, Henry. But ambition is a dangerous pursuit for a woman without wealth or influence.
When Mary discovers her family’s hidden papers hinting at her great-uncle’s forbidden experiments, she seizes the chance to secure her future. The search for scientific glory leads her to Scotland’s storm-lashed cliffs, to secrets that blur the line between discovery and delusion, and to the haunting question of what it means to create life.
A finalist for the Lambda Literary and Triangle Awards, Our Hideous Progeny is a lush, queer, and feminist reimagining of gothic legacy and ambition.
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Three women stand in the shadow of Victor Frankenstein: his devoted mother, his destined bride, and the servant who loves them both.
Unnatural Creatures
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller
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Three women stand in the shadow of Victor Frankenstein: his devoted mother, his destined bride, and the servant who loves them both. Their choices ignite a tale of ambition, love, and ruin. Named a Reader’s Digest Top 25 Book for Halloween, Kris Waldherr’s Unnatural Creatures reveals the feminine heart of the Frankenstein legend in haunting detail.
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In a world torn by revolution and scientific ambition, three women find their lives entwined with the fate of Victor Frankenstein. Caroline, a devoted mother, will do anything to protect her family, even as her son’s genius turns monstrous. Elizabeth, a rescued orphan, repays the Frankensteins’ kindness by accepting a marriage that dooms her heart. Justine, a loyal servant, becomes both witness and victim to the tragedy that follows.
Through their intertwined stories of love, loyalty, and betrayal, the true cost of creation is revealed.
Named a Reader’s Digest Top 25 Book for Halloween and an Historical Novels Review Editors’ Choice, Kris Waldherr’s Unnatural Creatures breathes new life into Frankenstein through the voices of the women history tried to forget.
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When Victor Frankenstein meets Mary Bennet, their unlikely connection sparks desire and danger.
Pride and Prometheus
Historical Fiction · Fantasy · Romance · Historical Fantasy · Historical Romance
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When Victor Frankenstein meets Mary Bennet, their unlikely connection sparks desire and danger. As his Creature demands a bride, Mary uncovers the dark truth behind Victor’s genius. Blending Pride and Prejudice with Frankenstein, John Kessel’s Pride and Prometheus is a rich, haunting fusion of Regency romance and gothic horror about love, ambition, and moral consequence.
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When Victor Frankenstein journeys to England to create a bride for his Creature, he meets Mary Bennet, the overlooked sister of Pride and Prejudice. Awkward, intelligent, and longing for meaning beyond the drawing room, Mary finds herself drawn to Victor’s brilliance and mystery. But his secrets are darker than she could ever imagine.
As the Creature demands his promised mate, Mary is pulled into a web of passion, horror, and moral reckoning that will change her life forever. Between love and monstrosity, who deserves redemption, and who must pay the price of creation?
Blending Jane Austen’s wit with Mary Shelley’s gothic intensity, John Kessel’s Pride and Prometheus is a mesmerizing tale of science, longing, and the dangerous pursuit of perfection.
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Plum, a queer biracial intern, joins Dr.
Unwieldy Creatures
Literary Fiction · LGBTQIA+
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Plum, a queer biracial intern, joins Dr. Frank, a visionary scientist intent on creating life without sperm or egg. But their experiment’s living result forces both women to confront love, ambition, and abandonment. Shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award, Addie Tsai’s Unwieldy Creatures reimagines Frankenstein as a story of creation, identity, and consequence.
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In a near-future world of ambition and isolation, three lives collide in a radical reimagining of Frankenstein. Plum, a queer biracial Chinese intern, flees home to live freely but is soon adrift and searching for purpose. Dr. Frank, a brilliant biracial Indonesian scientist, is consumed by her desire to create life without sperm or egg. Her experiment succeeds—at a terrible cost.
When Plum is drawn into Dr. Frank’s secret laboratory, she must decide how far she will go to prove herself and what sacrifices science demands.
Shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award, Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai is a lyrical, haunting exploration of creation, power, and identity through the eyes of those living beyond the boundaries of belonging.
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When his brother dies, young mechanic Alasdair Finch uses clockwork and alchemy to bring him back.
This Monstrous Thing
Historical Fantasy · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · Steampunk
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When his brother dies, young mechanic Alasdair Finch uses clockwork and alchemy to bring him back. But Oliver’s return is monstrous, and soon the city’s obsession with Frankenstein turns deadly. Caught between invention and fear, Alasdair must fight to save what remains of his brother. Mackenzi Lee’s This Monstrous Thing is gothic fantasy at its finest.
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In a world powered by steam and clockwork, Alasdair Finch has built a reputation as a gifted mechanic. But when his beloved brother Oliver dies, grief drives him to the unthinkable. Using gears, steel, and forbidden knowledge, Alasdair brings Oliver back to life.
The resurrection is a miracle gone wrong. Oliver returns changed, more machine than man, and soon the story of Frankenstein sweeps through the city, exposing the brothers to suspicion and fear. Hunted by those who would destroy them both, Alasdair must confront the line between invention and monstrosity before it consumes them all.
Mackenzi Lee’s This Monstrous Thing is a brilliantly inventive gothic fantasy, blending reimagined history, clockwork science, and the tragic heart of brotherhood.
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Executed for a crime he never committed, Friedrich Hoffmann awakens as Frankenstein’s creation and vows revenge on the man who damned him.
Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Suspense
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Executed for a crime he never committed, Friedrich Hoffmann awakens as Frankenstein’s creation and vows revenge on the man who damned him. His pursuit leads through vampyres, dark cults, and the Marquis de Sade himself. Dave Zeltserman’s Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein delivers gothic horror steeped in vengeance, corruption, and the power of rebirth.
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Condemned to die for a crime he did not commit, Friedrich Hoffmann meets his end beneath the executioner’s wheel. But death is not the end. He awakens on a laboratory table, reborn as something unrecognizable, stitched together by the mad ambitions of Victor Frankenstein.
Hunted by those who once mocked him and haunted by the fragments of the man he used to be, Friedrich sets out to destroy the creator who cursed him. His path leads through a Europe of vampyres, dark cults, and the depravity of the Marquis de Sade, where vengeance and damnation blur into one.
Dave Zeltserman’s Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein is a visceral gothic tale of resurrection, obsession, and the monstrous cost of revenge.
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When his twin falls ill, young Victor Frankenstein searches forbidden books for a cure that defies nature itself.
This Dark Endeavor
Horror · Teen + Young Adult · Occult Horror
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When his twin falls ill, young Victor Frankenstein searches forbidden books for a cure that defies nature itself. With his cousin and friend, he braves danger, sacrifice, and forbidden love in pursuit of the Elixir of Life. From award-winning author Kenneth Oppel, This Dark Endeavor is a darkly romantic adventure of science and obsession.
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Victor and Konrad Frankenstein have always shared everything: their games, their studies, and their curiosity about the mysteries of the world. But when Konrad falls deathly ill, Victor’s devotion turns to obsession. Deep within the family’s forbidden Dark Library, he discovers an ancient text that speaks of the Elixir of Life.
With their cousin Elizabeth and friend Henry, Victor begins a perilous search for its ingredients. Each step tests his courage, loyalty, and the fragile line between love and ambition. In saving his brother, Victor risks becoming something else entirely.
From award-winning author Kenneth Oppel, This Dark Endeavor is a gripping gothic adventure that reimagines the origin of Frankenstein through a story of alchemy, desire, and impossible devotion.
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At Oxford, Victor Frankenstein’s friendship with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley sparks a fascination with creation and the power to defy death.
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Thriller · Romance · Suspense
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At Oxford, Victor Frankenstein’s friendship with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley sparks a fascination with creation and the power to defy death. As his experiments cross every boundary of morality and reason, genius gives way to horror. Peter Ackroyd’s The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein is a richly imagined gothic reworking of an immortal tale.
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At Oxford, Victor Frankenstein finds a kindred spirit in the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose radical ideas about creation and the limits of science ignite Victor’s imagination. What begins as an intellectual friendship soon transforms into obsession as Victor turns his curiosity toward the ultimate experiment: to restore life to the dead.
Gathering bodies from the coroner’s table and graves beyond, Victor descends into the shadows of his own ambition, haunted by questions of faith, genius, and mortality. Each step toward discovery leads him closer to madness.
From acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant reimagining of Mary Shelley’s timeless myth, blending literary history, gothic atmosphere, and the tragic cost of creation.
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