Some flowers bloom only in the dark… In the land of the dead, Queen Hades’ word is law. Hades gets what she wants—always—and what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime. Innocent Persephone chafes beneath her mother’s hawkish gaze and mercurial temper. Demeter has rebuffed all her daughter’s suitors, but she is not yet satisfied; she strives to crush Persephone’s spirit. Still, when Hades pulls her into the dark realm of the underworld, Persephone longs for the world above, even if it means an eternity under her mother’s thumb. With her tears and pleas for freedom ignored by pitiless Hades, Persephone must learn to satisfy her keeper in all ways, lest she suffer the consequences. And though she cannot deny that something blooms within her, something forbidden, Persephone despairs of ever feeling the sun upon her skin once more. No matter the cost, Hades intends to keep her. Forever. * * * Captive in the Underworld is a standalone dark lesbian romance novel set in mythological ancient Greece. It is rooted in the misogyny and cruelties of the Hades/Persephone myth and contains sensitive material. Due to mature content and dark themes, this book is intended for adult readers only. It contains scenes depicting non-consensual sex, death, abuse, kidnapping, assault, and other intimate partner violence. It is not recommended for readers sensitive to such content.

When the monster gets the girl, everyone will bleed. 2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction 2023 Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Paranormal/Occult/Horror Singapore, 1927. Verity Edevane needs blood. And not just anyone's blood. She craves the sweet, salty rush from a young woman's veins, the heady swirl of desire mixed with fealty—such a rarity in this foreign colony. It’s a lot to ask. But doesn't she deserve the best? Gean Choo needs money. Mrs. Edevane makes her an offer Gean Choo can't refuse. But who is her strange, alluring new mistress? What is she? And what will Gean Choo sacrifice to earn her love? Po Lam needs absolution. After decades of faithfully serving Mrs. Edevane, Po Lam can no longer excuse a life of bondage and murder. She needs a fresh start. A clean conscience. More than anything, she needs to save Gean Choo from a love that will destroy them all. *** A destitute maidservant must choose whom to love: her vampire mistress, or the woman trying to save her life in The Wicked and the Willing, an award-winning sapphic historical gothic horror vampire novel. This novel contains two mutually exclusive endings, although most of the story is not interactive. Due to the mature content and dark themes, it is intended for adult readers only. It contains potentially disturbing scenes and an abusive romantic relationship between two women. Further content information is available from the author’s website and inside the book.

Award-winning author Anna Burke delivers the shivers in this daring queer dark fantasy romance teeming with sensuous vampires, dark academia, plant horrors, and terrifying fungal fae. When Clara Eden is offered a job as an archivist working for eccentric estate owner Agatha Montague, she thinks her prayers have been answered. Soon, she finds herself sucked into her research world, captivated by a romantic correspondence thousands of years old. But as her feelings for her employer's assistant, Fiadh, deepen, so does her suspicion that something about Agatha Montague isn't right. Unfortunately for Clara, it is far too late to run by the time her suspicions are confirmed..

Ein leer stehendes Inselhotel.  Ein dubioser Eventveranstalter.  Ein Spektakel mit tödlichem Ausgang. "Kommen Sie sofort raus!", brüllte Maxi. Doch niemand folgte ihrer Aufforderung. Sie trat langsam, Schritt für Schritt, zur Wanne und schob mit dem Fuß den Vorhang zur Seite. Als der blutverschmierte, nackte Körper vor ihr auftauchte, schrie Maxi auf und machte unwillkürlich einen Schritt zurück. Dabei kollidierte sie mit etwas, das zuvor nicht im Raum gewesen war ... In diesem Hotel erwacht Stephen Kings »The Shining« zum Leben. Schnell geschehen mysteriöse Dinge rund um das Live Adventure und »Horror auf Helgoland« wird zum viralen Hit. Hoffnungsvoll ist Kommissarin Leandra Kern aus Hamburg nach Helgoland gekommen, um sich in der Hochsee-Abgeschiedenheit ihren Lebenstraum zu erfüllen. Nur unter massivem Druck ist Kommissaranwärterin Maxi Adler an ihren Geburtsort zurückgekehrt, um ihre Familie vor großem Unheil zu bewahren. Als die Ereignisse rund um das Hotel immer beängstigender werden, müssen die beiden unterschiedlichen Frauen zusammenarbeiten. Und sehen sich mit einem Mord konfrontiert, bei dem das Event endgültig zur Realität wird. »Einer jener seltenen Thriller, bei dem eine spannende Story mit einer überragenden Sprache Hand in Hand geht. Unbedingt lesen!«Linus Geschke, Bestseller-Autor »Nehmen Sie Antje Zimmermanns Einladung zum Event auf jeden Fall an. Nicht alle werden überleben – aber höchste Spannung ist garantiert.« Mike Altwicker, WDR4-Buchkritiker Zwei Ermittlerinnen. Ein Mord. Kein Ausweg. Leandra Kern, Kommissarin aus Hamburg, hofft in der Abgeschiedenheit ihren Lebenstraum zu finden – und gerät mitten ins Herz eines Albtraums.Maxi Adler, Kommissaranwärterin, kehrt unter Druck an ihren Geburtsort zurück, um ihre Familie zu schützen.Als die Ereignisse eskalieren, zwingt ein Mord die beiden ungleichen Frauen zur Zusammenarbeit. Was als Spektakel begann, wird zur Realität – und zur letzten Prüfung.

No one said being a medium would be easy. Rain Christiansen, former FBI agent and current cold case detective, is starting to think it's the hardest job he's ever had—and the most important. He's determined to accept all the changes in his formerly well-ordered life, but that means embracing a whole lot of weird. There's no instruction manual for meshing his work with his medium duties, and he's painfully aware that he's flubbing the job. So are the ghosts, who are becoming increasingly impatient. And stronger. To complicate matters, he's not sure what these spooktacular developments mean for his relationship. It certainly seems like Daniel McKenna, his partner in work and life, is in it for the long haul. But Rain can't help but wonder how long that patience will last...and what he'll do if Danny decides the intrusive ghosts are just too much. Rain thought accepting his supernatural gifts would be the solution to his troubles. But he's starting to realize his problems are just getting started.

Rasant, nervenaufreibend und genial – der neue Thriller von Bestsellerautorin Elisabeth HerrmannAls du in die Rolle von Jen schlüpfen und an ihrer Stelle das Eliteinternat Brightstone College besuchen sollst, musst du nicht lange überlegen. Einflussreiche Mitschüler, ein Elitepoloteam und Unterricht in einem alten Schloss – so eine lebensverändernde Chance lässt man nicht einfach verstreichen. Doch was glamourös erscheint, ist in Wahrheit eine schillernde Scheinwelt, in der jeder nur auf seinen eigenen Vorteil bedacht ist. Schon bald häufen sich Unfälle, die sich als gezielte Anschläge auf dich erweisen und dir wird Jen hütet ein Geheimnis, für das nun du verantwortlich gemacht wirst.Sei vorsichtig. Erzähle niemandem, wer du bist. Und vor allen Vertraue niemandem.

Three lifelong friends confront restless ghosts and malevolent family secrets in this fierce, propulsive debut young adult horror novel. Iris, Gum, and Aidan are vacationing in Bad Creek, just like every summer. Except Iris’s older sister, Glory, drowned in the lake last year, and Iris can’t seem to move on; Gum is hiding his sexuality from his family while being viciously haunted by Glory’s rotting ghost; and Aidan is distraught over a drunken argument with Glory that he fears may have led to her death. When Iris sleepwalks to the dilapidated house that Glory obsessively sketched in her final days, she and the boys begin to uncover a sinister history in the very bones of the town. The trio must reckon with the events of last summer and uncover what lurks within Bad Creek before it takes Iris’s life next. Gripping and vengeful, Bad Creek confronts the intersection of religion, sexuality, and feminism, and forces readers to reckon with monsters in all their forms—human included.

Two friends must uncover the truth about the bloody reappearance of a cryptid in this queer, X-Files-inspired thriller from the author of Bad Creek. To save her family’s struggling ranch, 18-year-old Claire fabricates a video of her hometown’s legendary alien cryptid, Old Lucky, that grabs the attention of paranormal vloggers Lenny and Evan. Lenny is plagued with doubts about their channel’s future, so catching Old Lucky might just be her chance at finding something real. After Evan deserts Lenny, believing the investigation to be a hoax, Claire agrees to “help” Lenny uncover the history of Old Lucky—and preserve her deceit. But the more the girls are drawn together and the more clues they unearth, the more secrets rise to the surface. The cows are being mutilated, the ranch hand has disappeared, and the strange lights in the sky are back. Something inhuman lurks in Scarberry, where danger lives close to home. The Monsters We Made is an eerie and suspenseful exploration of one town’s dark history and the people who brought it back to life.

A spine-tingling LGBTQIA+ YA horror about queer teens who accidentally invoke a twisted spirit who promises help but delivers something sinister. Perfect for fans of Kayla Cottingham, Andrew Joseph Smith, and Aiden Thomas. It's never been safe for Fern, Jaq, or Mallory to come out to their families. As kids their emerging identities drove them into friendship but also forced them into the woods to hide in an old, abandoned house when they needed safety. But one night when the girls sought refuge, Mallory never made it back home. Fern and Jaq did, but neither survivor remembered what happened or the secrets they were so desperate to keep. Five years later, Fern and Jaq are seniors on the verge of graduation, seemingly happy in their straight, cisgender lives—until a spirit who looks like Mallory begins to appear, seeking revenge for her death, and the part Fern and Jaq played in it. As they’re haunted, something begins to shift inside them. They remember who they are. Who they want to love. And the truth about the vicious secrets hiding in their woods. This delightfully dark and pointed novel calls out the systems that erase gay and queer and trans identity, giving space to embrace queerness and to unleash the power of friendship and found family against the real monsters in the world.