Horror & Ghost Stories Books

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMeg Cabot is a fabulous author." -- USA Today "entertaining, funny, and fast-paced [...] A fun and satisfying grown-up update on Suze's life." -- Kirkus Reviews "Modern, witty banter abounds in the newest book in Cabot's entertaining Mediator series. Ghost Mediator Suze Simon is back and as sassy as ever! Amusing storytelling with colorfully distinctive characters of both the human and ghost varieties and an engaging plot are the highlights of this fabulous story." -- RT Book Reviews "This novel stands well enough on its own, but a desire to read the whole series is irrefutable [...] Cabot's great writing, as always, is captivating from the beginning, repiete with fun and mysterious personalities. Fans of the series will be rewarded for their patience to hear from these characters again." -- Library Journal

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Book SynopsisIrresistible chemistry and thrilling suspense combine in this electrifying new installment in New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau series… One hundred and twenty-five years is a long time to nurse a crush. That’s how long it’s been since Beth Argenis first met Cullen “Scotty” MacDonald and he instantly became the star of her most X-rated dreams. Back then, he was rescuing her from a Rogue Immortal. Now Beth’s a Rogue Hunter—a damn good one. She doesn’t need saving anymore, despite what Scotty thinks. What she does need is the fierce, wild desire that finally erupts between them. Scotty has hesitated to claim Beth as his own. But one explosive kiss confirms what he’s long suspected: She’s his life mate. But Beth is tough, fearless, beautiful…and in immortal danger. Unless he wants to lose her forever, he&

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Book SynopsisFrom talented debut author Simone Kelly comes this suspenseful novel that crackles with intrigue, sex, and plenty of surprises—perfect for fans of Eric Jerome Dickey and Carl Weber.Meet Jacques Berradi. Moroccan-born and Manhattan-raised, his genuine, sexy-smooth allure goes hand in hand with a unique gift. Since Jacques was young, he has had the ability to read peoples’ energies, communicate with spirit guides, and even catch glimpses of people’s futures. Now a professional “intuitive counselor,” Jacques’s clients pay him handsomely for his insight. Unfortunately, Jacques’s psychic abilities don’t come with an off switch to tune out the world’s noise, nor do they always provide him with easy answers; recently Jacques has begun having dark, alarming dreams about his beloved father, a Moroccan immigrant who died when he was a boy.Meet Kylie Collins, an adventurous, Miami twentysomething who is trying to

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Awakened goes international, and the terror skyrockets. The Brink is proof that sometimes the most horrible creatures lurk closer than you think. Powerful and horrifying. Curse you, Murray and Wearmouth, for keeping me awake so late.” -- Brad Meltzer, #1 bestselling author of The Escape Artist“It’s monsters. It’s horror. It’s danger and shocks and scream-out-loud surprises! And mainly, it’s FUN. A tense and haunting thriller. Don’t miss out.” -- R. L. Stine, author Goosebumps and Fear Street“Bone chilling horror.” -- Millennium Magazine

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Book SynopsisAn IndieNext Pick! A Best Book of 2022 in Harper?s Bazaar, Daily Mail, Glamour, and Thrillist!Most Anticipated of 2022 in The Millions, Ms. Magazine, LitHubA young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with herincessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch.Lydia is hungry. She''s always wanted to try Japanese food. Sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside - the food her Japanese father liked to eat. And then there is bubble tea and iced-coffee, ice cream and cake, and foraged herbs and plants, and the vegetables grown by the other young artists at the London studio space she is secretly squatting in. But, Lydia can''t eat any of these things. Her body doesn''t work like those of other people. The only thing she can digest is blood, and it turns out that sourcing fresh pigs'' blood in London - where she is living away from her vampire mother for the first time - is much more difficult than she''d anticipated.Then there are the humans - the other artists at the studio space, the people at the gallery she interns at, the strange men that follow her after dark, and Ben, a boyish, goofy-grinned artist she is developing feelings for. Lydia knows that they are her natural prey, but she can''t bring herself to feed on them. In her windowless studio, where she paints and studies the work of other artists, binge-watches Buffy the Vampire Slayer and videos of people eating food on YouTube and Instagram, Lydia considers her place in the world. She has many of the things humans wish for - perpetual youth, near-invulnerability, immortality ?but she is miserable; she is lonely; and she is hungry - always hungry.As Lydia develops as a woman and an artist, she will learn that she must reconcile the conflicts within her - between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage, and her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans - if she is to find a way to exist in the world. Before any of this, however, she must eat.?Absolutely brilliant ? tragic, funny, eccentric and so perfectly suited to this particularly weird time. Claire Kohda takes the vampire trope and makes it her ownin a way that feels fresh and original. Serious issues of race, disability, misogyny, body image, sexual abusearehandled withsubtlety, insight, and a lightness of touch.The spell this novelcasts is so complete I feel utterly, and happily, bitten.? -- Ruth Ozeki, Booker-shortlisted author ofA Tale for the Time Being

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Book Synopsis?Midnight on Beacon Street is a lot of things. It?s a taut thriller about a babysitter and two kids surviving one weird night. It?s a celebration of classic horror movies. It?s a creepy narrative that involves a ghost and late night home break-ins. And, most important, it?s a lot of fun. . . Verona plays with home invasion tropes by delivering a tale with multiple breaches, each offering differing types of frights. . . With its feverish pacing and startling plot twists, this is an impressive debut.? ? New York Times Book Review?My nineties heart was warmed and thrilled by Emily Ruth Verona?s debut novel, Midnight on Beacon Street. The shade of Shirley Jackson haunts this page-turner, which abounds in classic horror movie references, both revisiting and critiquing the tale of a babysitter left alone with kids she may or may not be able to protect. I loved every minute of it.? ?Polly Stewart, author of The Good OnesA suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller?and love letter to vintage horror movies?in which a teenager must overcome her own anxiety to protect the two children she?s babysitting when strangers come knocking at the door.October 1993. One night. One house. One dead body.When single mom Eleanor Mazinski goes out a for a much-needed date night, she leaves her two young children?sweet, innocent six-year-old Ben and precocious, defiant twelve-year-old Mira?in the capable hands of their sitter, Amy. The quiet seventeen-year-old is good at looking after children, despite her anxiety disorder. She also loves movies, especially horror flicks. Amy likes their predictability; it calms the panic that threatens to overwhelm her.The evening starts out normally enough, with games, pizza, and dancing. But as darkness falls, events in this quaint suburban New Jersey house take a terrifying turn?unexpected visitors at the door, mysterious phone calls, and by midnight, little Ben is in the kitchen standing in a pool of blood, with a dead body at his feet.In this dazzling debut novel, Emily Ruth Verona moves back and forth in time, ratcheting up suspense and tension on every page. Chock-full of nods to classic horror films of the seventies and eighties, Midnight on Beacon Street is a gripping thriller full of electrifying twists and a heartwarming tale of fear and devotion that explores our terrors and the lengths we?ll go to keep our loved ones safe.

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Book SynopsisA pulse-pounding, terrifying rollercoaster ride of a supernatural thriller the remarkable 2007 debut from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.?The shocks in Hill's riveting debut novel can be lurid and blood-drenched, or as quietly chilling as a casual phone call from an old, dead friend.? Entertainment WeeklySooner or later, the dead catch up . . . Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals, a used hangman's noose, a snuff film. Many of these objects were gifts from the black-clad fans who made his metal band a legend and made him rich. But not all. When his personal assistant told him there was a ghost for sale on the Internet, Jude knew he had to have it for his private collection. He didn't think twice. He should have. Jude has spent a lifetime evading ghosts his abusive father; the bandmates he betrayed; Anna, the suicidal girl he loved and abandoned. But this spirit is different. This one means to chase him to the edge of sanity. His new acquisition delivered to his doorstep in a black heart-shaped box is the restless soul of Anna's vengeful stepdaddy. Craddock McDermott swore he would settle with Jude for ruining his daughter's life. Soon, everywhere Jude turns, Craddock is there: behind the bedroom door; in Jude's restored vintage Mustang; outside his window; on his widescreen TV. Waiting with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand. If ever there was a case of buyer beware, this is it...

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