The Haunting of a Duke Communing with spirits has been both gift and curse to Emme Walters. Now it's made her a killer's target. Emme knows why the Dowager Duchess of Briarleigh invited her to a house party--to investigate whether the duke, Rhys Brammel, murdered his wife years ago. But Emme never imagined she would fall in love with the brooding duke. Branded by society as a possible killer, Rhys is suspicious of Emme and her alleged "gift." Then a late night encounter creates awareness of her other, more attractive, aspects. When Emme's life is threatened, Rhys becomes her protector. Emme and Rhys find passion and peril as they join forces to solve the mysteries at Briarleigh. She made him believe in spirits, but can she make him believe in love?.The Redemption of a Rogue Lord Michael Sutherland, Viscount Ellersleigh, is infamous amongst the ton for his powers of seduction and his prowess as a lover. Running from his own ennui and a lover who fancies herself his future wife, Michael retreats to the country and a crumbling, haunted castle won in a game of chance... a castle occupied by an innocent and oh so tempting young woman, Miss Abbigail Barrows. But country life proves to be anything but quiet. At a debauched house party, Michael finds himself confronted with an unfortunate quandary, marry Abbigail, an innocent, or hang for murder. Residing at Blagdon Hall, Michael's faced with the dilemmas of seducing his new wife, who seems to be impervious to his charm, and unraveling the mystery of Blagdon Hall's resident ghost and the nefarious goings on at the neighboring estate. The Enticement of an Earl Spencer, Lord Wolverston and newly named Earl of Kinraven, intended to find peace in the wilds of Scotland, far from the torment of wanting the one woman he believed he could never have. But his inheritance has come with a price he had not foreseen... a curse that is slowly driving him mad. He sends a desperate plea for help to his friend, the Duke of Briarleigh, but that plea is intercepted by the last person he wishes to see... the Duke's sister-in-law, Miss Larissa Walters, the women he left England to escape. Larissa has struggled to put her past behind her and to overcome the abuses she suffered at the hands of Lord Moreland to whom her stepfather had owed a gambling debt. Spencer had saved her then, and now, she knows it is time to return the favor. She sets out on her own to show him, and perhaps herself, that she has the courage to face her fears... and to love him as he deserves. But all is not as it would seem at Kinraven. There is darkness there—plotting, lurking, waiting in the shadows to destroy whatever happiness they may find. Can love truly conquer all, or will the darkness consume them both?Read the complete Dark Regency series:The Haunting of a Duke (Book 1)The Redemption of a Rogue (Book 2)The Enticement of an Earl (Book 3)A Love So Dark (Book 4)A Passion So Strong (Book 5)A Heart So Wicked (Book 6)An Affair So Destined (Book 7)

     When Elinor Baxtor arrives at the dilapidated Marshell House to settle the estate of her law firm's oldest client, she can't help but feel a little spooked. The creaking gothic mansion is a far cry from her life as an adventurous party girl back in London. Then she meets Eric Marshell, a man dressed entirely in black with a wicked smile and the ability to float through walls. Eric was the violinist in popular rock band Ghost Symphony until a hit-and-run accident claimed his life. Now he's trapped inside his mother's house for all eternity, and the only one who can see or hear him is Elinor. Eric and Elinor fight their attraction for each other as they dig into the mystery of Eric's death. But when they uncover a dark and sinister plot that threatens Elinor's life, their bond draws them into a world neither of them understands. Can their love transcend the boundary between life and death? The Man in Black is a steamy gothic romance by USA Today bestselling author Steffanie Holmes, Set in the English village of Crookshollow, it's a standalone novel of love, redemption, and second chances. If you love clever BBW heroines, crumbling gothic mansions, and brooding rockstars who know what they want, then this book will have you shivering all over.

    John and his fiancée prepare to marry, his family is blackmailed by a former acquaintance. Hoping to set things straight, he accepts an invitation to dine at the Blackmailer’s family estate.But how many should die...Estelle agrees to accompany Benedict, but nothing prepares her for the mysteries and bodies she stumbles across during her time at Hawthorne Hall.Before the shocking truth is exposed? Hawthorne Hall holds many secrets, but will Estelle and Benedict escape to see the day their union is blessed, or will they succumb to an untimely end?

    Gifted with uncanny abilities, yet also cursed with the taint of madness, Dominic must walk a fine line. After the horror of his past, his fractured soul is safe only in solitude…until one day, his refuge is irrevocably breached by an ethereal beauty haunted by demons of her own. Dominic is torn between protecting himself and his brothers from exposure and persecution and following the desires of his heart...

    An arranged marriage, a dilapidated mansion, and a ghost determined to keep the new husband and wife apart... Newlywed Tessa Travis approaches her new home — and her new husband — with more than a little trepidation. The once-fine home is in disrepair, and her husband, John, seems no more thrilled with their arranged marriage than she is. To make matters even worse, her new home is haunted. And the ghost seems determined to keep Tessa and John from consummating their marriage.

    . . May Day 2013, a car crashes in a violent storm, and a young woman wakes up in Mortshire Infirmary, her memory locked shut. She is told that her name is Lily Ward and that she is engaged to be married to the charismatic and enigmatic Lord Edward Saxton, heir to the Saxton legacy. Transported to the fortress of Saxton Manor, Lily Ward is confined and captivated by the controlling mind and consuming passion of her Saxton keeper. In a race against time, Lily Ward must unravel the dark legacy inherited by Lord Saxton in order to find the key to unlock her memory and to discover the truth of who she really is before she becomes the next tragic 'Saxton Bride'.And the truth of who she really is will take her back to the horror of May Day 1613.This is a cross-genre novel: including elements of romance, fantasy, supernatural, horror, and fairy tale. It is vintage in style.

    I got more than I bargained for.The name is Elenora Cartwright. Though my existence has been tucked away from the public at large, you no doubt have heard of my parents. Jefferson Cartwright has conquered the world of high finance, and his typically tipsy wife Cynthia has made the tabloids more than once. Meanwhile, I keep to the background, content in my chosen career as an antique jewelry expert. Or I would be, if it weren't for my pesky little gift.I see things. Not just the usual things that most people see, though I do have fully functioning corneas. No, I see the past. All takes is a touch (sometimes not even that), and I'm transported to another place and time. It can be rather useful in my line of work.It seemed like the position cataloging the jewelry Lady Stanton would be a piece of cake. How could I have anticipated the sinister rumors that surrounded the family, or the brooding presence of a present-day Heathcliff? While I used my sight to unravel the family's mysterious past, I found myself also facing a very modern threat. Somebody at Graytower manor didn’t want me to search the shadows, but I’ve always been the curious type.Hopefully it wouldn't be the death of me.

     In WINDS OF TERROR, Melanie returns to Alabama to care for her ailing adopted aunt and discovers evil lurking in the old plantation house. The adopted aunt claims she's being haunted by her nephew, who committed suicide in the house the year before, while Cale, the woman's invalid grandson, is intent on stealing Melanie's heart. But first, he has a score to settle. DARK JOURNEY HOME follows Annalisa Dubose who takes a job at a mysterious mansion in the Florida Everglades caring for a strange six-year old boy, Jody. Everyone thinks Jody went insane after his mother disappeared a year ago. Annalisa believes there's more and begins a quiet investigation. Then Jody's grandmother, Charlotte Fordham, announces she will institutionalize the boy. Annalisa begs Jody's father, Steve Fordham, who's falling in love with Annalisa, to take them away. But the twistedly jealous Charlotte will never let that happen. OTHER TITLES by Patricia Hagan Say You Love Me Starlight Simply Heaven Orchids in Moonlight Final Justice ABOUT PATRICIA HAGAN: Patricia Hagan is a New York Times bestselling author of 42 novels, proud mother of a U.S. Navy SEAL and is a native of Alabama.

    Painstakingly built by Ambrose Blackwood, an eccentric obsessed by the legends of King Arthur, and inhabited by the rest of the dysfunctional Blackwood family, Avalon Castle houses some very dark secrets. When Rachel Garland visits, she hopes to spend the Christmas of 1867 peacefully with her half-sister Lucy who is living there. What she finds is a house filled with family feuding, rumored hauntings, and unnerving disappearances. Any chance of festivity is halted by the sudden death of a house member. Rachel's discomfort grows as her questions mount: who is this strange family, and what skeletons are being hidden within their vast house? With the help of William Norton, a neighboring land-owner who makes Rachel's acquaintance, she searches for evidence to prove her suspicions of foul-play, but her quest leads her into deadly peril.