Horror

The year is 1966, and it’s party time. With Halloween right around the corner, two teens decide to take their friends out for the night of their lives. Even better, they’ve heard rumors of an abandoned haunted house deep in the Kent countryside.

When Johnny and Hayley arrive at Hadlow House, they think they’ve struck gold. The house is everything they were hoping for, having been left untouched since a fire ravaged the structure many years ago. As far as they can tell, no-one has set foot in the place for more than a decade.

Soon, however, the friends discover that they’re not alone. As their night of fun and debauchery takes a series of dark turns, they’re forced to face the awful truth. Hadlow House might have been abandoned, but that doesn’t mean it’s empty. And whatever lurks in the shadows is coming for them.

1966 is the eleventh book in the Haunting of Hadlow House series, which tells the story of one haunted house over the centuries from its construction to the present day. All the lives, all the souls, all the tragedies… and all the ghosts. Readers are advised to start with the first book in the series.

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The year is 1999. Beth Cooper’s not exactly ecstatic when her parents announce that they’re moving the family out of the city. She’s even less happy when she learns that they’ve bought an abandoned old house that they want to fix up and turn into a luxury hotel.

Hadlow House has been standing empty and abandoned since it was struck by fire more than seventy years earlier. At least, that’s what everyone thinks. Beth’s parents set to work trying to restore the place to its former glory, but they soon start to notice that something strange seems to be afoot. Why are voices sometimes heard whispering at night? And what’s responsible for the sense of dread that everyone feels on the stairs?

Beth soon realizes that she’s living in a haunted house, but how can she persuade her parents that they need to abandon their plans? Something dark is lurking in the house, something that has a plan of its own. For Beth and her family, this attempt to start a new life might be about to take a tragic turn.

1999 is the twelfth and penultimate book in the Haunting of Hadlow House series, which tells the story of one haunted house over the centuries from its construction to the present day. All the lives, all the souls, all the tragedies… and all the ghosts. Readers are advised to start with the first book in the series.

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The year is 2024. Twenty-five years ago, Beth Cooper’s family died at Hadlow House. Now Beth’s after revenge.

Having researched the house’s history extensively, Beth thinks she knows exactly what she’s up against. She knows all about the deadly Fanny Baxter, and about the lives of all the people who’ve lived at the house over the years. She also knows all about ghosts, and about how to make them suffer.

At least, she thinks she knows.

Arriving at the house, Beth sets her plan into action. Plenty of people have tried to fight back about the house before, but now Beth is deliberately setting out to face Fanny directly. She thinks she’s got every eventuality covered, that she can make Fanny pay for all the misery she’s inflicted over the years.

She’s wrong. And she’s about to find out just how far Fanny’s willing to go, in order to get the one thing she’s always wanted. All the pain and agony and fear of more than three hundred years has been building up to this moment, and Beth is about to learn the hard way that this is a house that can never be stopped.

2024 is the thirteenth and final book in the Haunting of Hadlow House series, which tells the story of one haunted house over the centuries from its construction to the present day. All the lives, all the souls, all the tragedies… and all the ghosts. Readers are advised to start with the first book in the series.

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A deadly puzzle. A closing trap.

My name is Nadia, and I’m a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves.

That means it’s my responsibility to broker a peace deal between the dwarves and the Elven commoners…and there are lots of Elven nobles who would like to see the deal fail.

So when the Lord Inquisitor Arvalaeon arrives on my doorstep, critically wounded and missing the last week of his memory, things have just gotten even more complicated.

One false step and the embers will become an inferno…

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‘A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror.’ Francine Toon, author of Pine

There was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on.
Strange noises in the apartment.
Impulsive behaviour.
Intense dreams.
It wasn’t like everything went wrong all at once.
Shoplifting.
Fighting.
Blackouts.
There must be a reasonable explanation for all this.
‘It will scare the pants off you. It is a perfect horror novel.’ Paul Tremblay
‘A short, sharp shocker . . . Relentlessly creepy.’ Sunday Times
‘Deeply scary.’ The Times
‘Terrifying.’Daily Mail
‘Sinister.’Time Out

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What would you do if you were the most powerful dungeon deity in the world and the bindings keeping you trapped within your dungeon were broken?

Would you escape? Would you acquire a party of beautiful female minions? Would you use your new minions to conquer other dungeon deities, consume their magic, and grow even more powerful? Would you take over the world?

Would you then take over the heavens and destroy the gods?

Yes, you would do all of the above.

This novel contains harem elements.

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You’ll never escape what haunts you…not once they return.

“A dark, mesmerizing delight.”–Robert McCammon ★★★★★ “Couldn’t put it down!” ★★★★★
A town must face its terrifying past as a possessed child threatens to unleash unspeakable horror upon them all. Supernatural suspense blends with heart-pounding horror in this epic chiller. “Clegg’s stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby.”–Dean Koontz.

A young man – Malcolm “Cup” Coffey – returns to Pontefract, Virginia, to find the girl he once loved – while an ancient evil grows stronger within a silent house on the edge of a frozen lake. For fans of Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, and Dean Koontz.

“Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!” – Robert R. McCammon, New York Times bestselling author.

“Clegg’s stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby.”– Dean Koontz

“Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills…” – Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author.

“Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation.”
– Bentley Little, USA Today bestselling author of The Haunted.

“Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction.”
– Peter Straub author of Ghost Story. The Talisman and Black House (with Stephen King).

“Clegg is one of the best!”– Richard Laymon, USA bestselling author of The Cellar and Island.

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The latest novel in the smash-hit Plated Prisoners by Sunday Times bestselling author Raven Kennedy

‘Find me in another life. Find me in them all’

It all ends now. . .

But Every end is also a beginning.

I was supposed to die. If it weren’t for Slade, I would have. But he tore a hole the world I know and I went through it. To Annwyn. To home.

Annwyn is the realm of the fae, a magical place full of beauty and danger.

Here, I am known as Lyäri Ulvêre – the golden one gone. And there are people in this world who want to keep me that way.

But I am not that girl in the gilded cage anymore, and I won’t be used again. Nor stopped on my way back to Slade.

I am my own woman. And I will find him. In this world, or the next.

‘An emotional rollercoaster of a book that brings vivid and layered characters into a magical realm. The world building and pace is intricate and fast, this is a book you will race through’ Glamour

Praise for The Plated Prisoner Series

‘Raven writes with a magic that comes to life on the page. Every single word gleams like gold’ Beck Michaels, author of Divine Blood

‘This is one of those series that started off phenomenal, and only gets better with every subsequent book’ Laura Thalassa, author of The Bargainer Series

‘An astonishing world with captivating characters and a story you won’t be able to put down’ Ivy Asher, author of The Osseous Chronicles and The Lost Sentinel Series

‘This series is amazing and I can’t recommend it enough.’ Kay Thatcher, author of Prince of Blades

‘TEN GILDED STARS! Remarkably original. . . gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous’ Olivia Wildenstein

‘An emotional rollercoaster’ Elizabeth Brown, author of Blood Crown

*Gleam by Raven Kennedy featured on The Sunday Times bestseller list May 2023*

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‘A resonant novella set in one of King’s signature locales: the small town of Castle Rock, Maine’ Washington Post

The small town of CASTLE ROCK, MAINE has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told…until now.

There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.

At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.

One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: ‘Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.’

On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black suit coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat…

Journey back to Castle Rock in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.

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Something wickedly sexy this way comes…

A laugh out loud witchy romcom for fans of Lana Harper and Erin Sterling !

Things you should know about Poppy:

1. She’s a witch

2. She has magical hair like Rapunzel from Tangled

3. She lives with Iris, the head of her coven, in a beautiful, ramshackle house next to Highgate cemetery

4. She works at Hubble Bubble, a magic shop in Covent Garden. Though none of it is real magic as that would be highly irresponsible. Until…

…Poppy accidentally sells gorgeous celebrity magician Axl Storm, all six-foot-four of him, a cursed pendant.

When all hell breaks loose can the guy with fake magic and the girl with real magic fix the chaos they’ve caused? Or will sparks fly both in and out of the cauldron?

Readers can’t get enough of Poppy and Axl:

‘I absolutely adored this’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Magic, hunky vikings, time travel, chaos, romance and sentient hair, I mean, what more could you want?!…I devoured it in a few days’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A hilarious, magical romance… I fell in the love with the characters and the story immediately and laughed out loud in many places’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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I finally have the life I’ve always dreamed of.

Growing up in Stone Brook with my aunt and uncles, I wanted nothing more than to find my place in this world. I longed to discover more about my missing past and make sense of my wild magic. Little did I know those answers would come with so many more questions.

My nightmares are now a reality as the forces against my men and I tear us apart. Heaven and Hell are colliding, the shadows are circling, and the enemy is closing in. But I’m no stranger to the dark.

Thankfully, I’m not alone this time. I will do everything in my power to keep those I love safe, and God help anyone who tries to take them from me.

Knight Unchained is the final book in the Black Veil University and has a HEA. This is a university-aged, Paranormal RH romance which means there will be no choosing between love interests at the end of the story.

This series has darker elements that readers should be aware of such as, strong language, PTSD from kidnapping, assault, and violence.

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I helped an injured woman… and in return got pulled through a portal to a magical world and set in the path of a pack of wolf shifters searching for their mates.

When they find me, one will claim me.

I probably should’ve asked the woman what it means to be claimed. I definitely should’ve asked her what mating entails, and if there’s a way to get back to Earth.

But I didn’t, she disappeared, and frankly, I’d rather not make it back home.

When the gorgeous pack leader finally catches me, he tells me I’m never going to leave his side… then bites me.

And suddenly, I’m lost in a forest called the Broken Woods, being dragged into a violent society of which I know nothing about.

I’m starting to feel like Little Red Riding Hood; but my big, bad wolf?

He’s determined to win my heart.

Send help, because I’m going to need it.

*Each book in this steamy new adult fantasy romance series follows a different couple. They all have their own happily ever after, and can be read in any order.

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Eve was only trying to get out of horrible betrothal. At least, that’s what she told herself when she snuck out onto the balcony during the royal feast, and had her wicked way with the first man she met.

How was she supposed to know that while that was going on, the royal family was being murdered just beyond the wall?

And the man she was with was a drunken, disgusting mess. There was no indication he was anyone at all of importance!

Yet keeping the new crown prince of the realm alive is only the beginning of her worries. With the murder of the royals came the fae; creatures with magick who descend every hundred years or so to force the humans underneath them to compete in death games. They call it the Royal Hunt.

Now it isn’t just about saving the prince’s life, but her own, and every human living in the kingdom.

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The Safe Haven refugees hoped that they would find respite in Glasgow. But a devastating chain reaction is in motion, threatening not just their plans but their very existence.

Chaos flows through the streets like a fast-moving river. The infected run rampant, and to survive, Mike and the others will have to fight like they never have before.

This is the battle of their lives and survival is everything.

For some it will be one test too many. For the rest, their futures will be thrown into turmoil.

Horror and devastation reign. Today, the city has become a war zone. Tomorrow, it could be their graveyard.

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The Safe Haven refugees hoped that they would find respite in Glasgow. But a devastating chain reaction is in motion, threatening not just their plans but their very existence.

Chaos flows through the streets like a fast-moving river. The infected run rampant, and to survive, Mike and the others will have to fight like they never have before.

This is the battle of their lives and survival is everything.

For some it will be one test too many. For the rest, their futures will be thrown into turmoil.

Horror and devastation reign. Today, the city has become a war zone. Tomorrow, it could be their graveyard.

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A hair-raising standalone sequel to the bestselling and award-winning novella What Moves the Dead. Alex Easton returns to their home country of Gallacia, only to be confronted by a strange new horror.

When Alex Easton travels to Gallacia as a favour to their friend, the excellent Miss Potter, they find their home empty, the caretaker dead, and the grounds blanketed by an uncanny silence. The locals won’t talk about what happened to the caretaker. None of them will set foot on the grounds.

Whispers of an unearthly breath-stealing creature from Gallacian folklore don’t trouble practical Easton. But as strange visions disturb their sleep and odd happenings increase, they are forced to confront the dark shadow that hangs over the house…

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‘A perfect contradiction, existing in the shades of grey that real life is so often painted in . . . A story that’s as furious as it is tender’ Emily Henry

‘A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You’ll love it’ Marian Keyes

‘A propulsive plot and characters that roar off the page, this is a novel that’s unafraid to take on societal misogyny while being satirical and even funny at the same time’ Guardian

‘An addictive, fast-paced crime novel like nothing you’ve ever read before’ Red magazine

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Nessa: The Seeker
Jo: The Protector
Harriett: The Punisher

With newfound powers the time has come to take matters into their own hands…

Widowed Nessa lives alone in her house near the ocean. In the quiet hours, she hears voices belonging to the dead – who will only speak to her.

On the cusp of fifty Harriett’s marriage and career imploded, but her life is far from over – in fact, she’s undergone a stunning metamorphosis.

Jo spent years at war with her body. The rage that arrived with menopause felt like the last straw – until she discovers she’s able to channel it.

Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio discover the abandoned body of a teenage girl. The police have written off the victim. But the women have not. Their own investigations lead to more bodies, and a world of wealth where the rules don’t apply – and the realisation that laws are designed to protect villains, not the vulnerable.

Now three women will avenge the innocent and punish the guilty. IT’S TIME.

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Readers and authors are GRIPPED by The Change:

‘A proper smash-the-patriarchy read with tension and a compelling plot to boot . . . Loved it’ Harriet Tyce

‘An exceptionally well-written, vivid, and powerful piece of work’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Powerful and original’ Tammy Cohen

‘STUNNING! Feminist writing at its absolute best. 10 stars’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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The year is 1981. Sister June has been sent on her greatest – and most uncomfortable – assignment yet. The First Order want her to visit an archaeological dig deep in the African desert, where an eccentric English explorer claims to have discovered a tomb from a lost civilization.

Hopelessly out of her comfort zone, June quickly discovers that Mortimer Weaver isn’t just eccentric – he might actually be dangerous. Digging deep beneath the desert, Weaver has certainly found something, but does he know more than he’s letting on? As strange noises terrify the makeshift desert camp at night, June starts to worry that they might be about to disturb something that’s better left well alone.

The Fifth Tomb is the fifth book in the Chronicles of Sister June series. Readers are advised to start with the first book.

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Light and dark – this is the destiny placed upon Natasha and Clara, the birthright bestowed on them by their godfather, the mysterious sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara, the favourite, grows into beauty and ease, while Natasha is cursed to live in her sister’s shadow. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Natasha gets her chance at revenge. For Drosselmeyer has returned and brought with him the Nutcracker, an enchanted present which offers entry to a deceptively beautiful world: the Kingdom of Sweets.

In this land of snow and sugar, Natasha is presented with a power far greater than Drosselmeyer: the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is also a giver of gifts . . . and a maker of dread-filled bargains. As Natasha uncovers the dark destiny laid before her birth, she must reckon with powers both earthly and magical . . . and decide to which world she truly belongs.

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For those who like their coffee dark and their stories darker.

Two authors from one family visited twelve coffee shops across the country to create twelve terrifying tales.

Stories include: A deadly stranger who is just passing through. A man taking pictures for his socials snaps something that will make him famous if he can survive the night. In a bride or die tale, a famous bride is accused of murdering her equally famous husband. Mysterious Clockwork Men put a trio of kids through a terrifying ordeal that suggests their time is up.

Join us, won’t you? For those who survived the first anthology, get ready for a second cup of terror. Read these stories with eight more added shots of horror if you dare! Step into our little coffee shop where the shaking does not come from caffeine, and sweating does not come from the steaming cup in your hands—they come from the twelve tales of terror.

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From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes The Secret of Cold Hill.The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play.

Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house’s history, and a new era has begun.

Although much of Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses. For Jason and Emily Danes, this is their forever home, and for Maurice and Claudette Penze-Weedell, it’s the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, Cold Hill Park appears to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive and it’s only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes.

There is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in Cold Hill House and no one has ever truly left . . .

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“It was a suffering like no other. And, oh, how they suffered.” Recreating the séance that led to the infamous Victorian Suffering massacre seems like a good idea at the time. But Kyle Birbeck soon discovers that the ghosts his distant ancestor banished into the walls of Brackenby House in 1876 have been lurking, waiting for a chance to come out. One by one the 5 terrifying ghosts latch onto each of the students who reside at Brackenby, preying on their deepest fears: A 3-eyed Incan giant. A member of the Hellfire Club who struck a deal with the devil to keep his fortune in the afterlife. A thieving factory hand who fell to his death, torturing them with endless footsteps. An oracle with a horde of dead sailors to do her bidding, and a 17th century axe-wielding executioner with a murderous hobby. It’s up to Kyle and his friends to uncover the real secrets of the séance and banish the ghosts for good. But they soon come to realise it isn’t Brackenby House that’s haunted. They are. And the ghosts will stop at nothing to continue The Suffering…

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‘THE TROOP scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. Not for the faint-hearted’ STEPHEN KING

He felt something touch his hand. Which is when he looked down.

For the scouts of Troop 52, three days of camping, hiking and survival lessons on Falstaff Island is as close as they’ll get to a proper holiday.

Which was when he saw it.

But when an emaciated figure stumbles into their camp asking for food, the trip takes a horrifying turn. The man is not just hungry, he’s sick. Sick in a way they have never seen before.

Which was when he screamed.

Cut off from the mainland, the troop face a terror far worse than anything they could have made up around a campfire. To survive they will have to fight their fears, the elements…and eventually each other.

Winner of the inaugural James Herbert Award, THE TROOP is a novel that will not fail to get under your skin…

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