Modern Gothic Mystery Books

"Saucy, sexy, and suspenseful. A must-read!" --Liliana Hart "Fun and exciting romance...with a ghostly touch. Nancy Drew for grown-ups!" --Mara Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author This book isn't as creepy as it looks! It's funny, sexy, suspenseful and a little spooky. Think Nancy Drew all grown up, meeting a sexy, oh-so-proper attorney who needs to loosen up a little--and inheriting a haunted antiques shop! When Fiona Murphy inherits a small antiques shop from an old man she met only once, she's filled with surprise, confusion and delight--and a little bit of terror at having a new responsibility in a life she prefers to be free and easy. As she takes over ownership of the quaint shop, odd things begin to happen. Lights come on and off by themselves, even when they are unplugged...and there is a chilly breeze accompanied by the scent of roses even when the windows are closed. H. Gideon Nath, III, is the stiff and oh-so-proper attorney who helps settle Fiona's inheritance, and despite her flightiness and fascination with all things New Age, he finds himself attracted to her against his better judgment. After she finds an unpleasant surprise in one of the shop's closets, scares off an intruder in the store, and uses her skill at palmistry to read Gideon's future--of which she seems to be a part--Fiona begins to realize that her free and easy life is about to change...whether she wants it to or not. If you love Barbara Michaels, Mary Stewart, Eve Silver, or Antoinette Stockenberg, you'll enjoy this taken on a modern gothic romance.

A small-town summer romance spiced up with moonlit boat rides, handsome neighbors, and a haunted deck of Tarot cards.... Diana Iverson is a sharp, up and coming malpractice attorney with a logical, scientific mind and a handsome fiancé?until the rug is pulled out from under her feet and her life is upended. When her crazy Aunt Belinda dies, leaving her a big old house in Maine along with a box of Tarot cards, Diana takes the opportunity for a summer get-away away from the rat-race of Boston and the painful memories there. She doesn?t expect to meet up with Ethan Tannock, the handsome neighbor next door who seems to be some sort of eccentric ghost-buster?along with his big, black Labrador Retriever. But when the old house becomes the scene of vandalism and a number of break-ins, and it begins to appear as if Aunt Belinda?s death was not as it seemed, Diana finds that life isn?t always black and white and filled with logic. And then there are Aunt Belinda?s Tarot cards...which seem to b

Romantic suspense with a twist of the supernatural.... New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Colleen Gleason's Contemporary Gothic Romance Series is filled with mystery, suspense, humor, no-nonsense heroines...and very sexy men. "Saucy, sexy, and suspenseful. A must-read!" --Liliana Hart on The Shop of Shades and Secrets "Like Nancy Drew for grown-ups!" -- New York Times bestselling author Mara Jacobs Leslie van Dorn needs to make a major life change--getting away from the dog-eat-dog corporate world, as well as a personal loss, so she buys a large turn-of-the-century home in order to turn it into an inn. She doesn't care about the rumors that it's haunted--she just wants a new life. And she sure wouldn't mind finding the missing gems that belonged to Red Eye Sal, a bootlegger who used to live in the house. Blacksmith Declan Zyler, who has more work than he can handle working on historical restorations, has suddenly acquired a fifteen-year-old daughter he never knew he had. This turns his life upside down when he decides to take on the role of single father. When Leslie hires Declan to restore the iron staircase in her inn, neither of them realize they are disturbing a spirit from days gone by...and until they determine how to put that ghost to rest, neither Leslie nor Declan will be able to move on with their lives. Set in a small, touristy town filled with quirky characters, The Gems of Vice and Greed is a fun, fast-paced, sweet, sexy and spooky story for readers who love Nancy Drew, Barbara Michaels, or any intriguing mystery.