6 must-read gothic books like The Companion by Kim Taylor Blakemore

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The Companion

By: Kim Taylor Blakemore

3.66

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

They say she’s a murderess. She claims she’s innocent. But Lucy has been known to tell lies… 185…

If you liked the gothic plot in The Companion by Kim Taylor Blakemore , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Daughters of Block Island

By: Christa Carmen

3.82

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

In this ingenious and subversive twist on the classic gothic novel, the mysterious past of an islan… read more

Similar categories in Christa Carmen's The Daughters of Block Island book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
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2. The Parlour Game: A Victorian Ghost Story (The Corvidae Hauntings)

By: Jennifer Renshaw

3.90

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

DEATH IS ONLY THE BEGINNING... a gothic tale for fans of The Clockwork Girl and The Shape of Darkne… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Renshaw's The Parlour Game: A Victorian Ghost Story (The Corvidae Hauntings) book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"Sometimes a lie is nothing but a delicate veil masking the ugliness of the truth – they do not last for long."

-Jennifer Renshaw, The Parlour Game: A Victorian Ghost Story (The Corvidae Hauntings)

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3. A Scattered Life

By: Karen McQuestion

3.67

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

When free-spirited Skyla marries proper and predictable Thomas Plinka, she finally finds the love a… read more

Similar categories in Karen McQuestion's A Scattered Life book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • fiction
"Most people have everything they need to be happy."

-Karen McQuestion, A Scattered Life

"It's good to plan, but don't let the planning take the place of doing."

-Karen McQuestion, A Scattered Life

"In as much time as it takes to smoke a cigarette, a person's life was changed forever."

-Karen McQuestion, A Scattered Life

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4. A House of Bells

By: J.T. Croft

3.85

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman haunted by fate, a child silenced by fear, and a house full of secrets and bells. 1918. … read more

Similar categories in J.T. Croft's A House of Bells book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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5. Boundary Haunted (Boundary Magic, #5)

By: Melissa F. Olson

4.49

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Months after her battles in Wyoming, Allison “Lex” Luther is still struggling with the aftereffects… read more

Similar categories in Melissa F. Olson's Boundary Haunted (Boundary Magic, #5) book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • fiction
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6. Bone Music (Burning Girl, #1)

By: Christopher Rice

3.88

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

An Amazon Charts bestseller. There’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge… Charlotte … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Rice's Bone Music (Burning Girl, #1) book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"You can leave. You just don't want to. And the more you give in to that urge, the more you'll come to believe the lies you're telling yourself about what you are and aren't capable of."

-Christopher Rice, Bone Music (Burning Girl, #1)

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7. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

Similar categories in Kate Braithwaite's The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Resort

By: Sarah Goodwin

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mila is on her way to sister’s wedding at a beautiful mountaintop retreat with her husband Ethan. … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Goodwin's The Resort book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. The Arsenic Eater's Wife

By: Tonya Mitchell

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historica… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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10. The Quickening

By: Rhiannon Ward

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feminist gothic fiction set between the late 19th century and the early 20th century - an era of bu… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Ward's The Quickening book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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11. Everything You Are

By: Kerry Anne King

3.99

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes a haunting and lyrical novel about the promise… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Anne King's Everything You Are book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • fiction
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12. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Clockwork Girl book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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13. The Last Secret of Lily Adams

By: Sara Blaydes

4.36

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

The death of a legendary actress reveals a wealth of Hollywood secrets in a breathtaking novel abou… read more

Similar categories in Sara Blaydes's The Last Secret of Lily Adams book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) by Irina Shapiro

14. Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be l… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • historical
  • crime
  • historical fiction
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15. The Other Girl

By: C.D. Major

3.85

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

They thought she was insane. But what if she was telling the truth? 1942, New Zealand. Edith’s bee… read more

Similar categories in C.D. Major's The Other Girl book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. This Fearful Thing

By: L.M. West

4.33

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Southwold, Suffolk, 1645. Ann has fled from her past but when her childhood tormentor finds her in … read more

Similar categories in L.M. West's This Fearful Thing book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • fiction
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17. The Photographer

By: E.S. Blake

4.08

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

When tragedy strikes, photographer Charles Franklin turns his back on family portraiture and descen… read more

Similar categories in E.S. Blake's The Photographer book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Companion by Kim Taylor Blakemore

18. The Companion

By: Kim Taylor Blakemore

3.66

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

They say she’s a murderess. She claims she’s innocent. But Lucy has been known to tell lies… 185… read more

Similar categories in Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • drama
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19. We Three

By: L.M. West

4.42

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

The warning was there. But they did not heed it. Dunwich, Suffolk, 1615. T he Kings Players are per… read more

Similar categories in L.M. West's We Three book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • historical fiction
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20. Lights on the Sea

By: Miquel Reina

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

On the highest point of an island, in a house clinging to the edge of a cliff, live Mary Rose and H… read more

Similar categories in Miquel Reina's Lights on the Sea book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • fiction
"Bitterness and blame only imprison us and prevent us from moving forward."

-Miquel Reina, Lights on the Sea

"El reproche y la culpa solo sirven para aprisionarnos y para no dejarnos avanzar."

-Miquel Reina, Lights on the Sea

"There is nothing we can do about death. It’s out of our control. As long as we are alive, the only thing we can do is live."

-Miquel Reina, Lights on the Sea

"Ante la muerte no hay nada que podamos hacer, es algo que está fuera de nuestro alcance. Mientras seguimos vivos lo único que podemos hacer es vivir."

-Miquel Reina, Lights on the Sea

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21. Little Girls Tell Tales

By: Rachel Bennett

3.50

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Some of the boggy ponds were so deep that if a girl stepped into one it would swallow her forever… … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Bennett's Little Girls Tell Tales book and Kim Taylor Blakemore's The Companion

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

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The Daughters of Block Island

Christa Carmen

3.82

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Jennifer Renshaw

3.90

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A Scattered Life

Karen McQuestion

3.67

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A House of Bells

J.T. Croft

3.85

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Anne Frasier

4.36

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The Night is Deep (Liam Dempsey, #2)

Joe Hart

4.31

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Sarah Moriarty

3.29

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Truly Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 4)

Anne Frasier

3.94

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