9 must-read gothic romance books like Dark Star by Anne Maybury

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Dark Star

By: Anne Maybury

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A small island in the Hebrides, its Gaelic people and its tich local lore serve as the background f…

If you liked the gothic romance plot in Dark Star by Anne Maybury , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Lion Triumphant (Daughters of England, #2) by Philippa Carr

1. The Lion Triumphant (Daughters of England, #2)

By: Philippa Carr

3.77

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Catharine Kingsman The Lion Triumphant follows The Miracle at St Bruno's with Catharine, the daugh… read more

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  • gothic
Cover of Green Darkness (Rediscovered Classics) by Anya Seton

2. Green Darkness (Rediscovered Classics)

By: Anya Seton

3.97

Format: 591 pages, Paperback

This unforgettable story of undying love combines mysticism, suspense, mystery, and romance into a … read more

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  • gothic
"Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded."

-Anya Seton, Green Darkness (Rediscovered Classics)

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3. The Demon Lover

By: Victoria Holt

3.61

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

When Kate Collison, to help her ailing father, completes his portrait of the powerful Baron de Cent… read more

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance
"I often wondered afterwards why we do not have premonitions in life. . . to warn us. . . to guide us. . . But no, the important moments in our life slip by with no special seeming significance."

-Victoria Holt, The Demon Lover

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4. Silversword

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.59

Format: None pages,

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance
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5. The Curse of the Concullens

By: Florence Stevenson

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

The ancient Irish castle was cursed. Would Lucy, the new governess, find love or doom waiting withi… read more

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  • gothic
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6. Thunder Heights

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

4.23

Format: 192 pages,

When Camilla King's grandfather leaves her the family estate in his will, she is shocked. Before he… read more

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance
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7. Window on the Square

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

4.23

Format: 192 pages,

THE SCENE IS NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1870's. A letter summons young Megan Kincaid to the house on Wash… read more

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance
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8. The Stone Bull

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Jenny Vaughn had lived in the shadow of Ariel, a beautiful dancer whose art had become legend. But … read more

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance

9. Rainsong

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Library Binding

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance
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10. Flaming Tree

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A compassionate woman haunted by her past. A mysterious man who leads her to love. And the dangerou… read more

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance
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11. The Ebony Swan

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Susan Prentice has come home to Virgina's eastern shores, to the very spot where her mother fell to… read more

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  • gothic
  • gothic romance

12. Emerald

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Paperback

"Phyllis Whitney is, and always will be, the Grand Master of her craft." Barbara Michaels Carol Ham… read more

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13. Devil's Desire

By: Laurie McBain

3.89

Format: None pages,

IMPETUOUS DESIRE ... SEARING PASSION ... ENDURING LOVE In a rousing, unforgettable saga that sweeps… read more

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14. Iron Butterflies

By: Andre Norton

3.30

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Amelia could never have known that the necklace--the delicate filigree butterflies of dead black ir… read more

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15. Vermilion

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Lindsay received an anonymous and chilling note about her father's sudden death, she went to h… read more

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16. The Silence of Herondale

By: Joan Aiken

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Deborah Lindsay sought peace and security when she accepted the post of governess to a teenage girl… read more

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17. Snowfire

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eager to clear her step-brother of a murder charge, Linda Earle comes to a snow-covered ski resort … read more

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18. The Winter People

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From her first glimpse of Glen Chandler, young Dina Blake was enchanted. Their courtship was swift,… read more

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19. Sing Witch, Sing Death

By: Roberta Gellis

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Lady Pamela was much too forthright to harbor illicit designs on the brooding master of Tremaire. S… read more

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20. Silverhill

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the day Malinda Rice first comes to Silverhill -- her mother's home -- her hope turns to fear.… read more

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21. Listen for the Whisperer

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.33

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

Leigh Hollins was determined to find her mother--the famous Hollywood actress Laura Worth. She foun… read more

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22. Hunter's Green

By: Phyllis A. Whitney

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The nightmare was one from which I could not waken. I was caught upon a chessboard, a helpless paw… read more

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23. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

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24. Hide

By: Kiersten White

3.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught. The priz… read more

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"What a generation long before her summoned and paid for, and what subsequent generations decided to make others pay for. Trickle-down economics. They got the economy, and the blood trickled down the …"

-Kiersten White, Hide

"Mack looks back at the maze that housed a monster that fed in youth and hope and stalled dreams. That ground up vulnerable people so the ones in power could keep their power, could keep their safety,…"

-Kiersten White, Hide

"So now she's seen it. She [Mack] knows what's out there. It doesn't make any more sense than it did before, but at least she can move from horror, the fear of the unknown, and into terror, the fear o…"

-Kiersten White, Hide

"He doesn't love you," she said matter-of-factly. "He didn't love your mother, either, and I don't want you to spend your whole life waiting for something he can't give. Men like that, people are thin…"

-Kiersten White, Hide

Cover of How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

25. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

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"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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26. The Secret Room of Morgate House

By: Elissa Grandower

3.77

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

A young seamstress is lured to the home of her uncle and his family after her mother dies and finds… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Grandower's The Secret Room of Morgate House book and Anne Maybury's Dark Star

  • gothic
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27. Night of Clear Choice

By: Doris Miles Disney

3.58

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

For fifteen years the Talbots seek their kidnapped daughter Anne until a deathbed confession leads … read more

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Cover of Dark Star by Anne Maybury

28. Dark Star

By: Anne Maybury

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A small island in the Hebrides, its Gaelic people and its tich local lore serve as the background f… read more

Similar categories in Anne Maybury's Dark Star book and Anne Maybury's Dark Star

  • gothic
  • gothic romance
  • scotland

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