50 Books like Damnation

Magic Lessons

by Alice Hoffman • 2020

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

4.22

70k+

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Magic Lessons 93%

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

by Alice Hoffman 2020

4.22

70k+ ratings

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Innamorata

by Ava Reid • 2026

A silent woman trained in resurrection must help her cousin marry the prince she loves.

3.56

5k+

🖤 Gothic Romance ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👑 Political Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Silent Protagonist

Innamorata 92%

A silent woman trained in resurrection must help her cousin marry the prince she loves.

by Ava Reid 2026

3.56

5k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👑 Political Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Silent Protagonist

The Midnight Witch

by Paula Brackston • 2014

A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.

3.57

7k+

🦴 Necromancy 🎩 Edwardian London 🌙 Coven Politics 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💕 Witch Romance

The Midnight Witch 92%

A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.

by Paula Brackston 2014

3.57

7k+ ratings

🦴 Necromancy 🎩 Edwardian London 🌙 Coven Politics 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💕 Witch Romance

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

38k+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Heretic's Daughter 92%

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

by Kathleen Kent 2008

3.79

38k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

Hollow Heathens

by Nicole Fiorina • 2020

Returning to a witch town, a ghost-seer falls for the masked, cursed leader of a rival coven.

3.88

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Small Town 🧙 Witch Covens 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Masked Love Interest 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Hollow Heathens 92%

Returning to a witch town, a ghost-seer falls for the masked, cursed leader of a rival coven.

by Nicole Fiorina 2020

3.88

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Small Town 🧙 Witch Covens 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Masked Love Interest 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

The Silver Swan

by Amo Jones • 2017

Her new prep school is a hunting ground, and a secret society has marked her.

3.82

27k+

🕯️ Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🏫 Dark Boarding School

The Silver Swan 92%

Her new prep school is a hunting ground, and a secret society has marked her.

by Amo Jones 2017

3.82

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🏫 Dark Boarding School

The Last Witch

by C.J. Cooke • 2025

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

The Last Witch 92%

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

by C.J. Cooke 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas • 2025

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

3.86

18k+

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

The Possession of Alba Díaz 92%

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

by Isabel Cañas 2025

3.86

18k+ ratings

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

El vals de la bruja

by Belén Martínez Sánchez • 2021

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

4.21

9k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

El vals de la bruja 92%

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

by Belén Martínez Sánchez 2021

4.21

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall Summary

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall 92%

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

Slewfoot

by Brom • 2021

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

4.20

112k+

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

Slewfoot 92%

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1958

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

4.03

161k+

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Found Family 👀 Small Town Fear

The Witch of Blackbird Pond 92%

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1958

4.03

161k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Found Family 👀 Small Town Fear

Deceit

by Katelyn Taylor • 2024

An arranged marriage delivers her to a Salem university: a secret society and four men await.

4.00

21k+

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏛️ Dark Academia 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🖤 Found Family

Deceit 91%

An arranged marriage delivers her to a Salem university: a secret society and four men await.

by Katelyn Taylor 2024

4.00

21k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏛️ Dark Academia 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🖤 Found Family

The Bone Witch

by Rin Chupeco • 2017

Raising her brother from the dead exiles a girl into a glittering sisterhood of dark magic.

3.68

52k+

🦴 Necromantic Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚠️ Corrupted Magic System 🏯 Asian Fantasy World 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Bone Witch 91%

Raising her brother from the dead exiles a girl into a glittering sisterhood of dark magic.

by Rin Chupeco 2017

3.68

52k+ ratings

🦴 Necromantic Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚠️ Corrupted Magic System 🏯 Asian Fantasy World 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

Witches

by Tiffany Calligaris • 2015

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

3.64

1k+

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

Witches 91%

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

by Tiffany Calligaris 2015

3.64

1k+ ratings

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

Heartless Hunter

by Kristen Ciccarelli • 2024

A secret witch risks everything by getting close to the hunter who wants her dead.

4.16

436k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Witch Hunt 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Morally Gray Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

Heartless Hunter 91%

A secret witch risks everything by getting close to the hunter who wants her dead.

by Kristen Ciccarelli 2024

4.16

436k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Witch Hunt 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Morally Gray Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Beautiful Creatures 91%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

A Land So Wide

by Erin A. Craig • 2025

To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.

3.57

5k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🌾 Folk Horror 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🦴 Supernatural Transformation 💔 Forbidden Romance

A Land So Wide 91%

To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.

by Erin A. Craig 2025

3.57

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🌾 Folk Horror 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🦴 Supernatural Transformation 💔 Forbidden Romance

Deliverance

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

Two hostile stepsisters ignite a forbidden affair within Salem's oldest secret society.

4.09

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Secret Society 💔 Forbidden Love 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Salem Gothic

Deliverance 91%

Two hostile stepsisters ignite a forbidden affair within Salem's oldest secret society.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025

4.09

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Secret Society 💔 Forbidden Love 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Salem Gothic

Blackthorn

by J.T. Geissinger • 2025

A witch returns for a funeral. The body vanishes, and only her cursed ex-lover can help.

3.79

19k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Manor Romance 🔮 Witch Family Saga 🌫️ Eerie Small Town

Blackthorn 91%

A witch returns for a funeral. The body vanishes, and only her cursed ex-lover can help.

by J.T. Geissinger 2025

3.79

19k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Manor Romance 🔮 Witch Family Saga 🌫️ Eerie Small Town

Chime

by Franny Billingsley • 2011

She believes she is a witch who destroyed her twin. The swamp knows a darker truth.

3.62

13k+

🐊 Swamp Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Witch Trial Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Chime 91%

She believes she is a witch who destroyed her twin. The swamp knows a darker truth.

by Franny Billingsley 2011

3.62

13k+ ratings

🐊 Swamp Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Witch Trial Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Small Town, Big Magic

by Hazel Beck • 2022

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

3.32

17k+

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🧹 Found Family Coven

Small Town, Big Magic 91%

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

by Hazel Beck 2022

3.32

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🧹 Found Family Coven

The Witch's Daughter

by Paula Brackston • 2008

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

3.66

44k+

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic 💫 Mother Daughter Bond 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Witch's Daughter 91%

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

by Paula Brackston 2008

3.66

44k+ ratings

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic 💫 Mother Daughter Bond 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Witch Haven

by Sasha Peyton Smith • 2021

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

3.62

14k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

The Witch Haven 91%

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

by Sasha Peyton Smith 2021

3.62

14k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

Song of the Hell Witch

by Taylor Hartley • 2025

A duchess's forbidden magic kills her husband; she flees with the thief she left behind.

3.71

855

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Second Chance Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Forbidden Magic ✊ Feminist Rage

Song of the Hell Witch 91%

A duchess's forbidden magic kills her husband; she flees with the thief she left behind.

by Taylor Hartley 2025

3.71

855 ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Second Chance Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Forbidden Magic ✊ Feminist Rage

The Knowing Witch

by M.M. Parks • 2025

Daemons kidnap a witch on Samhain. She knows their leader: he was her first love.

3.92

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⛓️ Captor Romance

The Knowing Witch 91%

Daemons kidnap a witch on Samhain. She knows their leader: he was her first love.

by M.M. Parks 2025

3.92

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⛓️ Captor Romance

The Bell Witches

by Lindsey Kelk • 2024

Her father dead, she inherits a Savannah mansion, a witch's legacy, and a werewolf's heart.

3.58

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📜 Generational Magic 🧙 Witch Ancestry 💫 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Powers

The Bell Witches 91%

Her father dead, she inherits a Savannah mansion, a witch's legacy, and a werewolf's heart.

by Lindsey Kelk 2024

3.58

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📜 Generational Magic 🧙 Witch Ancestry 💫 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Powers

A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray • 2003

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

3.80

226k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Great and Terrible Beauty 91%

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

by Libba Bray 2003

3.80

226k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Dark and Secret Magic

by Wallis Kinney • 2024

A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.

3.88

14k+

🔮 Gothic Witch Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 📖 Magical Inheritance 🏡 Found Family

A Dark and Secret Magic 91%

A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.

by Wallis Kinney 2024

3.88

14k+ ratings

🔮 Gothic Witch Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 📖 Magical Inheritance 🏡 Found Family

One Last Rainy Day

by Kate Stewart • 2023

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

4.53

55k+

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

One Last Rainy Day 91%

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

by Kate Stewart 2023

4.53

55k+ ratings

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

The Amalfi Curse

by Sarah Penner • 2025

Sea witches guarded a village. Centuries later, an archaeologist discovers their magic never died.

3.81

59k+

🌊 Sea Witch Coven ⏳ Dual Timeline 👩‍👩‍👧 Generational Legacy 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Atmospheric Coastal

The Amalfi Curse 91%

Sea witches guarded a village. Centuries later, an archaeologist discovers their magic never died.

by Sarah Penner 2025

3.81

59k+ ratings

🌊 Sea Witch Coven ⏳ Dual Timeline 👩‍👩‍👧 Generational Legacy 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Atmospheric Coastal

A Discovery of Witches

by Deborah Harkness • 2011

A reluctant witch opens a hidden manuscript and meets an ancient vampire. Their bond is forbidden.

4.02

562k+

📖 Academic Fantasy 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💫 Fated Mates 🧛 Vampire Protector ⚖️ Supernatural Politics

A Discovery of Witches 91%

A reluctant witch opens a hidden manuscript and meets an ancient vampire. Their bond is forbidden.

by Deborah Harkness 2011

4.02

562k+ ratings

📖 Academic Fantasy 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💫 Fated Mates 🧛 Vampire Protector ⚖️ Supernatural Politics

The Last Witch

by M.J. Lawrie • 2019

Imprisoned for two years, a witch is freed by a coven that intends to weaponize her power.

3.99

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🧙 Witch Coven 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

The Last Witch 91%

Imprisoned for two years, a witch is freed by a coven that intends to weaponize her power.

by M.J. Lawrie 2019

3.99

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🧙 Witch Coven 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

Weyward

by Emilia Hart • 2023

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

4.05

415k+

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Weyward 91%

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

by Emilia Hart 2023

4.05

415k+ ratings

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Salt & Broom

by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2023

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

4.10

19k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🔮 Ancestral Curse 👻 Haunted Estate

Salt & Broom 90%

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2023

4.10

19k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🔮 Ancestral Curse 👻 Haunted Estate

Master of Salt & Bones

by Keri Lake • 2020

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

3.90

40k+

🖤 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 💫 Age Gap

Master of Salt & Bones 90%

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

by Keri Lake 2020

3.90

40k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 💫 Age Gap

Dunmoor

by London Clarke • 2021

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

4.00

252

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse ⚜️ Secret Society 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

Dunmoor 90%

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

by London Clarke 2021

4.00

252 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse ⚜️ Secret Society 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

Bone of My Bone

by Johanna van Veen • 2026

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

3.81

2k+

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Bone of My Bone 90%

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

by Johanna van Veen 2026

3.81

2k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Silk & Iron

by Alexis Calder • 2026

Impersonating a dead princess, a rebel enters a gothic court where her jailer becomes her undoing.

4.27

876

🖤 Dark Romantasy 👑 Court Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

Silk & Iron 90%

Impersonating a dead princess, a rebel enters a gothic court where her jailer becomes her undoing.

by Alexis Calder 2026

4.27

876 ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 👑 Court Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

3.45

43k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England 🔗 Wrongful Imprisonment 🏡 Found Family

The House of the Seven Gables 90%

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851

3.45

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England 🔗 Wrongful Imprisonment 🏡 Found Family

The Death-Made Prince

by Lisette Marshall • 2025

A condemned witch bargains with a necromancer prince: free his sister, and he resurrects her lover.

4.29

8k+

💀 Necromancer Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌋 Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Political Intrigue

The Death-Made Prince 90%

A condemned witch bargains with a necromancer prince: free his sister, and he resurrects her lover.

by Lisette Marshall 2025

4.29

8k+ ratings

💀 Necromancer Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌋 Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Political Intrigue

Shadows in the Moonlight

by Santa Montefiore • 2024

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

4.32

5k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

Shadows in the Moonlight 90%

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

by Santa Montefiore 2024

4.32

5k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

The Deathless One

by Emma Hamm • 2025

A murdered princess bargains with a captive god: life for service, revenge for them both.

3.43

5k+

🌑 Dark Romantasy ⛓️ Dark God Romance 🌙 Reluctant Witch 👑 Betrayed Princess 🔗 Magical Bargain

The Deathless One 90%

A murdered princess bargains with a captive god: life for service, revenge for them both.

by Emma Hamm 2025

3.43

5k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Romantasy ⛓️ Dark God Romance 🌙 Reluctant Witch 👑 Betrayed Princess 🔗 Magical Bargain

Daughter of Shades

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2019

Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.

3.88

3k+

🗡️ Demon Hunter 🐺 Inner Beast 👤 Hidden Origins ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers 🌲 Cursed Forest

Daughter of Shades 90%

Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2019

3.88

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Demon Hunter 🐺 Inner Beast 👤 Hidden Origins ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers 🌲 Cursed Forest

The Hounding

by Xenobe Purvis • 2025

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

3.64

24k+

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings 😰 Collective Hysteria 🏚️ Rural Isolation

The Hounding 90%

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

by Xenobe Purvis 2025

3.64

24k+ ratings

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings 😰 Collective Hysteria 🏚️ Rural Isolation

Dynasty

by Sheridan Anne • 2021

Four elite heirs rule the academy. The foster girl fights back. They'll break her if she stays.

4.11

13k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💋 Why Choose 🕵️ Secret Society 🐺 Alpha Males 💰 Class Divide

Dynasty 90%

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