K. J. Taylor

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Escaping a fate worse than death to free his people, the Northerners, who have been enslaved for generations, Arren, promising his allegiance to the Night God, prepares an army in the shadows to destroy his nemesis once and for all. By the author of The Griffin's Flight. Original. 40,000 first printing.

The Griffin's War

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Kara Thomas

Book was read once and is in good condition. It comes with its original dust jacket. Smoke free home.

Please note that books may be shipped using recycled materials so as to be more environmentally friendly. If you have any questions about this book, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

When her father dies, Tessa is pulled back to the small Pennsylvania town where her life came apart when her father was sent to prison, her mother went to pieces, and her beloved older sister ran away, and where her testimony and that of her now-estranged friend Callie sent a serial killer to death row--a serial killer who may be getting a new trial as long buried secrets come to light.

The Darkest Corners

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Barry Lyga

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Goth Girl Rising

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Renee Mallett

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New Hampshire

Wicked New Hampshire

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#hardcover #humor #dark #gnomes #survivalguide 

Missouri

Defend Yourself When the Lawn Warriors Strike (and They Will)

A tongue-in-cheek reference on how to prevent, prepare for, and ward off a home invasion by garden gnomes, citing their growing populations and intrusive presence in pop culture, with case histories of human-versus-gnome clashes.

How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack

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Stephanie Wrobel

Michigan

THE USA TODAY AND EDGAR AWARD NOMINATED BESTSELLER

"If you enjoyed The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, read Darling Rose Gold."--Washington Post

"Sensationally good - two complex characters power the story like a nuclear reaction..."--Lee Child
 
A most anticipated book of 2020 by Newsweek ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Bustle ∙ Shondaland ∙ PopSugar ∙ Woman's Day ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BookRiot ∙ She Reads
 
Mothers never forget. Daughters never forgive.
 
For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold.

Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar.

After serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes.

Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. She says she's forgiven Rose Gold for turning her in and testifying against her. But Rose Gold knows her mother. Patty Watts always settles a score.

Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling...

And she's waited such a long time for her mother to come home.

 "Dazzling, dark and utterly delicious"--J. P. Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before

"One of the most captivating and disturbing thrillers I've read this year. An astonishing debut"--Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife

Darling Rose Gold

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Lemony Snicket

New York

As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.

A Series of Unfortunate Events #5: the Austere Academy

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#paperback #fiction #possessions #dark #ghosts #book2

Lindsay joins forces with former rival, Mandy, to identify who at Marlwood Academy wants them dead, but when ex-boyfriend Riley shows up she must choose whether to escape the curse or team up with a new love to save Marlwood from the evil spirits forever.

The Screaming Season

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V. C. Andrews

Ohio

Hudsons

Will luck finally shine on the newest generation of the Hudson family in this atmospheric novel of tragedy and hope from the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series turned into popular Lifetime movies.

Rain's precious daughter, Summer, is about to turn sixteen. Her future lies wide open before her and she carries her mother's wise advice close to her heart: life is hardship, but above all, life is hope. Like all girls her age, Summer dreams of growing up and making her own life, of falling in love and finding her soul mate.

But a devastating tragedy will force Summer to stare into the cold eyes of adulthood long before she is ready. She will learn very quickly about hardship but what of hope? Is she as strong as her courageous mother? Or will she crumble?

All her life, Summer has lived on the Virginia estate where the Hudson family's secrets have lurked among the shadows for generations. Now it is time for Summer to discover secrets of her own. Some she will keep. Some she will share. Some will force her to flee the only place she has ever called home. And some will haunt her for the rest of her life....

The End of the Rainbow

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From award-winning author Polly Hallcomes a "lyrical debut" (Booklist, Starred Review) and contemporary gothic tale "filled with startling conclusions about the nature of art and love and death" (NYT Book Review).

A modern Gothic tale of a woman obsessed with her lover's taxidermy creatures and haunted by her past.

One stormy Christmas, Scarlett recalls the ebb and flow of a yearlong love affair with Henry, a renowned taxidermist. Obsessed with his taxidermy creatures, she pushes him to outdo his colleague and world-famous rival in a crescendo of species-blending creativity. Scarlett will not be able to avoid a reckoning with her own past as Henry's inventions creep into her own thoughts, dreams, and desires.

Drenched in the torrential rains of the Somerset moorland and the sensual pleasures of the characters, The Taxidermist's Lover lures you ever deeper into Scarlett's delightfully eerie world.

Bram Stoker Award Shortlist for Superior Achievement in a First Novel * IPPY Awards 2021 Gold Medal Winner

 

The Taxidermist's Lover - ARC

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Robin T. Popp

This was from a library sale but the only place it’s stamped is across the top binding

A dreamwalker and a nymph share sexy liaisons at night and by day team up to fight an evil power trying to drain the Immortals of their life magic, in Popp's second contribution to the hit Immortals paranormal series. Original.

The Haunting

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Edna O'Brien

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A novel set in Ireland relates the story of a young girl who becomes pregnant by her father, a situation made worse when it becomes fodder for the mill of church, state, and the town square

Down by the River

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Meghan MacLean Weir

A Novel

[A] novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the emotionally stirring, wildly captivating story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart.

The Book of Essie

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J. R. Johansson

Book and dust jacket in great condition! Mylar on dust jacket. 

North Carolina

Seventeen-year-old Charlotte barely escaped from her abusive parents. Her little brother, Sam, wasn't as lucky. Now she's trying to begin the new life she always dreamed of for them, but never thought she'd have to experience alone. She's hired a techie-genius with a knack for forgery to remove the last ties to her old life. But while she can erase her former identity, she can't rid herself of the memories. And her troubled history won't let her ignore the little girl she sees one day in the park. The girl with the bruises and burn marks.
That's when Charlotte begins to receive the messages. Threatening notes left in her apartment--without a trace of entry. And they're addressed to Piper, her old name. As the messages grow in frequency, she doesn't just need to uncover who is leaving them; she needs to stop whoever it is before anyone else she loves ends up dead.

Cut Me Free

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J. J. A. Harwood

Florida

A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses - a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke.



'Deliciously dark'

Woman Magazine

Once upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid.



Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella's only refuge is in the books she reads by candlelight, secreted away in the library she isn't permitted to enter.



One night, among her beloved books of far-off lands, Ella's wishes are answered. At the stroke of midnight, a fairy godmother makes her an offer that will change her life: seven wishes, hers to make as she pleases. But each wish comes at a price and Ella must decide whether it's one she's willing to pay...



A smouldering, terrifying new spin on Cinderella - perfect for fans of Laura Purcell and Erin Morgenstern.

The Shadow in the Glass

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See pictures for synopsis. New unread, shelf stored 

Mississippi

The Neighbor

Neal Shusterman

Jarrod Shusterman

Texas

"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--

Roxy

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R. A. Salvatore

Preparing to launch an assault on Drizzt Do'Urden and Mithril Hall, Matron Baenre, the head of a powerful ruling house, offsets the balance of the land's magical laws and releases Lloth, the Spider Queen, throwing the dark elf metropolis into chaos. Reprint.

Siege of Darkness

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Bought used - volume 1 of the Shaw Confessions trilogy, the series following the Mara Dyer series.

Minnesota

The Mara Dyer Series

The Becoming of Noah Shaw

Sue Owen

Massachusetts

Poems

In the dark poetry of her newest collection, Sue Owen reflects on the devil’s dreams, the hammering of the last nail in a coffin, and the brilliant death of a shooting star. Owen turns proverbial sayings (in “Getting to the Point,” “Until Hell Freezes Over,” or “If the Other Shoe Drops”) into fully developed parables that examine and elaborate upon the assumptions we all make. This is a cookbook with recipes that instruct, where hell becomes a kitchen of wisdom and insight. The heat in these poems reminds us of the evil in our contemporary lives and challenges us to look straight at it, without fear.

The Devil's Cookbook

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Carole Johnstone

“Dark and devious... Beautifully written and plotted with a watchmaker’s precision.” — Stephen King “A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” —Ruth Ware, author of One by One and The Woman in Cabin 10 With the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room, Mirrorland is a thrilling work of psychological suspense about twin sisters, the man they both love, and the dark childhood they can’t leave behind. Cat lives in Los Angeles, far away from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. As girls, they invented Mirrorland, a dark, imaginary place under the pantry stairs full of pirates, witches, and clowns. These days Cat rarely thinks about their childhood home, or the fact that El now lives there with her husband Ross. But when El mysteriously disappears after going out on her sailboat, Cat is forced to return to 36 Westeryk Road, which has scarcely changed in twenty years. The grand old house is still full of shadowy corners, and at every turn Cat finds herself stumbling on long-held secrets and terrifying ghosts from the past. Because someone—El?—has left Cat clues in almost every room: a treasure hunt that leads right back to Mirrorland, where she knows the truth lies crouched and waiting... A twisty, dark, and brilliantly crafted thriller about love and betrayal, redemption and revenge, Mirrorland is a propulsive, page-turning debut about the power of imagination and the price of freedom.

Mirrorland

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Keith Russell Ablow

Book - VG-has general wear from reading and some knicks/marks/creases.Please refer to provided pictures and Thank you for helping us keep books out of landfills!
Badland Books

Nebraska

Between pleasure and pain, danger and desire, life and death, there is Denial.

Denial

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Tess Gerritsen

Book -VG-has general wear from reading and some knicks/marks/creases.Please refer to provided pictures and Thank you for helping us keep books out of landfills!
Badland Books

Investigating the brutal murder of one nun and the critical injury of another within a cloistered convent, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli stumble upon long-buried secrets that link these horrific crimes.

The Sinner

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Jussi Adler-Olsen

Lisa Hartford

Virginia

A U.S. release of a first installment in a top award-winning Danish series introduces chief detective Carl Morck, who after recovering from what he thought was a career-destroying gunshot wound is relegated to cold cases and becomes immersed in the five-year disappearance of a politician.

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