18 books like Red Lily

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The House of Seven Gables Readalong Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1851 · ★ 3.5 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Challenging In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation -- or its… Shares: Haunted houses in fiction, Haunted houses, Ghosts

Take Your Pick of Haunted Places G. G. Lake · 2017 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Prepare to be scared as you choose between some of the scariest places on Earth. Fun facts willl keep kids scared, interested—and grossed out! Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

Lisey's Story Stephen King · 2006 · ★ 3.7 · 608p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Two years after her husband's death, Lisey Landon decides it's time to go through his office to clear out his papers. Scott Landon was a bestselling novelist and Lisey has been besieged by people wanting to buy any of his unpublished work but she is determined not to let that happen. As she begins the process of cleaning, she is contacted by an unsavory character who claims that if she does not… Shares: Widows in fiction, Widows, Ghost Stories

Wicked Widow Jayne Ann Krentz · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Madeline Deveridge is all too aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But Madeline has a far more pressing problem than being called the Wicked Widow. She fears that she and her beloved aunt are being haunted! Shares: Widows in fiction, Widows, Romance

Byways of ghost-land Elliott O'Donnell · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts

Ghosts of Niagara-on-the-Lake Maria Da Silva · 2009 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A new, expanded edition detailing Niagara-on-the-Lake’s ghostly inhabitants. Long-dead British soldiers, grieving lovers, lingering spirits — Niagara-on-the-Lake’s long and colourful history is kept alive by ghosts of its past. Through historical investigation and eyewitness accounts, Andrew Hind and Maria Da Silva share over two dozen ghostly tales: a murdered British officer haunts the Olde… Shares: Haunted places, Ghost Stories, Ghosts

A Widow for One Year John Irving · 1998 · ★ 3.8 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate “One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole woke to the sound of lovemaking—it was coming from her parents’ bedroom.” This sentence opens John Irving’s ninth novel, A Widow for One Year, a story of a family marked by tragedy. Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character—a “difficult” woman. By no means is she conventionally “nice,” but… Shares: Widows in fiction, Widows, Romance

The Haunted House Charles Dickens · 1859 · ★ 3.1 The drama begins with a Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat that's rumored to be haunted. There, Dickens and his friends, including acclaimed authors Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, take on the task of finding evidence of a supernatural presence in the house. When they reconvene at a Twelfth Night feast to review their findings, what will their stories reveal? Shares: Haunted houses, Ghost Stories

Sweet forever Ramona K. Cecil · 2008 · ★ 3.0 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A riverboat explosion offers a welcome escape. A notorious riverboat gambler killed Rosaleen Archer's husband and Has taken her captive, forcing her to do unspeakable things. Convinced God hates her, Rosaleen looks to luck for help as she attempts to escape when the riverboat explodes. She awakens in the arms of a stranger who carries her from the riverbank to a new life and a fresh start,… Shares: Widows, Romance

Ghosts I've Met Hans Holzer · 1965 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares: Haunted places, Ghosts

Black Rose Nora Roberts · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Three women meet at a crossroads in their lives, each searching for new ways to grow-and find in each other the courage to take chances and embrace the future. Roz is a woman of independent means who thought love was behind her, but when romance takes her by surprise, she won't allow anything to keep her from her second chance at happiness. A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the… Shares: Widows, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Romance

Perron Family Haunting Ebony Joy Wilkins · 2019 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate The Perron family received this advice from the previous homeowner of their Rhode Island farmhouse: "For the sake of your family, leave the lights on at night!" A ghostly witch named Bathsheba led the haunting of the Perron family, physically and psychologically tormenting them. This legendary ghost story eventually became the subject of the movie The Conjuring, and continued to haunt the Perron… Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

Ghosts in Amityville Jack DeMolay · 2006 Tells, in graphic novel format, the strange, ghostly happening in the Lutz home in Amityville, N.Y. Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

The American Henry James · 1877 · ★ 3.7 · 473p · ≈ 15h · Challenging A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others. Shares: Widows in fiction, Widows

The Ghosts Of Belcourt Castle Harle H. Tinney · 2010 There’s hardly a room in Belcourt Castle that is specter free. In The Ghosts of Belcourt Castle, author Harle Tinney shares over twenty paranormal experiences at Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island. This sixty-room mansion was completed in 1894, but it stood empty for many years until Donald Tinney and his family purchased it in 1956.Accompanied by photographs, The Ghosts of Belcourt Castle,… Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

The Clock Tower Ghost (Faber Children's Classics) Gene Kemp · 1981 · 89p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Awful Amanda, a mean, spiteful, greedy bully, finds herself living in a clock tower that is haunted by the ghost of a proud, rich man with a strangely familiar face. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts

Bumps in the night Harry Allard · 1979 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When he discovers his house is haunted, Dudley Stork enlists the help of his friends to find out what is causing the spooky noises. Shares: Ghost Stories, Ghosts

Lost in the Light Mary Castillo · 2012 NO ONE REMEMBERS… One October morning in 1932, Vicente Sorolla entered the white house on the hill and was never seen again. Now, Detective Dori Orihuela helplessly witnesses his brutal murder in her nightmares. Settling into a 120 year-old Edwardian mansion, Dori restores her dream home while recovering from a bullet wound and waiting to go back on duty. But then one afternoon, Vicente… Shares: Haunted houses, Ghosts

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