May 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Aubrey Wants to Die
by Pip Knight
Love is hard. Being undead is harder...
Aubrey is not what she seems. She's young, beautiful, romantic, obsessive and ... a vampire. All she wants is to be human again, and failing that, she wants to die. But the problem is, she can't. Then she meets Jonathan.
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Between Two Fires
by Christopher Buehlman
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. She tells him that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven. And convinces him to shepherd to Avignon, where she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth.
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The Curse of Hester Gardens
by Tamika Thompson
Nona McKinley raised three boys in the impoverished neighborhood of Hester Gardens. Nona has devoted herself to ensuring her children escape. But then, strange things start happening to Nona and other residents.
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The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
ZIna is a fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris who must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mystery…
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The Fox and the Devil
by Kiersten White
Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing—doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to the study of vampires—until the night she finds him murdered. As she hunts for the murderous devil, the less sense the world makes. Maybe her father wasn’t a madman after all...
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Mother is Watching
by Karma Brown
Mathilde "Tilly" Crewson, an art conservator, is tasked with restoring The Mother. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumored fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting holds more than meets the eye.
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Only Spell Deep
by Ava Morgyn
Judeth Cole has always had certain uncanny abilities, but they have only led to tragedy. Years later, Jude finds a group of others with power and learns the source of their magic--an entity, trapped and bound, that they call The Fathom.
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The Quarter Queen
by Kayla Hardy
In 1843 New Orleans, the reigning Voodoo queen is Marie Laveau, feared by her enemies and followers alike. Her daughter, Marie "Ree" Laveau the Second, is everything her principled mother is not. But Ree’s world is turned upside down when she finds Marie comatose in the bayou, cursed by the exiled Voodoo king.
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Spoiled Milk
by Avery Curran
After the mysterious death of a classmate, Emily and her friends turn to spiritualism, hoping for a glimpse of wisdom from the great beyond. To their shock, Violet’s spirit appears. And Violet has a warning for them: the danger has just begun.
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Strange Buildings
by Uketsu
After receiving multiple tips from his devoted readership, a writer fascinated by the occult put together eleven case files, each featuring its very own strange building. Each buildings tells its own chilling story. And each is part of a grander puzzle. Look closely... and you'll see that everything is connected.
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Turn Off the Light
by Jacquie Walters
The Devil enters through doors left open…
Is the house haunted? What compels this lurking darkness? As the danger mounts, Edith and Claire will discover they'll need each other to survive. But they are separated by four hundred years. And time is running out for them both.
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The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts
by Kim Fu
Eleanor impulsively buys a model home in a valley-turned-construction site with a shadowy history. It feels like a fresh start, until the rain comes. As water seeps in through the house’s cracks, the line between what is real and what is not begins to blur.
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You Did Nothing Wrong
by CG Drews
Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale. She has a new husband, a new house, and a new baby on the way. Everything is perfect. Until her son claims he can hear voices in the walls. Even Elodie can’t ignore it ―something strange is going on. The question is, Is it with the house, or with her son?
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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom
by Vincent Tirado
Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family.
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