A suspense novel of family secrets, ancient darkness, and the price of survival.When Ava Dalton inherits her uncle Elias’s long-forgotten Victorian estate on Blackthorn Hill, she expects dust and decay—not a chilling warning:“Do not open the door at the end of the hall.”But something inside the house is already waking.As she explores the darkened halls, Ava encounters Noah Reeve, a soft-spoken historian with haunted eyes and a disturbing connection to her family’s past. Years ago, Noah was brought to this house by Elias himself. He was meant to be a sacrifice—but lived to remember what the door took.Together, Ava and Noah uncover the truth: the Dalton bloodline was never chosen to own the house—they were cursed to bind what lies beneath it.Each generation, one Dalton is called to become the Keeper. One to carry the burden. One to feed the door… or seal it forever.But the door is opening again—and it knows Ava’s name.As the house twists reality and tests their trust, Ava must choose: let the evil escape, or give up everything to silence it. Because the door doesn't want freedom.It wants a soul.

He made her believe in love.He made her believe in forever.But everything he gave her…was nothing but a lie.Sera Wynter, a fiercely independent travel writer, never thought she’d fall for a stranger—especially not while wandering the misty alleys of Venice. But when she meets the charming and mysterious Riven Maddox, their whirlwind romance is like something out of a novel: passionate, spontaneous, intoxicating.Then, one morning, Riven vanishes. No note. No goodbye. No trace he ever existed.Shattered and confused, Sera returns home, determined to move on. But something doesn’t sit right. The man she fell in love with wasn’t just a traveler—he was a ghost in a well-woven web of lies. And she wasn’t the only one he deceived.As she digs deeper into his past, Sera discovers dark secrets, stolen identities, and a chilling truth: Riven wasn’t acting alone. Someone she knows—someone close—wanted her broken.Now, love turns to obsession, and the hunt for answers pulls Sera into a dangerous game of deception where nothing is what it seems… and trusting the wrong person could cost her everything.

📖 Painted in BloodBy Afshan TabassumGenre: Gothic Mystery • Romantic Thriller • Psychological Suspense> She came searching for the truth. She found a killer—and a love that could destroy them both.When journalist Elara Quinn returns to her eerie hometown of Gravemoor after a decade away, she brings with her nothing but suspicion, grief, and a letter—allegedly from her dead brother. A letter that warns of a new wave of murders.Victims are turning up with black roses on their chests and red ribbons tied around their wrists. Each death has already been captured—hauntingly and precisely—in the paintings of a reclusive artist named Damien Crowe, who claims he dreams of the murders before they happen.As Elara digs deeper into the mystery, she’s drawn to Damien’s darkness and tormented beauty, even as local detective Julian Drake warns her to stay away. But when secrets buried for years begin to surface, Elara must confront a terrifying truth:One of these men is a murderer.One of them will save her.And one will break her heart.In a town where nothing stays dead and love is laced with blood, Elara must race against time before she becomes the next painting in crimson.