Frank Carlson Library

When the scandalously independent Isabel Drake refuses to marry the man her parents choose for her, they force her to take lessons on how to become a respectable lady. However, her new tutor makes her feel anything but proper. Although her attraction to Mr. Weston is instantaneous, he resolves to keep her in her place-even as his desires for her become unmistakable. Things are not what they seem at Rothfield Park. With Mr. Weston's arrival, there...

Graeme McCracken, Lord Hamel, is cursed. Loving him is deadly, so he vows never again. Never fall in love, never risk another woman. Then he rescues Felicity Worthington and falls in love with the feisty beauty--but his love is fatal. Now, only God can save her--but will He, when He is the very God who cursed Graeme to begin with? Felicity Worthington is on a mission from God: Kill Graeme McCracken and avenge her friend's death. But the lord of the...

PRELUDE is a novella-length prequel to SONATA - a paranormal gothic romance, an expanded version of the opening chapters. 'Something happened between us as we were playing, I felt it. From him to me, an energy passed back and forth."That was good," Leo whispered to me as I stumbled off the stage, still shaking. "It was kind of incredible. You'll win that scholarship."I could only stare directly ahead and clutch my violin even tighter. If I didn't,...

"Perfect for fans of The Hazel Wood, this genre-bending page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux follows two girls who transport themselves into the world of their favorite book only to encounter the sinister alternate reality that awaits them. No matter how different best friends Adelle and Connie are, one thing they've always had in common is their love of a little-known gothic romance novel called Moira. So when the girls...

There was a question as to whether Attorney Ralph Marchand wanted to defend the woman accused of poisoning her employer because it would mean invaluable publicity for him and help his budding career, because the defendant was a young and beautiful blonde, or because it would atone in some way for the sins of an ancestor of his who had been notorious as a poisoner and who was buried in the family plot in the cemetery. In any case, the defendant's...

"THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, the iconic gothic romance, is retold with all the spectacle its legend demands in this devoted graphic novel adaptation that marries stunning artwork with Gaston Leroux's haunting prose.Everyone has heard the whispered tales of the phantom who lives beneath the opera house, the mysterious trickster behind all the little mishaps and lost things. But no one has ever seen the monster . . . until now. When the promise of blossoming...