Hi there. I love gothic romance novels-especially the dusty ones you find buried on public library shelves. I also pick them up at book sales and thrift stores. I adore the cover art in all their ghostly watercolor splendor. I am an insatiable reader of many different genres, but recently I decided to focus mainly on gothic romances. I love the escape they offer from my daily life as a wife and mother of two young kids. I love to imagine myself in all those exotic locations and in those dark and mysterious manors and castles. My first gothic romance love was Mary Stewart, and I will always remember picking up Nine Coaches Waiting in high school. From that moment on I was hooked!
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Obsessachick

Hi Obsessa,

I am so glad that there are still readers out there, who love the old Gothics. Since I have not been able to find them anymore, I decided I needed to write them. I have been writing over eight years now, and I am currently working on my second Gothic novel, titled, 'Veil of Secrets'. I am almost finished with it. I began reading Gothic's when I was young and was hooked from the start. I love Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Daniels, Victoria Holt, Barbara Micheals, and Mary Stewart, as well as many other Gothic Romantic Suspense authors. They are the ones I pattern my work after. I also love the cover art. I think it sets the stage for the story, if it is done well. I love pictures of dark dreary castles and the main character shown in peril. I really dont care for the bodice ripper covers, they just don't appeal to me. But then again, I am an old fashioned ghoul. ;-}

Happy Haunting!

Lin~
Gothic Author

I have been writing over eight years now, and I am currently working on my second Gothic novel, titled, 'Veil of Secrets'.
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What was your first novel? Where can we find it?

What was your first novel? Where can we find it?
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Dark Secrets of Cedar Hall. You can find it on Amazon.

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I love all gothics but am particularly interested in mysteries. In the 70s and 80s I read Stewart, Holt, Daniels, Michaels, Coffman, Eden, and a host of others.
At the moment I am reading the old gothics from the 1800s and listening to them on audiobook when I can find used ones. At the moment I am listening to Rebecca though I read it years ago.
Victorian mysteries are a great favorite of mine as well. I'm currently writing a Victorian Gothic Mystery which is requiring a good bit of research but it sure is fun.
I have been enjoying posts on the forum.
Pennsyginny