Top new horror books out this week: 4 Dec - 10 Dec 2022
Last updated:
December 10, 2022
This week featuring new releases by Freida McFadden, Dean Koontz, Craig Alanson, R.C. Bray, Drew Hayes, Rebecca Ross, Ella Fields, Kelly Parra, Scott Cawthon, Kaz Hunter, James A. Hunter, Becky Moynihan and many more.
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The Gift by Freida McFadden
It’s Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke.She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can’t even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers Stella an intriguing trade.Stella wants more than anything to buy her husband the Christmas gift of his dreams...audiobook · fiction · thriller · suspense · horror · psychological · season-winter · contemporary · dark · holidays -
Strange Highways and Other Stories by Dean Koontz
14 classic Dean Koontz short stories. One chilling collection.In "Strange Highways," a floundering alcoholic gets a mysterious second chance to relive the night his life began its downward spiral 20 years ago. But on this dark journey, he’ll be supremely tested by conflict with his successful, charismatic older brother, his loss of faith, and the clash between good and the ultimate evil... -
Failure Mode by Craig Alanson, R.C. Bray
When a mission ends in disaster and there is no way to achieve the objective, no way to regroup and try again, no plan B, no hope, all you can do is fall back into FAILURE MODE: try to salvage what you can.If it is even possible to save anything. Or anyone.The galaxy is doomed... -
Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes
Much like accountants, fey never forget a debt.Just as Fred is settling down in his new abode, he receives word that a favor is being called in, one he promised to a dangerously powerful member of otherworldly royalty. Bracing danger, adventure, and unknown threats, Fred is instead asked to take on an entirely different role than anticipated...romance · fantasy · urban-fantasy · vampires · fiction · humor · audiobook · paranormal · magic · fae -
A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
In the stunning conclusion to the Elements of Cadence duology, A Fire Endless finds the delicate balance between the human and faerie realm threatened by Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, whose defeat can only come through fire, song, and heart-rending sacrifice.East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines...adult · book · dark · fiction · high-fantasy · horror · mystery · myths · retellings · romantic-love -
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The Wolf and the Wildflower by Ella Fields
A standalone fantasy romance about the healing yet deadly power of fate and love.When I was young, I was told that my true love would be a faerie king. I didn’t heed the warning.I tumbled into love as soon as our eyes first met, unaware that he wasn’t what he seemed.My king wanted marriage, power, devotion, and a family...adult · alpha-mc · betrayal · book · cheating · dark · domestic-drama · enemies-to-lovers · epic · fae -
Somniphobia: An AFK Book by Kelly Parra, Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener
Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest FNAF player… What are you running from? . . . Sam is afraid of just about anything and everything that’s unhealthy ever since his father died . . . Something about the Springtrap costume in the roleplaying area of Freddy Fazbears Mega Pizzaplex chills Luca to the core . . -
System Reborn Vol 2 by Kaz Hunter
System Reborn: A LitRPG AdventureTen years ago, deep within a rift, a choice was madeSloan chose an ending.He was killed because of it.By heroes who craved power.So called heroes betrayed the world.Now he’s back.Reborn. Reincarnated in a world where his once companions rule.But they won't forever.He's regaining his strength, building up power, one rift at a time... -
Vigil's Justice by James A. Hunter
Magic weapons. Deadly monsters. Epic quests. All just another day in the life of a Vigil.Boyd Knight found his calling when he joined the Marines and qualified for the elite Force Recon. He’d found a tribe and a family, so when a hand grenade landed near his team, he jumped on it without thought or regret...europe · scandinavia · fantasy · magic · litrpg · audiobook · gods · demons · mystery · urban-fantasy -
Sun Touched by Becky Moynihan
A little sun never hurt anyone . . . unless you’re me.Ever since I was turned into a vampire, my private investigator job has been my life. Then my sire, Kade Carmichael, crashes back into it. I try to shake him, but he has other plans. When I’m asked to investigate a homicide case, Kade manages to make himself my partner...fantasy · paranormal · vampires · new-adult · young-adult · monsters · urban-fantasy · dark · found-family · shapeshifters -
House of Pain by Karolina Wilde
During this year's Game, hearts would break.Gothic Harry Potter meets Gossip Girl, House of Pain is the first book in a dark fantasy romance trilogy set in the magical world of Inathis, where the witches are beautiful just as much as they're wicked.Alecto Black has spent her whole life in Inathis, yet she never quite fit in being the half-witch amongst the purebloods...adult · alpha-mc · book · contemporary · dark · dark-academia · enemies-to-lovers · female-mc · fiction · found-family -
Monsters: We’re All a Little Different by Glenn Rolfe, Nick Kolakowski, Tom Deady
Monsters and monster-killers come in all shapes and sizes in this collection of three horror novellas by Glenn Rolfe, Tom Deady, and Nick Kolakowski.IT CAME FROM THE LAKE by Glenn Rolfe: Owens Lake is protected by a reclusive war vet by the name of Francis Owens, but this man is not the only threat around... -
A Kingdom of Frost and Fear by Whitney Dean
After years of wondering where she came from and what her story was, Raven received the answers she had been craving: she has a family and is the true heir to the throne of Seolia. But the answers she so hopelessly sought only bred more questions...adult · book · dark · dark-fantasy · enemies-to-lovers · fated-mates · fiction · horror · low-fantasy · urban-fantasy -
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock
Elric along with his companion Moonglum return, in this prequel set within the early days of Elric’s wanderings, in order to investigate the history of Melniboné and its dragons, known as the Phroon, in this exciting new addition to the Elric Saga from World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock...europe · scandinavia · fantasy · fiction · sword-sorcery · dark · dark-fantasy · epic · audiobook · high-fantasy -
The Unbeating Heart by Cyran Faringray
*This is a true dark romance fantasy novel with morally black villains as poly love interests.*How does it feel to want when your heart has never known love?Selene Argentea leads an isolated life of disenchantment as the mistreated spymaster at the royal court of Valourya... -
A Fate of Smoke and Ash by Shania Scichilone
To be woven by the fates is not for the faint of the heart. When the skies split and the veil between Earth's realm and the Godly realms is lifted, the prophecy awakens in the form of eighteen-year-old Shivalri Grimsbane, she with the blood of all three realms. In her lifetime, Shivalri never thought magic to be more than a fairy tale... -
The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley
The morning before he found the dead body, Jathan Algevin thought he had his whole life just the way he wanted it. He knows his city inside and out, and doesn’t bother carrying a sword, trusting his wits and his fists well enough to get by, hustling extra coin by ratting out loathsome magi to the law for execution... -
A History of Fear by Luke Dumas
An eerie literary suspense debut following the harrowing downfall of a tortured graduate student who’s been nicknamed the Devil’s Advocate for his sensational crime: murdering a classmate, then claiming the Devil made him do it.The Devil is in Scotland. Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil’s Advocate...book · contemporary · fiction · gothic · horror · lgbtq · literary-fiction · suspense · university · young-adult -
Twisted Lullaby by Rebecca Massey
Once upon a dream, a princess slept.She awoke to find the prince was the source of her nightmares.Sleeping Beauty is on a dark path to happily ever after.It is time for the queen to tell the real story... -