Spooky Season Reading: Vampires
Discover bloodsucking thrills for Halloween. Prepare yourself for fangs, blood, romance, and drama!
Relish in the bloodthirsty brilliance of Dracula engraved into cultural memory by author Bram Stoker. This gift set includes the classic tale from Union Square & Co. Signature Clothbound collection and a deluxe bookmark, perfect for the ill-fated lovers of the world’s most legendary vampire.
An undying story of summons, vows, and curses that crucify the doom-stricken, Dracula follows English lawyer Jonathan Harker as he treks into the mountains of Transylvania to complete a real estate transaction. There, he meets his client, Count Dracula, an old man whom the terrified town peasants had previously warned him against.
Soon after his arrival at the count’s decadently decorated castle, Harker finds himself a prisoner within its mirrorless, umbral walls. But as preparations for Dracula’s veiled departure to London get underway, involving far too many coffin-shaped boxes, the lawyer realizes that the count may have plans beyond simple sightseeing.
The Dracula Gift Set includes one copy of Dracula and one deluxe Dracula bookmark.
Highlights of the Deluxe Edition:
- Clothbound hardcover featuring beautiful, exclusive designed sprayed edges
- Red ribbon placeholder embedded in the spine
- Deluxe bookmark crafted from deluxe vegan leather with a premium printed design
Sheridan Le Fanu’s queer Gothic pre-Dracula vampire tale, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Gilded Editions line.
Laura’s sheltered life in Austria is forever changed by the arrival of Carmilla, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger whose obsession with Laura is both sensual and destructive. A foundational and unconventional work of vampire literature that predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by 26 years, Carmilla has also inspired authors like Carmen Maria Machado and Kat Dunn.
This edition also includes The Room in the Dragon Volant, wherein a man’s obsession with a mysterious countess pulls him into a deadly conspiracy.
What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter and remove her heart? That question has haunted Aaron Mahnke, creator and host of the award-winning podcast Lore. Fueled by a decade of research, Mahnke excavates the past to understand the hysteria that fueled the ghastly exhumation of Mercy Brown in 1892, who like her mother and sister before her, succumbed to “consumption” at the age of 19.
With Exhumed, Mahnke presents a unique history of the intersection of folklore and science, and how pop culture and both genuine medical advancements and pseudoscience of the time shaped the perspectives of people in 19th century America. From the death of George Washington to Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein, Mahnke leads reads on a fascinating journey through history, touching on methods of mummification, the multifaceted role of executioners, medicine made from corpses, European folklore that traveled across the Atlantic, and so much more. He reveals that as shocking as Brown’s exhumation might seem, it also reflected surprisingly common attitudes and beliefs about the relationship between the dead and the living, the nature of science and magic, and the fate of a human soul. It all builds to a revelatory understanding of human behavior that continues to this very day.
Possessing an irreverent view of science, history, and the human condition, Exhumed is perfect for fans of Mary Roach’s Stiff, as well as readers of forgotten American histories like Brad Meltzer’s New York Times bestselling The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of New Moon, this second vintage-inspired collector’s edition in the series features:
- Foil-stamped slipcase
- Stunning new cover with lush, romantic artwork
- New interior art and beautifully illustrated endpapers
- Elegant ribbon marker
- One-of-a-kind interactive gilded-edge design
From evil vampires to a mysterious pack of wolves, new threats of danger and vengeance test Bella and Edward’s romance in the second book of the New York Times bestselling Twilight Saga.
The series that inspired the global film phenomenon, starring Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning.
Bella and Edward face a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy’s reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this second book in the Twilight Saga continues the vampire love story that redefined romance for a generation.
A must-have collector’s edition for any die-hard or newly minted fan.
Also Available to Celebrate 20 Years of Twilight
Twilight: Deluxe Collector’s Edition: A hardcover edition with apple blossom cover and slipcase, new interior art, designed endpapers, ribbon bookmark, and gilded edges with hidden portraits of Bella and Edward
The Twilight Saga Deluxe Hardcover Collection: A stunning 5-book hardcover boxed set featuring exclusive wraparound box art, new jacket designs, and starry night stenciled edges
Twilight (20th Anniversary Edition): A special paperback edition with deluxe cover, original art on the inside covers, and stenciled edges of a fan-favorite quote
Praise for The Twilight Saga
“This tale of tortured demon lovers entices.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Piles on the suspense and romance.” —USA Today
“A literary phenomenon.” —New York Times
“In the tradition of Anne Rice … this dark romance is gripping.” —Booklist, starred review
?The breathtaking sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, Immortal Dark, Kidan Adane has finally embraced her darkness. She’s killed without remorse, lied—and broken Uxlay University’s most sacred law by inviting elusive rogue vampires, the Nefrasi, into Uxlay.
Like all ruinous things, he came from the abyss.
Trapped with a violently unstable vampire and reeling from her sister’s return, Kidan wields her anger like a weapon. She vows to master her house and protect the sacred artifact hidden inside, even if it means forging an alliance with the depraved leader of the Nefrasi, Samson Sagad—and betraying Susenyos.
A dangerous new philosophical text seems to hold the answers and promises the very thing Kidan has lost: control. Even as the dark pages consume her, Kidan knows no soul at Uxlay is trustworthy—least of all Susenyos. For Kidan and Susenyos, the lines of loathing and attraction may blur, but the quest for power rules them both. And neither is willing to surrender.
As devastating secrets resurface from the past, Kidan and her sister, June, must finally confront each other and take their rightful places in the looming war.
Instant Indie Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
THE DARK FANTASY BOOKTOK BLOCKBUSTER
In this dark fantasy sensation, S. T. Gibson spins the gothic, seductive tale of Dracula’s first bride, Constanta.
“An intoxicating perfume that lingers—an undying love story where beauty and horror clasp hands.” -Rachel Gillig, author of One Dark Window
This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession …
Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things.
Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband’s dark secrets. With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.
“A dizzying nightmare of a romance that will leave you aching, angry and ultimately hopeful.” —Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf
“Perfect for readers interested in creative, gritty, and steamy horror retellings.” –Library Journal
“Dark, lush and heartrendingly romantic.” -Lyndall Clipstone, author of Lakesedge
Thora Grieve finds herself destitute and an outcast after the sudden death of her husband, but a glimmer of hope arrives when a family friend offers her the chance to study botany under the tutelage of a famed professor. Once at the university, Thora becomes entranced by a mysterious young woman, Olea, who emerges each night to tend to the plants in the private garden below Thora’s window.
Hungry for connection, Thora befriends Olea through the garden gate and their relationship quickly and intensely blossoms. Thora throws herself into finding a cure for the ailment confining Olea to the garden and sinks deeper into a world of beauty, poison, and obsession. Thora has finally found the freedom to pursue her darkest desires, but will it be worth the price?
The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magic, building her network of spies, and gathering every scrap of power she could. Now, to protect her brother, she assassinates their father and takes her place at the head of the family. And that is only the start of her revenge.
Samuel Hutchinson is a bastard with a terrible gift. When he stumbles upon the first victim of a magical serial killer, he’s drawn into the world of magic and intrigue he’s worked so hard to avoid – and is pulled deeply into the ravenous and bloodthirsty court of the vampire king.
Tasked by the Eternal King to discover the identity of the killer cutting a bloody swath through the city, Samuel, Shan and mysterious Royal Blood Worker Isaac find themselves growing ever closer to each other. But Shan’s plans are treacherous, and as she lures Samuel into her complicated web of desire, treason and vengeance, he must decide if the good of their nation is worth the cost of his soul.
“Politics, family, and desire weave a tangled web across a decadent, blood-soaked city in this stunning debut. Dark, dangerous, and entrancing!” –Melissa Caruso
Join a new kind of vampire hunter—former gangster Freddie Burns—as he fights for his place, for his family, and for the hell of it in London’s gritty magical underworld. Mostly for the hell of it, to be honest.
Freddie Burns just wants ten pints, a spot of football violence, and to take over his uncle’s fading South London crime business. But when a gangland execution goes wrong, Freddie discovers a new kind of organized crime—one where vampires are spine-breakingly real and monsters hide just out of sight.
Good thing Freddie has a supernatural gift for giving vampires a kicking—them and anyone else that looks at him funny.
Dragged into a world of shadowy organizations, secret sorcerous pacts, gruesome vampire initiations, and a plot to rule it all, Freddie realizes it’s up to him to save the world —or at least not wreck it entirely. He just needs a drink first.
“A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature.” —The Washington Post