"Don't blink when the clock strikes twelve." ​Amara Vance is a restorer of broken things, but Cinder Hall is a ruin she wasn't prepared for. Reclusive, dangerous, and devastatingly handsome, Vane Thorne lives in a manor frozen at 11:59 PM. He is a man tethered to a curse-a blood-stained waltz from 1945 that repeats every night at midnight. ​When the clock tolls twelve, the ghosts wake up, the walls bleed ink, and the ballroom becomes a trap. Amara was hired to save Vane's library, but she soon realizes she's the only one who can see the man beneath the monster. ​In a house where time is a predator, falling in love is the most dangerous move of all. ​#DarkRomance #Gothic #SlowBurn #Horror #Cursed

Inheriting Blackwood Manor was supposed to be Elara's fresh start. But the sprawling, silver-veined estate holds a secret locked behind a heavy black veil in the attic. ​When Elara uncovers a grand, Victorian-era mirror, she expects to see her own weary reflection. Instead, the glass reveals the manor as it was a century ago-vibrant, candlelit, and inhabited by a family that died in 1926. But the mirror is more than a window to the past; it is a predator. Every second Elara spends mesmerized by the silent world behind the glass, her own pulse slows, and the shadows in the mirror grow stronger. ​In the house where reflections lie, the dead are looking for a way out, and they only need one minute of your life to take it. ​#Horror #GhostStory #Gothic #Paranormal #Mystery #Wattys2026