Истории Victorian

After a disastrous first season in London, Rose Wilde finds herself torn between two men who love her -- but who both hide secrets that could ruin her. ***** Rose Wilde has always considered herself plain, especially when compared to her beautiful older sister Charlotte, and has practically given up on the idea of being romanced. But when American hotelier Derek Montgomery comes to revolutionise her little, sleepy English village of Ascot, Rose starts to revisit the idea of falling in love. However, Derek brings with him many secrets and obligations, some that might prohibit him from pursuing Rose -- and push her into the arms of her friend, Michael Cornell, the Marquess of Juniper. Will fate allow Rose and Derek to marry for love? Or will she indeed become the reluctant marchioness? [[Word count: 70,000 - 80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy (The Reluctant Marchioness is the sequel to The Coveted Countess, but can also be read as a standalone)

Two years after Nathaniel Swift left for America to forget the woman he loved, he learns she's engaged to another man -- and returns to England to win her back. ***** Lord Nathaniel 'Nate' Swift is hopelessly in love with his best friend's younger sister, Charlotte Wilde. However, Nate's rakish ways, their ten-year age difference, and his best friend's objections soon make it very clear that a marriage could never take place. So Nate does the only thing he could: he travels to America and tries to forget about the woman he loves. But after two years in the New World, forgetting Charlotte proves to be impossible, and he's quickly pulled back to England after hearing of her engagement to another man. Determined to make up for past mistakes, Nate swears to stop the impending wedding and win back Charlotte's heart at any cost. But is he too late to show her the truth he's known all along -- that they're meant to be together, forever? [[Word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

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Under the cruel watch of the Wilson family, orphans Anne, James, and William endured relentless abuse and hardship. Upon reaching their breaking point, the three make a desperate choice to escape, risking everything for freedom. Driven by Anne's unwavering hope of reuniting with her mother, the trio flee the only life they had ever known and sneak aboard a ship bound for the Americas. As they faced the perils of the open sea and the uncertainties of a new world, their courage and determination were tested in ways they had never imagined. The Wanderers is a heart-pounding tale of survival, hope, and the unbreakable bonds of family.

In the heart of the 1800s, Daphne Booker, a young woman of quiet grace but independence amid social norms, finds her voice not in spoken words, but in the delicate language of flowers. When a charming gentleman enters her life, their courtship blossoms through carefully chosen florals. As they navigate the societal expectations and unspoken rules of their time, each petal and bloom becomes a testament to their growing affection. Will their silent confessions be enough to bind their hearts forever, or will the unspoken words leave their love story incomplete? IMPORTANT: Chapters are released every Wednesday (Australia)

This is one heck of a Victorian-style fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to make that darned technology tree come alive! Add a spoonful of love and hatred, so everyone has good reasons to brawl! Add a spoonful of madness to lighten up this gloomy world, and finally, add a spoonful of natural disasters to play the main boss... and so on! Phew, that's a lot! ... Year 931 in the Engerwick Calendar. The city I reside in has been hailed as the most advanced in the West. The main reasons? The world-shaking steam technology, emerging technologies, and the wellspring of chaos. Can't deny it, but the fact remains that people keep flocking here to live. This city always gives you a glimmer of hope, whether it's lies or illusions, but it's so close, within arm's reach, making you risk life and limb. A city of hallucinations. I am one of those dream-chasers.

After a devastating defeat, humanity was forced to give up their land and relocate to two isolated continents that were labeled as impossible to live on. After hundreds of years while the rest of the world focuses on agricultural and living conditions. Humanity had focused on its weapons and military. As years of isolation were broken and tensions rise, the fate of the world is left uncertain.

Celia Jones can talk to the dead, but getting on with them is a different story. She always has at least three spirits following her around, complaining about their relatives, or the inadequacy of their funeral arrangements. The latest is a murdered actress, Maude Domby, but she's less interested in denouncing her killer than in accusing the understudy of stealing her favourite pearls. When the charming but utterly fraudulent medium Stanley Winter holds a séance to contact Maude, Maude insists she and Celia should attend, to see people mourning her 'properly'. But the séance ends up implicating an innocent woman, and now Stanley Winter is banging on Celia's door, begging her to help him find Maude's real killer. Unfortunately, helping Stanley Winter could lead Celia to confront her other power - the one that's both lighter and infinitely darker than talking to the dead. ONC Prompt: 72. A real necromancer sits in on a fake séance.

" I feel like a lavender, being planted in world full of violets." Have you ever felt like you're out of the ordinary? Like you never meant to be part of this world, and everytime you try to become part of the world, the world just rejects you time and time again? Like the world was expecting violets, but instead they planted lavender. This is exactly what seventeen year old, Alaida feels like. No matter how kind or how caring she is people just seems to dog on her... especially her older sister and a follow church member who happens to be her childhood bully.

In the shadowed mortuaries and fog-choked streets of Gilded Age Manhattan, Lillian Cross, the undertaker's inquisitive daughter, defies convention and her father's warnings to uncover the truths hidden on the dead. With a keen eye for unnatural signs like blue-tinged lips and suspicious wounds, she navigates poisonings in elegant tea shops, opulent high-society deceptions, and fiery secrets in squalid tenements. Across three interconnected tales of forensic intrigue, "The Teashop Murders," "The Gilded Corpse," and "Ashes in the Tenement", Lillian allies with detectives and sharp allies to expose murderers who hide behind polite facades and desperate poverty. A richly atmospheric historical mystery, The Undertaker's Daughter celebrates a fearless heroine who listens when the silenced speak, delivering justice one exhumed secret at a time.

London, 1890s. Elias Thorne is a consulting detective with a mind like a scalpel. Dr. Webb is his closest friend-a surgeon with secrets of his own. Together, they crack the cases Scotland Yard won't touch. But when a bizarre red-headed society appears on their doorstep, they uncover a plot far darker than a simple con. From a ghostly society to a trail of deadly chalk drawings, Thorne and Webb must stop a shadow syndicate known as The Board before it consumes London. A Victorian mystery reimagined for the modern thriller fan.

Nothing says romance like a man-eating plant. Westman and Sophie are back. This time, a carnivorous plant from Africa is on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens. But are the man-eating myths true? Welcome to another Victorian mystery certain to thrill. Valentine's special short story

Semua orang pernah dengar namanya. Tiada siapa pernah benar-benar melihatnya. Laira. Namanya muncul dalam bisik-bisik di pelabuhan, dalam fail yang hilang, dan dalam kes yang tidak pernah selesai. Apabila Steven Edward Hart menemui simbol misteri bertanda O.K., dia menyangka ia hanyalah satu kes biasa-sehingga setiap jejak yang ditinggalkan membawa kepada sesuatu yang tidak sepatutnya wujud. Nama-nama mula hilang dari rekod. Orang yang bercakap mula diam. Dan kebenaran mula disimpan di tempat yang tidak boleh disentuh. Kemudian, seorang perempuan muncul. Tenang. Dingin. Seolah-olah dia sudah tahu jawapan kepada semua persoalan. Dia memperkenalkan dirinya sebagai Alya. Dia memberi petunjuk yang tepat- kemudian hilang tanpa jejak. Di lorong gelap dan dermaga sunyi, satu nama lain masih beredar- Laira. Hart percaya pada bukti. Namun kali ini, sesuatu bergerak lebih dahulu daripada dirinya. Dan apabila dia sedar, dia bukan lagi pemerhati. Dia sudah menjadi sebahagian daripada permainan itu.

📖 THE MAN SHE BECAME:THE GAP IN TIME PART III: THE COLLAPSE & END By Kingsley Chimezie Ukeje

Cursed with clairvoyance, Millicent Sinclair has been seeing ghosts for years. More annoyingly, she can hear them, speak with them, and worst of all, feel their clammy, cold touch. She takes no nonsense from the dead (or the living, for that matter), but an overnight stay at the haunted 'Black Swan Inn' leads to more than she bargained for. A short story for Christmas. ~Selected by Crimson Peak (sponsored Reading List 'Historical Horror')

After years of thievery, Jack Dawkins has finally built a quiet life in the small town of Port Victoria, working as one of the town's surgeons. But the streets he left behind are never far away. When Jack's old father figure, Fagin, arrives unexpectedly, Jack takes him in as his convicted servant, keeping him close and his mouth shut. Jack has worked too hard to build his new life to let the past ruin it now. Lady Clara Fox, the middle sister of Belle and Fanny Fox, is the daughter often forgotten. With Lady Jane's attention fixed on Belle and desperate to marry her off, and Fanny desperately trying to find love herself, Clara is left to fade quietly into the background. Clara shares the same interest in medicine as her sister, though on a much smaller scale. She has no desire to become the first female surgeon like Belle. All she wants is to help. But for the past few months, Clara has been experiencing strange and painful episodes. Prof believes it to be an ulcer, yet after her own research through every one of Belle's medical books, Clara fears something far worse, an aortic aneurysm. After weeks of trying every remedy she can find, nothing helps. In every book she reads, the ending is always the same. Death. Unwilling to waste what little time she may have left, Clara begins secretly helping the less fortunate people of Port Victoria. These are the ones turned away from the hospital, or too poor and sick to reach it. She even ventures as far as the Devil's Elbow. With none of her family aware of her condition or her whereabouts, Clara spends her days helping those who need it most. Until one tragic and hectic day changes everything. After performing a surgery never before attempted in her own home with two thieves among those helping, Clara suffers another violent episode. This time Jack Dawkins is there to help her. But Clara already knows his secret. And instead of thanking him, she blackmails him in return for her silence.

--Watty winner-- In Victorian London, monster hunting isn't just a job, it's a way of life. Freddie Westman, a reporter for a paranormal magazine, is one of the best in the business, but now it's personal. His childhood friend, Jim Penderry, has disappeared, and the signs point to sinister forces from beyond the grave. If Westman wants to save Jim, he'll have to face his worst fear. No, not fighting a demon with only a cake to hand. Something far more daunting. Sceptical Sophie Penderry doesn't solve mysteries or go on adventures. She's more at home in the library with her nose in The Botanist's Guide to Plants and Fungi. But she puts the science books away to help Westman find her missing brother, whether he likes it or not. Which he really doesn't. Westman is a loner, reluctant to lead anyone into danger. According to him, the supernatural is not just the stuff of folklore and children's nightmares, and a world of black magic awaits them. Now Westman must decide if he should push Sophie away for her own safety, or take a leap of faith and accept an offer of help and friendship. Either way, time is running out to find Jim, and worse still, they may not make it back in time for tea and biscuits. ~Featured story (Sep 2014 - Aug 2017) ~Selected by R.L. Stine's 'Slappy' (Goosebumps Movie's sponsored reading list) ~Winner of the Wattys 2014 HQ Love Award

Life during The Raj can be full of perils for an English girl, even one raised in India with a parasol in one hand and a rifle in the other. Bunny Spencer's father sends her to London, but the moment she reaches British shores, a nightmarish beast attacks from the shadows. Now stranded in an unfamiliar land with her companion, Anju, she fears for their lives - until she meets a dashing stranger in pilot goggles. Jim Penderry is a reporter. He's also a monster hunting enthusiast with a passion for fine dining and a good mystery - not necessarily in that order. When a werewolf appears in London, Jim is determined to catch it. Or at the very least, find out why the creature is stalking Miss Bunny Spencer. With the help of the journalists at Penderry's Bizarre magazine, he chases the menace from the foggy streets of London to the colourful bazaars of Bombay. But nothing prepares Jim and Bunny for the secret they're about to uncover. Or the danger afoot. Mystery, monsters and science collide in this rip-roaring tale of adventure, romance and smoked eel.

Victor Voltaire and Elias Carter, two college students in 2024. Victor, a seemingly stoic man with jet black hair and silvery blue eyes and Elias, a sort of enigmatic man with soft black hair and platinum purple eyes. Two friends since 8th grade, now in the same college lecture. Where they read of the great tale of "Sherlock Holms" The story which is believed to be fake. No historical records of these so called real figures were kept. Nothing of them, not a speck. Many, no, almost everyone believed it to be fake. Yet, lo and behold, our protagonists, mysteriously winding up in the past, the year of 1879. Gets to find out that these so called fictional characters are very much real. Through the eyes of modern day men. Being able to see for themselves, the story of Sherlock Holms. Victor, who ends up as a "high class" noble, and Elias, who finds himself working with a certain government employee. Will these two, separated by a strange phenomenon meet again? And how come the story differs so dramatically from history. ⚠️Disclaimer⚠️ Victor will be the main focus. I do not understand these complex ass characters well enough to fully portray them properly. (Aka they will be ooc). My brain power is also limited so the story may have many plot holes and wack story telling. There of course will be profanity and the like. As well as death and murder. I will be mostly following the manga storyline for this. ⚠️Images used will be from pinterest. (I may use other resources to help me better with descriptions and the like).⚠️ Not everything will be cannon or fully cannon. Will have small grammatical errors. I am a newbie when it comes to story telling so bear with me. Oh and i failed geography + history so...

To William Howard, there is a clear difference between an artist and a person who makes art. He would unfortunately classify himself as the latter. After all, his job as a history textbook writer doesn't allow for much creative freedom. But after he discovers that his biggest fan is the son of the second largest publishing house in England, he's finally given the opportunity to make a name for himself. His new job brings him two things he had never dreamed of having: class mobility and (what was most surprising to him) romance.