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Gothic Cavalcade
A Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Short Story by A. F. Stewart
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Gothic Romance,
- Gothic Horror,
- Revenge
This book is for you if you're into...
- Paranormal carnivals hiding secrets and danger
- Gothic romance with betrayal and revenge
- Heroines forced to confront dark pasts for survival
Gothic romance meets Gothic horror inside a paranormal carnival and beyond...
Meet Althea, a desperate woman running from a secretive and miserable past. She encounters Byron, a mysterious and handsome man with secrets of his own. He brings her to his home, the Masquerade Carnivale, and into the midst of his family. There Althea begins to feel safe, to trust, and to love. She finds friends, laughter and with Byron, romance. She thinks she has found a home, trusts she is protected, until the night Byron and his Family betray her. But do they?
There is more beneath the surface at the Masquerade Carnivale, more to Althea's past and to her future than she believes. One event put Althea on a path for her reckoning, a path full of pain, fear and ultimately, revenge. A choice is coming for her, one that will change everything. The Masquerade Carnivale is beckoning... will she answer?
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