I worked in a bookstore in the 70s; Phillis Whitney, Dorothy Daniels and Elenor Buford/Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt were very famous and popular authors of their time. Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 - February 8, 2008[1]) was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels. Dorothy Daniels' writing career commenced shortly after her marriage to Norman Daniels, a prolific detective and spy-story author. She began by writing romantic short stories and doctor/nurse novels, but when their healthy sales figures declined, Daniels' publisher suggested she turn to the gothic romance. Daniels is best known for her work in this genre. Her first gothic novel, Shadow Glen, was published in 1965. From that year through 1975, Daniels had sales figures of over 10 million copies, with more than 150 titles in print. Eleanor Alice Burford, [Mrs. George Percival Hibbert] was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between her books; the best-known, apart from Plaidy, are Victoria Holt (56 million) and Philippa Carr (3 million). Lesser known were the novels Hibbert published under her maiden name Eleanor Burford, or the pseudonyms of Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. Many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities.
Regina I loved this video!!! I remember when I was a kid once I'd gotten away from reading Nancy Drew & Trixie Belden books, I got into the little Harlequin romance books, but that only lasted for a short period of time...I got very bored with them rather quickly. One Sunday, when my mother, sister & I went to the flea market, I saw a big box of these gothic romance books....I was instantly captivated by the cover art on them, so I begged my mother to buy me a few....she bought the entire box for like $5! A lot of them were written by Clarissa Ross or Phyllis Whitney, but I enjoyed those books so much! I learned many years later, when I was working in a little mom and pop used book store, that Clarissa Ross was actually a man, and that he had written so many gothic novels under a whole plethora of pseudonyms....which I find most interesting. Again, I really enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing your collection! 😁👍💕
I own a couple hundred of these old gothic romances and have been collecting them since the 70's. I bought every single one of them used and for just pennies. Now you can't find them and if you do they go for $$$. Out of all those books you presented I have one of them and have read it also. The Mansion of Smiling Masks. I too miss the old card catalog. But you don't look old enough to have ever used one! Even though I spent tons of time going over those card catalogs, the online catalog system is so much better and faster. I really appreciate all that information at your fingertips. Gothic romance is my favorite genre.
Thank you for doing this video! I love gothic romances, but like you said they are very hard to find. Now you have given me many authors to look up. Have you read Barbara Michaels? Her books are really good. Ammie, Come Home was even made into a movie called " The House That Wouldn't Die" starring Barbara Stanwyck in the mid to late 70's. It too was very good. I love those kinds of movies, from the 60's and 70's. I hope you do more of this kind of video. Thanks again!
I used to read these by the bagful and have picked up a few of the new gothics in e-book. If you ever find a copy of The Curse of the Concullens by Florence Stevenson grab it. She wrote some good books in the genre but has a little fun with it in this one. I still have some of my Phyllis Whitneys and Mary Stewarts and have started a small collection of Gothic paperbacks.
I would swear that I read like the first five books you showed! They all look so similar! After I had read all the Poe I could find I went to a used book store and bought a brown paper bag filled with those. I read a bunch of them and don't know what happened to them. :( a bunch were the easy eye books.
Actually the gothic romance started before Jane Eyre. Check out Ann Radcliffe's books (like the Mysteries of Udolpho), as well as Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (the first Gothic romance).
Jane Eyre is my favorite! I also prefer Gothic Romance or classic “Horror” or philosophical novels like Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I absolutely love your library, furniture and your dress! You’re living my dream!
What a great video, Regina. It was a lot of fun seeing your collection and learning more about how you get them and which books you liked most. I had completely forgotten about "Witch of Blackbird Pond" and LOVED it when I was a kid/teen. I'm going to try to find a copy and re-read it--thank you for the reminder.
Thank you for making this entertaining video! You speak with authority of the topic and you make many very funny observations! I'm collecting these Gothic Romance paperbacks too, and I have a few of the ones that you showed (and a few that you maybe don' t have!) but it's even more difficult and expensive to get a hold of these as a reader based in the UK. Ebay is really the only place to go but many sellers don't show a photograph of the copy they are selling and sometimes the book they send you is not the same edition that you have been drooling over on Pinterest, haha. But I really enjoyed seeing the books that you own. Adrian
I love Gothic literature. I actually have three of the books you mentioned, Dark Shadows, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and The House on the Hill, but have only read the Dark Shadows one, back in high school. I've actually gotten back into Gothic novels. Read The Castle of Otranto (didn't like it, except the end part), Shorecliff, Beware My Love, The Shadow of the Lynx, and am reading Castlecliffe now. One of my favorites is Jane Eyre.
I read The Castle of Otranto as well and I know what you mean (I have a review on my channel on my Gothic sensibility playlist). It's a fun genre! Thanks for watching, Eric. :)
The Gothic Romance genre are my favorite! I agree, I find they are simple but have surprisingly good stories. They are actually very valuable now, as well. Thanks for this! ☺️
Thanks for sharing. I am a HUGE Dark Shadows fan. I had all the episodes on VHS and got them again years later on DVD. I quite liked the early episodes where Victoria Winters was basically the main focus. The Witch of Blackbird Pond!! 🙂 That book was still extremely popular in the '70s when I was in elementary school and I remember seeing it everywhere; in the libraries, on top of students' desks, on the bus, etc. It seemed to be omnipresent! Never read it as a kid, but I should some day, I think I would enjoy it. Great video.
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary 👌🌩 Great thumbnail, by the way! I've never seen a gothic romance cover with the heroine trying to flee the castle with her pet haha. Too cute 🐶
I watched this again. Still a good intro. I've actually read a few gothic romances since I first watched this post--a couple by Dorothy Daniels, KNIGHT IN RED ARMOR (which is more contemporary romantic suspense than gothic) and LADY OF THE SHADOWS, which strongly suggests a real ghost is involved in the action; Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's first Saint Germain novel, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, which is quite good (I'm reading the second, THE PALACE, currently); NOCTURNE FOR A WIDOW by Amanda Dewees is a recent gothic romance and is very good; and THE SILENCE OF HERONDALE by Joan Aiken, which I'm currently reading as well.
How happy I was to find your fantastic video Regina! It is difficult to find discussions about the "Gothic Romance" genre, one I've come to love reading! My first of these was "Moon Chapel" by Lynna Cooper. It was so good that I searched out other titles and over the last two years have read about 25. Out of these, I especially savored: "Thunder on the Right" by Mary Stewart, "Souvenir of Monique" by Marion Zimmer Bradley, "Mystic Manor" by Dorothy Daniels, "The Troubled House" by Kage Booton, "Thunder Heights" by Phyllis A. Whitney and my all time favorite, "Terror on Seacliff Pines" by Florence Hurd. I make sure to rate and review each of these on Goodreads, partly because I find I read a book more thoroughly when I plan a review along the way, and second, because I want to encourage others to read them as well. I agree wholeheartedly that booksellers should not put stickers on the covers of these books, since many of them are visually stunning works of art. Thanks again for this video Regina, I will definitely pass it on to others!
I love "Thunder On The Right", but apparently Mary Stewart considered that her worst book and her least favorite. I don't know why (although I think it's the only one of her romantic suspense/gothic books that were written in the third person).
Glad you covered this genre! I used to read a lot of those when I visited my grandmother's house. She had a ton of books that had belonged to my mother and aunts. My forever favorite is Jill Tattersall's "The Witches of All Saints." The love triangle tore me apart! hahaha
Loved seeing your gothic romance books! I have quite a few gothic romances. I love these covers esp Pretty Enough to Kill. I really love the vintage covers. I have only read a couple of the ones I own, one is called The Reimann Curse and the other is The Carnelian Cat both written by Jean DeWeese. I enjoyed those 2 books.
I remember my mom reading these books before she got into the big "bodice ripper" boom in the '70's. I found a used book store that has a small section just for gothic romance. Great video, thanks!
Good video. I admire the cover art on these books--I've seen 'em for decades, because I started haunting bookstores in the late 1960s, and publishers were churning out tons of gothics at the time (probably more gothics than westerns). I've read a few, but they haven't grabbed me yet. Maybe my expectations are too high, or I haven't yet found the right writer to connect with.
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary I think I just don't have the patient for the slow build that I used to have, and which seems to be a part of the genre conventions.
When I was younger I read a ton of Phyllis Whitney and Victoria Holt. Haven't read any in a while, read that they are going to re release the Dark Shadows books spring 2020.
I live in Knoxville, TN, and am blessed to have a McKay's Used Book store just a few minutes away where these awesome little gothic romance paperbacks range from $0.90-$2.95! I, too, have a sentimental attachment to this genre; my precious grandmother died just two years ago from Alzheimer's (she wasn't a grandmother as much as a dear friend as, until that point, she never really seemed to age). She exposed me first to Rebecca; from that point on, I was hooked! Also, I confess...the innocent nature (to me) is part of the charm. Love your reviews!
@@whitneydotson643 No, but one of the hosts for my gothic hearts reading challenge did. We discussed it during my live video. I definitely plan on reading it.
mad sister in the attic! lol I love all these covers. I prefer them over the photocomposites (thought some are cool). They just had a feeling. Prob all the foggy running in nightgowns.
@@HarpiesintheTrees I love those nightgowns (I have a few that I've collected over the years). There is one company that still makes them. I think it's "Shadowline."
Oh! Also meant to say I'm a huge fan of Dark Shadows, though I discovered the reboot in the 90s first. They're reprinting all the original books, but I was disappointed by the format. They're larger than the originals and just look cheap inside... I guess it would be easier to collect them as they're released, though, than to track down original copies!
Wow, I was surprised as to how many of these books I've either read and/or own, especially the ones by Phyllis Whitney (I got many of them second hand). Victoria Holt, Susan Howatch, Mary Stewart, and Dorothy Eden are other favorite authors of mine in the gothic romance genre.
Is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier considered a gothic romance? It seems to fit in all the characteristics you mentioned of the genre .OMG Those covers are gorgeous need them in my life ♥️!!
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary It's one of my favorite novels too 😍 , I need to get a hold of Gothic Romance novels , I will definitely have fun reading them ♥️.
I stumbled on a local junk shop in my town with a whole shelf of these, at 3 for a pound, mostly Paperback Library Gothics, scanned a few of them here and they're glorious: www.pinterest.co.uk/unapersson/books/gothic-romance/. They are a lot of fun to read.
I’ve never read any Gothic romance. Is there a book you’d recommend to start with? I don’t mind hunting books down if you fear answering because of its availability.
I worked in a bookstore in the 70s; Phillis Whitney, Dorothy Daniels and Elenor Buford/Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt were very famous and popular authors of their time.
Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 - February 8, 2008[1]) was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels.
Dorothy Daniels' writing career commenced shortly after her marriage to Norman Daniels, a prolific detective and spy-story author. She began by writing romantic short stories and doctor/nurse novels, but when their healthy sales figures declined, Daniels' publisher suggested she turn to the gothic romance. Daniels is best known for her work in this genre. Her first gothic novel, Shadow Glen, was published in 1965. From that year through 1975, Daniels had sales figures of over 10 million copies, with more than 150 titles in print.
Eleanor Alice Burford, [Mrs. George Percival Hibbert] was a British author of about 200 historical novels, most of them under the pen name Jean Plaidy which had sold 14 million copies by the time of her death. She chose to use various names because of the differences in subject matter between her books; the best-known, apart from Plaidy, are Victoria Holt (56 million) and Philippa Carr (3 million). Lesser known were the novels Hibbert published under her maiden name Eleanor Burford, or the pseudonyms of Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. Many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities.
Regina I loved this video!!! I remember when I was a kid once I'd gotten away from reading Nancy Drew & Trixie Belden books, I got into the little Harlequin romance books, but that only lasted for a short period of time...I got very bored with them rather quickly. One Sunday, when my mother, sister & I went to the flea market, I saw a big box of these gothic romance books....I was instantly captivated by the cover art on them, so I begged my mother to buy me a few....she bought the entire box for like $5! A lot of them were written by Clarissa Ross or Phyllis Whitney, but I enjoyed those books so much! I learned many years later, when I was working in a little mom and pop used book store, that Clarissa Ross was actually a man, and that he had written so many gothic novels under a whole plethora of pseudonyms....which I find most interesting. Again, I really enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing your collection! 😁👍💕
Ah! I'm envious! I forgot to mention Dean Koontz's gothic romance pen name is Deanna Dwyer. I'm always looking for those.
What a wonderful find (and wonderful Mom for buying them for you). Do you still have the books?
@@JPChoquette unfortunately I no longer have them due to a house fire which destroyed my family home and everything in it. 😢
@@sloanchessman5783 I'm so sorry! What a tragedy.
@@JPChoquette thank you!💕
1970s + 1770s, especially in England-----
Anne Radcliffe was the leading founding
novelist, later Mary Shelley in early 1800s
+ Frankenstein.
I am with you on the cards in the library books and the card catalogue.
This is great. When I was a teenager, I used to devour these types of books!
Thank you. I love them too.
I own a couple hundred of these old gothic romances and have been collecting them since the 70's. I bought every single one of them used and for just pennies. Now you can't find them and if you do they go for $$$. Out of all those books you presented I have one of them and have read it also. The Mansion of Smiling Masks. I too miss the old card catalog. But you don't look old enough to have ever used one! Even though I spent tons of time going over those card catalogs, the online catalog system is so much better and faster. I really appreciate all that information at your fingertips. Gothic romance is my favorite genre.
Mine too. Thanks for watching!
The Fark Shadows book you were holding IS the first in the Dark Shadows TV show series of novels (and IS the Barnabas Collins story/series).
Thank you for doing this video! I love gothic romances, but like you said they are very hard to find. Now you have given me many authors to look up. Have you read Barbara Michaels? Her books are really good. Ammie, Come Home was even made into a movie called " The House That Wouldn't Die" starring Barbara Stanwyck in the mid to late 70's. It too was very good. I love those kinds of movies, from the 60's and 70's. I hope you do more of this kind of video. Thanks again!
Thank you, Marilyn. I keep an eye out for Barbara Michaels' books. I LOVE those Barbara Stanwyck TV movies! My favorite one is "A Taste of Evil."
I used to read these by the bagful and have picked up a few of the new gothics in e-book. If you ever find a copy of The Curse of the Concullens by Florence Stevenson grab it. She wrote some good books in the genre but has a little fun with it in this one. I still have some of my Phyllis Whitneys and Mary Stewarts and have started a small collection of Gothic paperbacks.
I'll keep my eye out for that one. Thanks!
I would swear that I read like the first five books you showed! They all look so similar! After I had read all the Poe I could find I went to a used book store and bought a brown paper bag filled with those. I read a bunch of them and don't know what happened to them. :( a bunch were the easy eye books.
Ah! I'm envious! The Easy Eye thing cracks me up.
Actually the gothic romance started before Jane Eyre. Check out Ann Radcliffe's books (like the Mysteries of Udolpho), as well as Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (the first Gothic romance).
I did a video on Otranto a few years ago. 🏰
Jane Eyre is my favorite! I also prefer Gothic Romance or classic “Horror” or philosophical novels like Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
I absolutely love your library, furniture and your dress! You’re living my dream!
Thank you. I love all of those books you mentioned.
Same here, Robert, I love the classic horror. Dracula is my favorite so far but there are many more I still need to read.
What a great video, Regina. It was a lot of fun seeing your collection and learning more about how you get them and which books you liked most. I had completely forgotten about "Witch of Blackbird Pond" and LOVED it when I was a kid/teen. I'm going to try to find a copy and re-read it--thank you for the reminder.
Thank you. I am looking forward to digging into more Gothic romance.
Thank you for making this entertaining video! You speak with authority of the topic and you make many very funny observations! I'm collecting these Gothic Romance paperbacks too, and I have a few of the ones that you showed (and a few that you maybe don' t have!) but it's even more difficult and expensive to get a hold of these as a reader based in the UK. Ebay is really the only place to go but many sellers don't show a photograph of the copy they are selling and sometimes the book they send you is not the same edition that you have been drooling over on Pinterest, haha. But I really enjoyed seeing the books that you own. Adrian
Thanks, Adrian. I know what you mean about the use of stock photos. Frustrating.
I love Gothic literature. I actually have three of the books you mentioned, Dark Shadows, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and The House on the Hill, but have only read the Dark Shadows one, back in high school. I've actually gotten back into Gothic novels. Read The Castle of Otranto (didn't like it, except the end part), Shorecliff, Beware My Love, The Shadow of the Lynx, and am reading Castlecliffe now.
One of my favorites is Jane Eyre.
I read The Castle of Otranto as well and I know what you mean (I have a review on my channel on my Gothic sensibility playlist). It's a fun genre! Thanks for watching, Eric. :)
The Gothic Romance genre are my favorite! I agree, I find they are simple but have surprisingly good stories. They are actually very valuable now, as well. Thanks for this! ☺️
I agree. There is something so comforting about them. Thanks for watching, Jen. :)
Thanks for sharing. I am a HUGE Dark Shadows fan. I had all the episodes on VHS and got them again years later on DVD. I quite liked the early episodes where Victoria Winters was basically the main focus. The Witch of Blackbird Pond!! 🙂 That book was still extremely popular in the '70s when I was in elementary school and I remember seeing it everywhere; in the libraries, on top of students' desks, on the bus, etc. It seemed to be omnipresent! Never read it as a kid, but I should some day, I think I would enjoy it. Great video.
Thanks, Larry. Dark Shadows is the best!
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary 👌🌩 Great thumbnail, by the way! I've never seen a gothic romance cover with the heroine trying to flee the castle with her pet haha. Too cute 🐶
@@larryyonce Ha-ha! Thanks!
I watched this again. Still a good intro. I've actually read a few gothic romances since I first watched this post--a couple by Dorothy Daniels, KNIGHT IN RED ARMOR (which is more contemporary romantic suspense than gothic) and LADY OF THE SHADOWS, which strongly suggests a real ghost is involved in the action; Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's first Saint Germain novel, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, which is quite good (I'm reading the second, THE PALACE, currently); NOCTURNE FOR A WIDOW by Amanda Dewees is a recent gothic romance and is very good; and THE SILENCE OF HERONDALE by Joan Aiken, which I'm currently reading as well.
I enjoyed Hotel Transylvania. Just recently, I got Hacienda. I'm trying to sample some newer gothics. Thanks for watching. :)
Love this video!! I haven’t read much gothic romance, but I’d love to get into it! I have a couple on my shelves that I can start with.
Thanks, Cameron. At least they're short reads. :)
How happy I was to find your fantastic video Regina! It is difficult to find discussions about the "Gothic Romance" genre, one I've come to love reading! My first of these was "Moon Chapel" by Lynna Cooper. It was so good that I searched out other titles and over the last two years have read about 25. Out of these, I especially savored: "Thunder on the Right" by Mary Stewart, "Souvenir of Monique" by Marion Zimmer Bradley, "Mystic Manor" by Dorothy Daniels, "The Troubled House" by Kage Booton, "Thunder Heights" by Phyllis A. Whitney and my all time favorite, "Terror on Seacliff Pines" by Florence Hurd. I make sure to rate and review each of these on Goodreads, partly because I find I read a book more thoroughly when I plan a review along the way, and second, because I want to encourage others to read them as well. I agree wholeheartedly that booksellers should not put stickers on the covers of these books, since many of them are visually stunning works of art. Thanks again for this video Regina, I will definitely pass it on to others!
Thank you, Dean. I will keep an eye out for those titles.
I love "Thunder On The Right", but apparently Mary Stewart considered that her worst book and her least favorite. I don't know why (although I think it's the only one of her romantic suspense/gothic books that were written in the third person).
Glad you covered this genre! I used to read a lot of those when I visited my grandmother's house. She had a ton of books that had belonged to my mother and aunts. My forever favorite is Jill Tattersall's "The Witches of All Saints." The love triangle tore me apart! hahaha
Nothing quite satisfies like a Gothic romance. Thanks for watching!
Loved seeing your gothic romance books! I have quite a few gothic romances. I love these covers esp Pretty Enough to Kill. I really love the vintage covers. I have only read a couple of the ones I own, one is called The Reimann Curse and the other is The Carnelian Cat both written by Jean DeWeese. I enjoyed those 2 books.
Thank you! I love those titles!
I remember my mom reading these books before she got into the big "bodice ripper" boom in the '70's. I found a used book store that has a small section just for gothic romance. Great video, thanks!
Thank you. I wish my used bookstores had some.
Omg your intro was everything!! Love that you are sharing because I had no clue about this genre.
Ha-ha! Thanks!
Good video. I admire the cover art on these books--I've seen 'em for decades, because I started haunting bookstores in the late 1960s, and publishers were churning out tons of gothics at the time (probably more gothics than westerns). I've read a few, but they haven't grabbed me yet. Maybe my expectations are too high, or I haven't yet found the right writer to connect with.
The quality of the stories definitely vary. Luckily, most of them are short if you get a dud.😅
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary I think I just don't have the patient for the slow build that I used to have, and which seems to be a part of the genre conventions.
When I was younger I read a ton of Phyllis Whitney and Victoria Holt. Haven't read any in a while, read that they are going to re release the Dark Shadows books spring 2020.
Oooh! I didn't know that. Cool!
I live in Knoxville, TN, and am blessed to have a McKay's Used Book store just a few minutes away where these awesome little gothic romance paperbacks range from $0.90-$2.95!
I, too, have a sentimental attachment to this genre; my precious grandmother died just two years ago from Alzheimer's (she wasn't a grandmother as much as a dear friend as, until that point, she never really seemed to age). She exposed me first to Rebecca; from that point on, I was hooked!
Also, I confess...the innocent nature (to me) is part of the charm. Love your reviews!
Thanks for your lovely comment. :)
@ReginasHauntedLibrary speaking of gothic romance...have you reviewed Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton?
@@whitneydotson643 No, but one of the hosts for my gothic hearts reading challenge did. We discussed it during my live video. I definitely plan on reading it.
@ReginasHauntedLibrary The film is also good...starring a dreamy, young Vincent Price 💋!
@@whitneydotson643 Ooh! I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
Those covers are phenomenal.
Thanks, Andrew. :)
mad sister in the attic! lol I love all these covers. I prefer them over the photocomposites (thought some are cool). They just had a feeling. Prob all the foggy running in nightgowns.
I love the fog and the nightgowns. LOL!
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary why dont they make nightgowns like that anymore?
@@HarpiesintheTrees I love those nightgowns (I have a few that I've collected over the years). There is one company that still makes them. I think it's "Shadowline."
Oh! Also meant to say I'm a huge fan of Dark Shadows, though I discovered the reboot in the 90s first. They're reprinting all the original books, but I was disappointed by the format. They're larger than the originals and just look cheap inside... I guess it would be easier to collect them as they're released, though, than to track down original copies!
I know what you mean. I'm still working on my collection. :)
Wow, I was surprised as to how many of these books I've either read and/or own, especially the ones by Phyllis Whitney (I got many of them second hand). Victoria Holt, Susan Howatch, Mary Stewart, and Dorothy Eden are other favorite authors of mine in the gothic romance genre.
I just read two Susan Howatch novels. Really loved them!
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary Of the books by her that I've read, "The Dark Shore" and "The Waiting Sands" are my favorites.
@@Muirmaiden I loved The Waiting Sands.
I’m constantly looking for these in used book stores, and I’ve only ever found two! I wish they were easier to find.
I know what you mean. They are very hard to find "in the wild" for some reason.
This video was amazing 😂💕
Thanks, Emily. :)
I’m starting to get into Gothic Romance.
Awesome!
Regina's Haunted Library it has been
Is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier considered a gothic romance? It seems to fit in all the characteristics you mentioned of the genre .OMG Those covers are gorgeous need them in my life ♥️!!
Rebecca definitely fits the genre. That's one of my favorite books!
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary It's one of my favorite novels too 😍 , I need to get a hold of Gothic Romance novels , I will definitely have fun reading them ♥️.
Yes! And read My Cousin Rachel by her if you haven’t!
I stumbled on a local junk shop in my town with a whole shelf of these, at 3 for a pound, mostly Paperback Library Gothics, scanned a few of them here and they're glorious: www.pinterest.co.uk/unapersson/books/gothic-romance/. They are a lot of fun to read.
Love it
I’ve never read any Gothic romance. Is there a book you’d recommend to start with? I don’t mind hunting books down if you fear answering because of its availability.
Jason’s Weird Reads Hmmm. Not really sure since they’re so much alike.
How short are they? I want to write one.
Most of the gothic romances are novella length.
@@ReginasHauntedLibrary oh, thank you. I can’t wait to write one.