• A Forbidden Love, a Deadly Secret—Enter the Gothic World of Carmilla
• Carmilla, written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, horror, published in 1872

What if the one who stole your heart also threatened your soul? In the haunting pages of Carmilla, passion and terror intertwine, drawing you into a gothic tale of forbidden love and deadly desire.

Sneak Peek
“Sometimes after an hour of apathy, my strange and beautiful companion would take my hand and hold it with a fond pressure, renewed again and again, blushing softly, gazing in my face with languid and burning eyes, and breathing so fast that her dress rose and fell with the tumultuous respiration. It was like the ardor of a lover; it embarrassed me; it was hateful and yet overpowering; and with gloating eyes, she drew me to her, and her hot lips travelled along my cheek in kisses; and she would whisper, almost in sobs, “You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one forever.” Then she had thrown herself back in her chair, with her small hands over her eyes, leaving me trembling.”

“I saw something moving round the foot of the bed, which at first I could not accurately distinguish. But I soon saw that it was a sooty-black animal that resembled a monstrous cat. It appeared to me about four or five feet long, for it measured fully the length of the hearthrug as it passed over it; and it continued to-ing and fro-ing with the lithe, sinister restlessness of a beast in a cage. I could not cry out, although, as you may suppose, I was terrified. Its pace was growing faster, and the room rapidly darker and darker, and at length so dark that I could no longer see anything of it but its eyes. I felt it spring lightly on the bed. The two broad eyes approached my face, and suddenly I felt a stinging pain as if two large needles darted, an inch or two apart, deep into my breast. I waked with a scream.”

Synopsis
In the shadows of a crumbling castle, a chilling presence stirs—a presence as beautiful as it is deadly. When the enigmatic Carmilla enters the life of young Laura, she brings with her a whirlwind of forbidden desires, dark mysteries, and an insatiable hunger that can’t be satisfied.
What begins as an enchanting friendship soon deepens into a smoldering lesbian romance—one that carries an ominous undercurrent. As Laura becomes increasingly entranced by Carmilla’s allure, she begins to uncover a darkness that threatens to consume them both.
Written decades before Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” this timeless novella is a cornerstone of vampire literature and an intriguing exploration of obsession, betrayal, and the haunting allure of the undead.
Carmilla is a story where beauty hides the bloodthirsty fangs, and love may be the most dangerous game of all.
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