Brides: A Feminist Horror Novel for Fans of Dracula (Original)

Charlotte Cross

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Brides: A Feminist Horror Novel for Fans of Dracula (Original)

Brides: A Feminist Horror Novel for Fans of Dracula (Original)

Charlotte Cross

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Creepy, sumptuous and incredibly gripping, The Brides is a feminist gothic horror about the three women who became the brides of Dracula - and the fourth who managed to escape . . .

"Come to me, and be mine for eternity."

1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, Lucy, hurries from London to comfort her, with chaperone and lady's maid in tow.

But lady's maid Alice, blessed and cursed with the Sight, is tormented by terrifying visions. When chaperone Eliza falls prey to a disturbing wasting illness, the women hope to seek the healing waters of Transylvania. At a nobleman's invitation, they set out for Castle Dracula.

In the depths of the forest, miles from civilization, their host reveals his true intentions; a monstrous ambition which will tear the women apart.

And not all of them will survive.

Critical Reviews

"THE BRIDES is DRACULA'S worthy successor: a gothic, sapphic epistolary novel that thrills, chills, and delights in equal measure. I loved every page!" --Johanna Van Veen, author of Blood on the Tongue and My Darling Dreadful Thing

"Puts a lively, queer spin on Dracula's brides.... Cross crafts characters worth rooting for.... Fans of S.T. Gibson's A Dowry of Blood will want to check this out." --Publishers Weekly

"This novel will send many readers, old and new, back to where it all began, to meet those women haunting Dracula's castle with perhaps more compassion and curiosity. Cross reminds us they were once human." --Historical Novels Review

Publishing Information

Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Pub date: 2026-07-07
Length: 400 pages

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