When marine archeologist Marta Khoury is called to a remote Scottish isle to explore a recently uncovered Victorian shipwreck, she expects salvage to be the most interesting thing she finds. Instead, she’s snowed in as the Cuban Missile Crisis rages halfway across the globe and becomes convinced a shadowy figure stalks her every step, even as she searches for the ship’s artifacts, which have, mysteriously, disappeared. —Rachel Brittain

The author of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen brings us a fresh gothic mystery following two ex-lovers who must find some way to reconcile under the flickering gaslight of Lackaday House, where they’ve both been summoned to compete for the hand of a young bride—and all the wealth she’ll inherit. Zeb has no interest in playing into these games, but when he tries to leave, he discovers there’s no way out. In this game of love and haunted houses, winning is less important than making it out alive. —Rachel Brittain