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Renee Ross

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in Duluth, MN, The United States

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Gothic, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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VC Andrews, Dorothy Eden, Marilyn Harris

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Step into a world of windswept cliffs, candlelit corridors, isolated manors, and family secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Renee Ross is a Minnesota author of seventeen vintage-inspired gothic novels. Blending psychological suspense, romantic longing, and dark family drama, she writes character-driven stories about women confronting dangerous marriages, buried betrayals, and the mysteries hidden inside ancestral mansions.

A lifelong lover of the classic gothic paperbacks that once filled dime-store racks, Renee writes for readers who remember the thrill of discovering them—and for a new generation drawn to brooding houses, complicated relationships, and the sense that every shadow conceals a secret.

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	The Grave of Katherine Embry: Gothic Suspense 3.93 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reincarnation of Anna (Thornehaven #1) 4.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost of Emily Grey 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Haunting of Delilah (Thornehaven #2) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Possession of Juliet (Thornehaven #4) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darkest Shadows 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Torment of Cassandra (Thornehaven #3) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Silent Screams 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Craft of the Wise by Renee Ross (Goodreads Author), Kevin Knaus (Illustrator) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Gothic Mother—Dead, Deranged, Domineering, or Disgraced?

Writing gothic fiction can be challenging at times, especially when it comes to creating certain characters. Take my protagonist’s mother, for example. If I make her too relaxed or passive, this is how the conversation might go when my protagonist comes down the grand staircase in her flowing white nightgown.

“Mother,” she says, finding her by the drawing room fire, “who is locked in the forbidden Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 25, 2026 17:02 • Tags: gothic-fiction, gothic-novels, gothic-romance, mothers-in-fiction, vintage-gothic, writing-humor

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“And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.”
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