The Violin

Unleash your boldness with The Violin by Odella Howe! This gothic historical horror enraptures with magic, loss, and a traveling oddity collector. Explore what sacrifices one would make for love. Available in hardcover and paperback. 

In 1871, Elise Knight made a deal with the devil: craft a powerful violin in exchange for her fiancé’s resurrection.

When Elise’s fiancé dies, she would do anything to get him back—even if that means striking a sinister bargain with Cassius McCalmont, an exotic collector whose oddity exhibit is downright astonishing.

After seeing Cassius’s otherworldly flute work its magic, Elise begs her father for an apprenticeship, eager to make the seemingly simple sacrifice required to bring her beloved back from the dead: give Cassius a violin of her own making.

But before she can finish, Elise’s father falls deathly ill. Even Cassius’s elixirs can’t restore his health for long, and her father’s dying wish may very well be Elise’s undoing.

Now she faces a grim choice: obey her father and let him pass in peace, or trust the man who promises her power over the grave.


The Violin is a spine-chilling gothic horror revolving around the macabre magic of music. With paranormal powers, atmospheric horror, and chilling twists, it will leave you up well into the witching hour. Lose yourself in the supernatural suspense and eerie ambiance of this dark Victorian world!