It’s time for the Book Hooks Blog Hop! This week’s excerpt from Demon’s Grotto picks up where last week’s left off. Cora has been rescued from the madhouse, or has she?
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Demon’s Grotto:
by Kate Hill
Horror Romance, Paranormal Romance
Excerpt (Rise of the Creature):
Yet what choice did she have? It was either work here with the doctor or return to the madhouse where she and her twin brother, Connor, had been sentenced for life after being accused of murdering their stepfather. Her brother still remained locked away, but Cora had shown improvement. Taking full responsibility for her, Dr. Damp had brought her to cook, clean, and assist him his laboratory.
How good of the doctor to take her in, people had said. It’s hard to believe that a quiet young woman was capable of such a horrid crime. But it was her brother’s idea, of course. He was the real madman.
Thinking her insane, neighbors were leery of her. They didn’t know the truth about her past, nor did they fully understand the doctor’s obsession. They didn’t want to, for fear that their relatively peaceful lives would be destroyed. She knew they wouldn’t believe a word against the doctor, not that she had wanted to speak against
him — until now.
Blurb:
Ben wants Laura to reconsider staying overnight at Demon’s Grotto, and he has information about the club’s history that should convince her. He tells her three creepy love stories, hoping she will change her mind.
Rise of the Creature: When a mad doctor brings a dead man back to life, only his beautiful assistant can make that life worth living.
The Demon Within: A man on the run stops to rest at a rooming house, not knowing that it’s the hunting ground of a gorgeous succubus bent on devouring handsome guests.
Don’t Cry, Wolf: An ad for a maintenance man at a bed and breakfast is answered by a former soldier who’s harboring a hairy secret. The business’s lovely co-owner becomes involved with this sullen hunk who’s more than she imagined possible.
After hearing these stories of love and murder, will Laura decide to spend the night at Demon’s Grotto?
From Changeling Press.
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Interesting premise! Kind of a reverse Scheherazade and the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights!
The book has a very cool premise. It sounds nicely spooky.