It’s time for the Book Hooks Blog Hop! This snippet from Demon’s Grotto continues with Cora and Dr. Damp.<\/p>\n
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Demon’s Grotto:<\/strong><\/p>\n by Kate Hill<\/p>\n Horror Romance, Paranormal Romance<\/p>\n Excerpt (Rise of the Creature):<\/p>\n She\u2019d never doubted the doctor\u2019s dedication to science. It was his sanity that was in question. Cora believed he was better suited as a patient in the madhouse, and this recent endeavor proved it.<\/p>\n Cora shifted her head ever so slightly to stare at him. Once again she tried to reconcile in her mind how such a normal, even handsome, shell housed the mind and soul of a madman.<\/p>\n Tall with wavy, reddish-blond hair and vivid blue eyes, he had a sinewy build that was far stronger than it appeared. She\u2019d seen him move heavy equipment and corpses of large men without assistance. Yet his mental strength far surpassed his physical. It kept him going during stretches of seemingly endless work when he ate little and slept even less. She often wondered what made him so obsessed and so dedicated, but she didn\u2019t ask. She merely listened when he talked about his work. Though she still didn\u2019t understand most of it, some of it made sense to her after working with him. Sometimes he explained his experiments to her. She admired his intelligence and his medical His work at the asylum seemed mechanical. It didn\u2019t excite him like his experiments here in his private lab. Why, then, did he keep up his practice at the madhouse? It wasn\u2019t because he needed money.<\/p>\n Thunder echoed through the darkening sky and Dr. Damp urged the horses toward the mansion. When they reached it, the stable boy he employed met them at the walk to take the horses.<\/p>\n \u201cYou should have left for home by now, boy,\u201d Dr. Damp said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I didn\u2019t want to leave before you returned, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll take care of the horses myself. Off with you, now, before the storm worsens.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut –\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t like to repeat my orders.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, sir. I\u2019ll see you tomorrow, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Damp nodded absently. His attention was already elsewhere.<\/p>\n Other than the stable boy, Dr. Damp also employed a housekeeper, though he had given the middle-aged woman two weeks off to visit her sister. Cora knew the doctor\u2019s generosity with both the stable boy tonight and the housekeeper were more for his benefit than theirs.<\/p>\n Tonight would be the climax of his horrible experiment, and Cora dreaded it. If it worked, then the doctor had reached a new level of madness. If it failed, his rage would be uncontrollable, of that Cora was certain.<\/p>\n \u201cGo inside, Cora,\u201d Dr. Damp said. \u201cMeet me in the laboratory. I\u2019ll be there as soon as I see to the horses.\u201d<\/p>\n He performed all his gruesome, ungodly experiments in the laboratory on the third floor of the mansion. Cora always felt unsettled and often queasy in the lab. She\u2019d never been squeamish, but the doctor\u2019s experiments were disturbing on a spiritual level.<\/p>\n Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ben wants Laura to reconsider staying overnight at Demon\u2019s Grotto, and he has information about the club\u2019s history that should convince her. He tells her three creepy love stories, hoping she will change her mind.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The Demon Within: A man on the run stops to rest at a rooming house, not knowing that it\u2019s the hunting ground of a gorgeous succubus bent on devouring handsome guests.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Cry, Wolf: An ad for a maintenance man at a bed and breakfast is answered by a former soldier who\u2019s harboring a hairy secret. The business\u2019s lovely co-owner becomes involved with this sullen hunk who\u2019s more than she imagined possible.<\/p>\n After hearing these stories of love and murder, will Laura decide to spend the night at Demon\u2019s Grotto?<\/p>\n
\nknowledge, but she wondered why a man with such talent wouldn\u2019t put it to use for the living rather than obsess about the dead.<\/p>\n