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Dracula

“We've all become God's madmen, all of us.” Author: Bran Stoker There are some stories that need no introduction – some stories that live and walk in our darkest fantasies and waking nightmares, that populate our legends and inform our culture, that have woven themselves into the tapestry of our speech and the way we understand our own histories. Dracula is surely one of these stories. Indeed, Dracula epitomizes an immortal romance that grows beyond a tale and becomes a living myth. Look no further than the nearly supernatural land of Transylvania – dour, populated with craggy, windswept mountains and superstitions [...]

2025-01-12T12:39:06-07:00January 12th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |

Diavola

“Keep cursed and carry on.” Author: Jennifer Thorne The Pace family is ready for another dysfunctional vacation. Single, carefree, cavorting Anna knows that she will once again be bullied by her entire family throughout the trip, all her past infractions brought to life over the dinner table, the subject of snide jokes and pointed comments. She also knows that she’ll be family translator, the one with the app-based knowledge, putting up with and apologizing for her oblivious, tourist family. Yet, she packs up and goes to the remote Italian villa in the tiny village of Monteperso anyway. Perhaps she is a [...]

2025-01-11T17:17:50-07:00January 11th, 2025|Tags: , , , |

Stranger Upstairs, The

"Endings are Loud" Author: Lisa M. Matlin Waning social media star and self-help book blitz Sarah Slade is looking to revitalize her fading fame and marriage with a little fixer-up project. She’s bought and plans to renovate an infamous murder/suicide house (Black Wood House) with the help of her hubby and inflexibly angry cat (Reaper), all while keeping up her façade as a good therapist. Of course, Sarah is doing more than trying to keep her perfect career going. She’s keeping her careful façade in place. Sarah has a past. Sarah has a lot of things to hide. And what better [...]

2025-01-06T15:40:20-07:00January 6th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , |
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