Love, Romance, Faith
Gothic Style Suspense, Horror, And Mystery At Its Best
What a story! You have everything in this book by Author Karen Wiesner from deep faith in God, mystery, murder, terror, horror, suspense, and evil. It left me gasping for breath; good heavens, what an attention grabbing novel. What an imagination Ms. Wiesner possesses.
STORY LINE:
Cain and Amberlyn Lyons are at a cross roads in their life and marriage. After several miscarriages and loosing a son just before birth, they are floundering in guilt, despair and grief. Cain’s faith is shaken. Even though Amberlyn is deeply in love with her husband, her grief and guilt force her to run. Unfortunately, she runs to a position as nanny to three helpless children at Bloodmoon Manor; an isolated place of mystery and evil.
Come journey with Cain and Amberlyn as she fights for her life and the life of the children at Bloodmoon Manor in this Gothic style mystery romance by author Karen Wiesner.
CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, DEVELOPMENT:
Author Karen Wiesner has created a fantastic Gothic style mystery thriller romance. She has included everything needed to hook the reader and hold their attention. It held my attention from the first page; I could not get to the last page fast enough. I read this book straight through, long into the night, as I could not stop; I had to know what was going on in this awful place with these awful evil people. Get ready to be surprised and appalled.
Characters, Cain and Amberlyn, have deep faith in God and deep love for each other is tried and tested. Cain growth was grand to watch as Ms. Wiesner developed his character. Amberlyn’s character growth from depressed and despondent to caring and defending the children was masterly done by Ms. Wiesner.
She skillfully created the mystery and evil surrounding Bloodmoon Manor and its residents; you will never decipher the mystery until the revelations. Ms. Wiesner had many threads to weave in this tale and she did so very well.
Ms. Wiesner created characters that are multifaceted and she skillful developed each character in this novel. Her descriptions of Bloodmoon Cove, Bloodmoon Manor and the inhabitants were so vivid, I could see them in my mind’s eye and I could feel the evil seething in this place.
Ms. Wiesner had several plots in this story and each was an eye-opener and surprising. My mouth fell open as the plots and mysteries were revealed. Ms. Weisner has the ability to pull you into the story-line. Ms. Wiesner talent is obvious as she skillfully developed this novel which will leave you gasping. This is a fast paced, well-developed, skillfully crafted novel.
RECOMMENDATION: 5 STARS
I loved this novel. This is a clean, mystery, suspense, romance, thriller with a Gothic touch. It is suitable for anyone that loves an original story-line, that is well structured and developed with fascinating characters, some of which are evil incarnate. Well done, Ms. Wiesner, well done!
I received this novel from The Romance Reviews in return for an honest book review. Book reviews of any novel are dependent on the book review author’s opinion; book reviews on line under my name and on my blog are my opinion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BIO AND PHOTO PROVIDED BY AUTHOR
Creating realistic, unforgettable characters one story at a time…
Karen Wiesner is an accomplished author with 113 titles published in the past 18 years, which have been nominated/won 134 awards, and has 40 more releases contracted for spanning many genres and formats. Karen’s books cover such genres as women’s fiction, romance, mystery/police procedural/cozy, suspense, paranormal, futuristic, fantasy, gothic, inspirational, thriller, horror, chick-lit, and action/adventure. She also writes children’s books, poetry, and writing reference titles such as her bestseller, First Draft in 30 Days and From First Draft to Finished Novel {A Writer’s Guide to Cohesive Story Building} (out of print; reissue available now in paperback and electronic formats under the title Cohesive Story Building). Her third offering from Writer’s Digest Books was Writing the Fiction Series: The Complete Guide for Novels and Novellas, available now. Look for Writing Three-Dimensional Fiction from WDB, release date TBA. Her previous writing reference titles focused on non-subsidy, royalty-paying electronic publishing, author promotion, and setting up a promotional group like her own, the award-winning Jewels of the Quill, which she founded in 2003 and disbanded in 2014. For more information about Karen’s fiction and series, consult her official companion guide The World of Author Karen Wiesner: A Compendium of Fiction. Visit her website at https://www.karenwiesner.com. Check out Karen’s author page at Facebook, where you can like, friend and follow her: https://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor. If you would like to receive Karen’s free e-mail newsletter, Karen’s Quill, and become eligible to win her monthly book giveaways, send a blank e-mail to KarensQuill-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.