Download or read book Wildwood written by Sarah Rayne and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the creepy, spine-tingling Immortal Tales – a series of dark, sexy fairy-tale retellings from the master of British contemporary gothic horror Sarah Rayne, perfect for fans of TERRI WINDLING, ANGELA CARTER, ANNE RICE, LAIRD BARRON and BROM. “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ A dark re-telling of the Little Red Riding Hood tale from critically-acclaimed British horror author Sarah Rayne: a single mother’s life takes a sinister turn after learning her late husband had a dark secret relating to an old legend originating from England’s wildwoods . . . Professor Piers Adair is haunted by sinister memories of his childhood, eventually compelling him to search for a strange inhuman group of people whose macabre history is bound up with a centuries-old legend. He traces them to a remote Scottish island, but it’s only when the darkly charismatic leader leaves the island that Piers begins to realise he is being lured increasingly closer to the legend’s grisly heart . . . In London, single mother Felicity Stafford is struggling to come to terms with the recent death of her husband, Connor – coping with his debts, and also with a chilling autopsy report: Connor’s blood fits no known human classification. When a young man with the same dangerous charm as Con enters her life, Felicity and her young daughter become threatened by a past mysteriously entangled with an ancestral Derbyshire family who once guarded England’s forests from a fearsome enemy . . . This lush, suspenseful fairy-tale retelling in the Immortal Tales series is the perfect read if you enjoy werewolf novels and gothic horror with twists and turns that will keep you up all night. READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE IMMORTAL TALES: “I am enjoying this series. If you have a taste for the gothic it's for you . . . Very atmospheric and entertaining” Suspense Fan, 5* Amazon review “Sarah Rayne's writing is always beautiful. I want to read more stories by her” 5* Amazon review “Another superb book from a superb writer” Julie B., 5* Amazon review “An amazing read. Sarah Rayne keeps the reader in suspense until the very end” Amazon Customer, 5* Amazon review “Holds you captive every step of the way . . . you won't be disappointed” B.B. Norman, 5* Amazon review “If you like to be pleasurably frightened, then this is the book for you” Greg O'Rilla, 5* Amazon review THE IMMORTAL TALES: 1. Thorn 2. Changeling 3. Wildwood

Download or read book Changeling written by Sarah Rayne and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the creepy, spine-tingling Immortal Tales – a series of dark, sexy fairy-tale retellings from the master of British contemporary gothic horror Sarah Rayne, perfect for fans of TERRI WINDLING, ANGELA CARTER, ANNE RICE, LAIRD BARRON and BROM. “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ A dark re-telling of the Rumpelstiltskin tale from critically-acclaimed British horror author Sarah Rayne: When the daughter of a washed-up songwriter assists her father in creating his next hit musical, she needs help from a mysterious young man who only agrees in exchange for a future debt. Fael Miller’s father, Tod, is an egocentric has-been songwriter who still feeds on the glory of his one success. Years later, he’s found a backer for a new musical, but soon panics when he discovers that he can no longer write. He turns to his daughter for help, but although Fael can think of several storylines, she is unable to construct a full stage musical. One evening, Fael’s accosted by a mysterious young man wearing a black cloak and mask. He claims he can help her, and so begins Fael’s secret alliance with the man she calls Scathach. However, there’s a sinister condition attached to his offer: he’ll only write the music if she’ll incur a future debt. Between them they weave an eerily beautiful story which goes into rehearsal. But while Fael falls deeper under Scathach’s spell, he is secretly planning a dark vengeance – a vengeance that takes Fael to a remote and menace-filled house on Ireland’s west coast, where the debt must finally be paid . . . This lush, suspenseful novel, one of three standalone fairy-tale retellings in the Immortal Tales series, is the perfect read if you enjoy gothic horror with twists and turns that will keep you up all night. READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE IMMORTAL TALES: “I am enjoying this series. If you have a taste for the gothic it's for you . . . Very atmospheric and entertaining” Suspense Fan, 5* Amazon review “Sarah Rayne's writing is always beautiful. I want to read more stories by her” 5* Amazon review “Another superb book from a superb writer” Julie B., 5* Amazon review “An amazing read. Sarah Rayne keeps the reader in suspense until the very end” Amazon Customer, 5* Amazon review “Holds you captive every step of the way . . . you won't be disappointed” B.B. Norman, 5* Amazon review “If you like to be pleasurably frightened, then this is the book for you” Greg O'Rilla, 5* Amazon review THE IMMORTAL TALES: 1. Thorn 2. Changeling 3. Wildwood

Download or read book Thorn written by Sarah Rayne and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the creepy, spine-tingling Immortal Tales – a series of dark, sexy fairy-tale retellings from the master of British contemporary gothic horror Sarah Rayne, perfect for fans of TERRI WINDLING, ANGELA CARTER, ANNE RICE, LAIRD BARRON and BROM. “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ A family curse that has lain dormant for decades awakes, unleashing a horror beyond imagining in this dark re-telling of the Sleeping Beauty tale – from critically-acclaimed British horror author Sarah Rayne. For several hundred years the Ingram family has lived under a curse – a hereditary madness which manifests itself in the females every other generation – and it appears the madness has struck again in the beautiful Imogen. When a grisly incident occurs at the funeral of Imogen’s cousin, it’s decided she must be shut away from the world. Imogen is sent to a mental institution, where she falls into a mysterious stupor from which it’s feared she will never wake. Dan Tudor, a writer commissioned to produce a feature on the family, is not convinced the curse is real. But he soon finds himself drawn into a strange, tangled web surrounding Imogen. His investigations are about to lead him to something more macabre and horrifying than anyone could ever have imagined . . . This lush, suspenseful novel, one of three standalone fairy-tale retellings in the Immortal Tales series, is the perfect read if you enjoy gothic horror with twists and turns that will keep you up all night. READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE IMMORTAL TALES: “I am enjoying this series. If you have a taste for the gothic it's for you . . . Very atmospheric and entertaining” Suspense Fan, 5* Amazon review “Sarah Rayne's writing is always beautiful. I want to read more stories by her” 5* Amazon review “Another superb book from a superb writer” Julie B., 5* Amazon review “An amazing read. Sarah Rayne keeps the reader in suspense until the very end” Amazon Customer, 5* Amazon review “Holds you captive every step of the way . . . you won't be disappointed” B.B. Norman, 5* Amazon review “If you like to be pleasurably frightened, then this is the book for you” Greg O'Rilla, 5* Amazon review THE IMMORTAL TALES: 1. Thorn 2. Changeling 3. Wildwood

Download or read book The Burning Altar written by Sarah Rayne and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the chilling, hair-raising world of Sarah Rayne, the master of British contemporary gothic horror with this standalone modern horror novel – perfect for fans of eerie and skin-crawling reads with supernatural elements! “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ Ancient demonic laws, macabre rituals, and a secret the Vatican has striven to hide for nearly two thousand years . . . Danger and supernatural misdeeds await you in this bone-chilling contemporary gothic horror novel. Patrick Chance was a notorious Victorian rake whose memoirs of his travels through Tibet caused a sensation in the nineteenth century. For he stumbled on a strange, secret tribe who guard the sinister Stone Tablets of their people. A group whose macabre beliefs, blood rituals and horrific customs have torturous, hellish consequences. But, having retraced his ancestor’s footsteps, Sir Lewis Chance – an eccentric philanthropist – is the only one who knows the truth today. Following in the steps of his forefather, he is the only living being who knows about the ominous machinations in the remote region. Now the group of dissidents are about to make public something that the Vatican has kept secret for almost two thousand years. Something that will result in a fight for survival as the terrors of the past come to haunt the present . . . Fans of H. P. LOVECRAFT’s At the Mountains of Madness, SCOTT SMITH’s The Ruins and STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES’s Jade Daniels trilogy shouldn’t miss The Burning Altar by Sarah Rayne. READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE BURNING ALTAR: “Compelling . . . gripping and terrifying and covering all human emotions” Newcastle upon Tyne Journal “Fabulous story, great suspense” A. Vallis, 5* Amazon review “A well-crafted tale which held my interest to the very end – fascinating, absorbing and well characterised . . . I can't believe Sarah Rayne's books aren't more widely known, because they deserve to be!” 5* Amazon review MORE STUNNING SARAH RAYNE HORROR STANDALONES: 1. Blood Ritual 2. The Devil’s Piper 3. Thorn 4. Changeling 5. Wildwood

Download or read book The Devil s Piper written by Sarah Rayne and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the chilling, hair-raising world of Sarah Rayne, the master of British contemporary gothic horror with this standalone modern horror novel – perfect for fans of eerie and skin-crawling reads with supernatural elements! “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ When musician Isarel West plays a seemingly harmless piece of music, he unknowingly unleashes a sinister force with horrifying consequences in this creepy contemporary gothic horror novel. On inheriting his father’s tumbledown Irish cottage, Isarel West, a university lecturer and musician, discovers some old sheet music composed by his late grandfather: a notorious and scandalous composer from the 1930s, nicknamed ‘Judas’ because of his allegiance to the Third Reich. Isarel starts to play the music entitled ‘The Devil’s Piper’, which some people believed his grandfather had based on the Black Chant – a sequence of music that legend says can call an ancient power from the grave. But little does he know the sinister force that the music conjures up – a force that brought misery and tragedy to others throughout centuries. Isarel sets out to trace the dark legend to its source. As he does so, the truth about the ancient music begins to unfold. For the legend is true! And now, in the present, the Black Chant has fallen into the hands of a group of people who will once again make evil use of it . . . Fans of LEIGH BARDUGO’s Alex Stern series, T. KINGFISHER’s Sworn Soldier series and SHIRLEY JACKSON’s The Haunting of Hill House will be equally as thrilled and spooked by Sarah Rayne’s The Devil’s Piper. READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE DEVIL’S PIPER: “A quality novel of supernatural power through the ages . . . blending well-fleshed characters and a strong story” Bradford Telegraph & Argus “Sinister, haunting, creepy . . . I loved that feel to it” Trav, 5* Amazon review “A brilliant book that I just couldn't put down . . . Best book I have read for ages!” Samantha-Jane O., 5* Goodreads review MORE STUNNING SARAH RAYNE HORROR STANDALONES: 1. Blood Ritual 2. The Burning Altar 3. Thorn 4. Changeling 5. Wildwood

Download or read book Blood Ritual written by Sarah Rayne and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the chilling, hair-raising world of Sarah Rayne, the master of British contemporary gothic horror with this standalone modern horror novel – perfect for fans of eerie and skin-crawling reads with supernatural elements! “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ A young woman is drawn back to her roots – and her terrifying heritage as a descendant of the notorious Blood Countess, Elizabeth Báthory – in this spellbinding vampire novel, as vicious as the Dracula myth. The descendants of Elizabeth Báthory, a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess who terrorized the Carpathian countryside in the 16th century and murdered hundreds of women, are determined that her line shall not die. Only Catherine, a paternal descendant, has tried to escape the horrible legacy that she has grown up fearing and detesting. Eventually, Catherine enters a convent, hoping to find the peace she has long desired. But when she meets journalist Michael Devlin, she is drawn back to the ancient castle in the Carpathian Mountains. For Michael, who is haunted by the last thing he saw before losing his sight, is determined to discover the truth about the line of the infamous Elizabeth Báthory – the lady that history named the Blood Countess. Fans of BRAM STOKER’s Dracula, ANNE RICE’s Interview with the Vampire and SHERIDAN LE FANU’s Carmilla will want to dive into the dark and creepy world of Sarah Rayne’s Blood Ritual. READERS ARE HOOKED ON BLOOD RITUAL: “A superior example of the vampire genre . . . A pleasure from start to finish” Time Out “King and Koontz have nothing on this writer – She is AWESOME!” L.C. Russell, 5* Amazon review “Sarah Rayne is a great storyteller” P. Wilber, 5* Amazon review MORE STUNNING SARAH RAYNE HORROR STANDALONES: 1. The Devil's Piper 2. The Burning Altar 3. Thorn 4. Changeling 5. Wildwood

Download or read book Wildwood Dancing written by Juliet Marillier and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.

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Download or read book Wilson s Historical Traditionary and Imaginative Tales of the Borders and of Scotland written by John Mackay Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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