Rose Early is in England searching for her sister, Joan,
who hasn't answered her e-mails or cell phone messages in a
couple of weeks. Rose descends on the cottage of horror
writer V.F. Drummond in the hope that he has some
information about her sister's whereabouts. What she finds
is a rather rude, middle-aged man who won't give her the
time of day, so Rose winds up at the local pub to figure
out her next move.
Vic Drummond is spending a quiet few weeks away from London
and his public at his deceased aunt's cottage when a bold
American walks across his bridge and into his garden.
Thinking her a tourist, he blows her off and heads to the
pub, where he's verbally accosted by the American woman for
being so rude. Intrigued, Vic sits down and she spills her
guts. He discovers she's the sister of Joan Early, a woman
he spent a few nights with indulging in casual sex. It's
obvious this Rose Early is convinced something terrible has
happened to her sister, so Vic decides to help. It doesn't
hurt that Rose is quite a looker.
Rose rents Joan's cottage at the Rose and Thistle Bed and
Breakfast and discovers a hidden box of Joan's photos taken
for the book project she came to England to work on. What
Rose doesn't expect to find is that her super-cool, down-to-
earth sister has stumbled onto an evil that scares the
pants off her. Joan has scribbled all over Vic's latest
horror novel and at the end of it she writes, "I believe."
Vic and Rose put their heads together and uncover an evil
so powerful the townspeople may have succumbed to its power
right there in their quaint little village in the
Cotswolds. As the evil grows and people turn up murdered,
so the attraction between Rose and Vic grows. Before they
realize it, they're madly ripping each other's clothes off,
several times a day. Between bouts of mad sex and the
creepy scratches they find on each other, Rose and Vic
slowly uncover the truth about the village church, its
tapestry, a private sex club in London and what all of
these things have in common.
I absolutely loved this story! It's witty, dramatic, laugh-
out-loud funny, at times, and highly suspenseful. I
couldn't put it down. Ms. Lawrence has a marvelous ability
to write intense, fast-paced, short chapters that move the
story forward brilliantly. This is the kind of storytelling
we see on the BBC TV series Mystery. It contains
paranormal events and loads of sensuality. A very highly
recommended read.
Horror novelist, Vic Drummond, has immersed himself in the
darker side of human nature. Has it made him evil . . . or
simply driven him crazy?
Horror has no place in the world of Rose Early who earns
her living photographing happy family groups. She views her
world through a camera lens, and with her computer,
can ""fix"" what she doesn't like. When Rose goes to
England in search of her missing sister—and meets Vic
Drummond—she learns some things can't be fixed.
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