A Dark Universe – Perry Lake

I write horror stories.  I’ve written book series about Count Dracula, the monster of Frankenstein, the ghouls Hugo and Edgar, and I have plans for quite a few more tales of the macabre.  Many of the stories awaiting publication are ghost stories.  As each of these series is based on one or more famous monster,…

Sanctuary Road – a Review

Dayna’s musician husband has left her for another woman, one who is pregnant with his child. While waiting for her divorce to be finalized, she returns home to the small town of Cedarwood, Kentucky, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of New York City. But will her life in Cedarwood be any less stressful? Her…

Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets – a Review

When I opened and began to read Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets, I was transported into another life, another world, another place. Through the characters, I was able to experience things that I would otherwise never have had the pleasure—or displeasure—of experiencing. This book is a steampunk thriller, a subgenre of science fiction or fantasy…

Little Darlings – a Review

Little Darlings is a terrifying story that will haunt your thoughts long after you finish it. The original Grimm’s fairy tales are not sweet and innocent; they are bloody, violent, and scary. Folktales that have been told for hundreds of years can be the same. What if they were true? What if the horrible things…

Yellow River Pledge – a Review

Dr. Jordan Chamberlain seems to have it all—the perfect life, husband, friends, and career A young and successful medical examiner, she is chasing a serial killer while still working other cases. From the clues she gathers from the corpses, it seems clear that the killer is a guy. Jordan’s husband announces to her one day…

The Secluded Village Murders – a Review

In this cozy murder, Emily Ryder, a tour guide turned amateur sleuth, attempts to solve the murder of her mentor, Chris Cooper. His death has been ruled accidental. Murder just couldn’t happen in the small town of Lydfield, Connecticut, but Emily believes that Chris was murdered. So why does Emily believe that Chris has been…

Immortals’ Requiem – a Review

Fantasy and reality collide. The result is total chaos. Creatures from parallel worlds thought to exist only in our nightmares enter modern times, bringing their bloody and gory existence with them. This unputdownable dark fantasy has a huge cast of characters that includes humans, elves, ifrits, ORCS, barghests, satyrs, syartalfars, therians, shapeshifters, werewolves, wereleopards, vampires,…

In Defense of Guilt – a Review

What happens when you give your all to your career? What happens when you sacrifice your spouse, your child, your family for your career? You might become the best you can be in your chosen career, but then what else do you have? In Defense of Guilt is a legal thriller and a Christian suspense/thriller.…

A Peculiar School – a Review

Miss Ethel Peacock has what she thinks is a brilliant idea. She wants to start a school! But this isn’t just any school. It’s not like Cub Academy, which is a school for the lion cubs. This school will be for all the animals! Mr. Densworth Lion doesn’t think much of her idea because, as…