Are Sophie de Courcy’s maid’s ridiculous tarot predictions coming true?
Agnes sees a rascally admirer from abroad for each of them, and a battle with dark forces. It’s true that Sophie dreams of adventure and romance, but for a dowager’s companion in an isolated mansion in North Wales, there is little chance of either.
But now, Sophie’s long term hero – the incorrigible rogue French émigré Émile Dubois, has come on a visit with his strutting confidential servant. Surely, there can’t be any truth in the stories that Émile and the London highwayman Monsieur Gilles are the same person, and his servant his companion in crime?
Why does Émile insist that he met Sophie in Revolutionary Paris – where she has never been – and why is he so angry with her for denying it?
Meanwhile, their sinister neighbours, the long-toothed Kenrick and his siren like wife, are up on a visit from Town themselves. Kenrick is full of wild talk about the legends of Romania, and of travel through time.
Émile laughs at him. Still, can he resist Mistress Kenrick’s voluptuous charms?
Can Sophie prevent them all from being drawn into a Kenrick’s dark experiments?
Former Amazon best seller and winner of the BRAG award for outstanding self-published fiction.
Targeted Age Group:: 18+
What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Perhaps I was inspired by being brought up in a series of isolated, rambling old houses which my parents were rennovating in an era before it became fashionable. Some of these would have made ideal locations for Gothic stories. I also loved 'Dracula' and other classic Gothic melodramas. However, as I love a laugh almost more than anything, I couldn't resist writing the Gothic melodrama as dark comedy.
How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
I liked the idea of a jolly, sociable, good humoured historical vampire, rather than a mean and moody one. I thought a 'Pamela' type of clash between a virtuous girl and a good natured scoundrel of an aristocrat admirer who was actually a highwayman would be intriguing, particularly if I had him turn into a vampire.
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