Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings,
to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet
to read. It's
based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.
Dracula’s
Lucy Westenra like you’ve never seen her In this retelling from
critically acclaimed author Julie C. Dao, the perfect woman bites back.
Lucy
Westenra is beautiful, rich, loved by three men—every inch a lady. But
beneath this sparkling, flirtatious facade, she is fascinated by death,
which has stalked her throughout her short life. For her, the dead do
not slip away easily, as they do for her best friend, Mina; they linger.
When
Lucy departs for Whitby, her nightly sleepwalks introduce her to the
mysterious Vlad, who seems to see parts of her she has never let show
before. Vlad makes her an Every century, he seeks out the “perfect woman
of the age,” who embodies all the values of her society, to live with
him in immortality—and Lucy could very well be this woman. For the first
time, she feels herself able to share her darker side with someone.
Thinking herself dreaming, she agrees to cheat death with him.
When
Vlad finally appears in the light, it is aboard a ship covered in
corpses. He toys with Lucy and mocks her in Mina’s presence. And one
night, he drains a corpse dry right before her eyes. He is a vampire, a
monster ready to take her. He expects a good Victorian lady, appalled by
his darkness, a victim. But Lucy is only enraptured. When Vlad reacts
with violence, Lucy has no choice but to fight for her agency, even if
it means giving up her humanity. And her tormentor will soon find she is
no easy opponent . . .
The first book of a duology that
retells Dracula from the point of view of Lucy Westenra, this gothic
romance is perfect for fans of Penny Dreadful and Danielle L. Jensen.
This one sounds intriguing! I am tickled that we get two different books from two different authors regarding Lucy from Dracula! It's bizarre timing and I know it wasn't intentional! I am definitely curious about them both!
TITLE: Now Comes the Mist
AUTHOR: Julie C. Dao
PUBLISHER: Podium Publishing
GENRE: Paranormal
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2024
From New York Times
Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of
supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones,
and a sinister spirit out for blood...
Nicola Laughton never
expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a
child. Then medical advances let her live into her thirties and she met
Anton, who taught her to dream of a future… together. Months after they
married, Anton died in a horrible car, but lived long enough to utter
five words to her, “I’ll be waiting for you.”
That final private
moment became public when someone from the crash scene took it to the
press—the terminally ill woman holding her dying husband as he promised
to wait for her on the other side. Worse, that person claimed it wasn’t
Anton who said the words but his ghost, hovering over his body.
Since
their story went public, Nicola has been hounded by spiritualists
promising closure. In the hopes of stopping her downward spiral, friends
and family find a reputable medium—a professor of parapsychology. For
the séance, they rent the Lake Erie beach house that Anton’s family once
owned.
The medium barely has time to begin his work before
things start happening. Locked doors mysteriously open. Clouds of
insects engulf the house. Nicola hears footsteps and voices and the
creak of an old dumbwaiter…in an empty shaft. Throughout it all she’s
haunted by nightmares of her past. Because, unbeknownst to the others,
this isn’t her first time contacting the dead. And Nicola isn’t her real
name.
That’s when she finds the first body....
In this
atmospheric, thrilling new ghost story, Kelley Armstrong's full talents
are on display to thrill, chill and leave the reader guessing how
Nicola escapes with her life--if she can.
I was pretty much in as soon as I saw Kelley's name, but the Supernatural Horror cinched the deal! I cannot wait to read this one and the two or three dozen other books I have of Kelley's on my TBR!
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