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The Witch Finder’s Sister | Beth Underdown | Rougeski Review

March 6, 2017 Rougeski Comments Off on The Witch Finder’s Sister | Beth Underdown | Rougeski Review

Readers who love the Brontë sisters will adore The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown. This unique novel is set in England in 1645. A civil war rages, destabilizing the country. Throughout history, evil men have [more]

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Ill Will | Dan Choan | Rougeski Reviews

February 28, 2017 Rougeski 0

Ill Will by Dan Chaon is a chimera.  It shimmers just out of reach like a highway heat mirage, hypnotic, addictive, seductive.  Ironically, the same can be said for human memory.  How much of what [more]

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Spirit Conjuring for Witches | Frater Barrabbas | Rougeski Review

February 27, 2017 Rougeski 0

Spirit Conjuring for Witches: Magical Evocation Simplified by Frater Barrabbas appears at a time when many writers, “experts,” and even movie producers issue dire warnings against communing with spirits, evil or otherwise; hence the spate [more]

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The Devil’s Prayer | Luke Gracias | Rougeski Review

February 23, 2017 Rougeski 0

The Devils Prayer by Luke Gracius is not only interesting, but it never fails to surprise.  At a time when many novels follow predictable, well-trod paths, Gracias keeps readers guessing right up to the end. [more]

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Healing Art of Essential Oils | Kac Young, PhD | Rougeski Review

February 20, 2017 Rougeski 0

  The Healing Art of Essential Oils by, Kac Young, PhD, is a comprehensive, well-organized, highly-researched, and documented book that focuses on the benefits of using essential oils.  In addition, it is equally accessible to [more]

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The Shadow Land | Elizabeth Kostova | Rougeski Reviews

February 5, 2017 Rougeski 0

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova may not be as clear of a departure from her first novel–The Historian–as some may believe. No.  There is no longed-for return of Dracula or any of his minions.  [more]

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Self Deliverance | K.A. Schneider | Rougeski Reviews

January 14, 2017 Rougeski 0

Self Deliverance is a very interesting and surprising book.  The author, a messianic rabbi, defies eons of tradition concerning the subject of possession.  Universal theory pictures those who are possessed as totally helpless victims of [more]

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Wicked Witches | N.E.H.W. | Rougeski Reviews

January 7, 2017 Rougeski 0

Where have all the witches gone? First it was vampires.  For years, readers were inundated by a never-ending flood of them.  Now, many cookie-cutter writers have jumped on the zombie wagon.  Zombies, zombies, and more [more]

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Max Booth’s The Nightly Disease | Rougeski Reviews

December 29, 2016 Rougeski 0

The Nightly Disease by Max Booth III is promoted as comedy/horror.  Those anticipating a bloody dance with the usual denizens of typical dimensions of horror may be disappointed with the lack of zombies, vampires, or [more]

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Possession: A Romance | A. S. Byatt

October 27, 2016 Rougeski 2

Solar and Lunar Symbolism: The Matter of Containment in A.S. Byatt’s Possession: A Romance A.S. Byatt’s Possession: A Romance is a text that can be entered through many doors. Once inside, a reader is assailed [more]

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Behind Lace Curtains

Behind Lace Curtains  

Jake Preston, New York photographer, spent his life searching for something more, a magic he could never quite perceive--yet he always let the lens see for him.  He hungered for a revelation, but was terrified at the prospect of finding one . . . until he discovered his lover, dead on his blood-spattered bathroom floor, and on a mirror, a Cajun French message scrawled in fresh blood, the words merging with his reflection like sordid war paint.

  Even though he cannot translate the scarlet message, he knows what it means.  The murder is his fault--blood for blood.   With unblinking eyes, Jake smears the haunting words into a meaningless blur of red and then with scarlet-stained fingers transcribes the message onto his flesh, transferring the bloodguilt onto his soul, completing the ritual by painting his face with a glistening mask of red.  He knows what he has to do.  

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Jimmy and Julia, two college students, are haunted by oppressive memories of tyrannical, deceased mothers; Julia responds by becoming a reclusive overachiever and Jimmy, a serial killer. Their lives become inextricably intertwined by a shared fixation for a missing library book that contains marginalia detailing plans for the brutal murder of a local woman.

  Julia, believing she has uncovered information that can stop a string of serial killings, struggles to find a way to prevent the murderer from striking again, never realizing she has embarked on a perilous, unconscious quest for freedom from the past.   And Jimmy goes hunting . . . for Julia.

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At the Devil's Own Game

When Gina, a former prostitute and drug addict from Chicago crosses paths with Zachary, a Louisiana Satanist posing as a defrocked priest, sparks fly.  Each has something that the other requires in order to prevail.  What could possibly go wrong?

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Kaitlyn suffered an abusive childhood.  Her nightmare family life drove her to become one with the Chicago night world of prostitution and drugs, all she believed she deserved.  Visions of her father naked under his black bathrobe continued to haunt her.  Years later, she ends up in prison.  A well-respected judge, mesmerized by her beauty, frees her from jail and marries her.  However, Kaitlyn is still a prisoner, owned by another man who wears a black robe.  Unable to conceive a child, she believes she is doomed to live without the only love she might ever find.  During a suicide attempt, a drop of her blood lands on a newspaper article which promises her the pure love she longs for.  She takes on the former name of her only friend, a nun, and is reborn as Gina, apostate nun, who heads to Louisiana to fulfill her dream.  But first, she must beat the devil at his own game.

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