Candle Bay

Candle Bay

DARK SECRET
Perched on a fog-shrouded hillside high above an isolated California coastal town, the once-opulent inn was neglected for decades. Now restored to its former glory and filled with well-heeled guests, The Candle Bay Hotel and Spa owes its remarkable renaissance to its new owners, the Darlings. Yet the seemingly all-American hosts hide a chilling, age-old family secret...
INNOCENT ARRIVAL
Lured to the picturesque spot, assistant concierge Amanda Pearce is mesmerized by her surroundings—and by her seductive new boss, Stephen Darling. But the odd behavior of her employers during the day and suspicious bloodsplatters in the hotel fill her with an overwhelming sense that something sinister is going on.
BLOOD WAR
Little does Amanda know that not only are the Darlings vampires, but that a murderous vampire vendetta is about to begin. The Dantes, a vampire clan nearly exterminated by the Darlings a century ago, have come back to seek vengeance and steal a potent elixir—a potion as precious to vampires as blood itself. As the lethal feud unfolds and her feelings for Stephen deepen, Amanda faces the greatest decision of her life—to die or join the forever undead.

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Tamara Thorne has an uncanny knack for combing the outrageous with the shuddery, making for wonderful scary romps and fun reading."

---Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, author of Midnight Harvest

"Tamara Thorne is a shining example of a writer who has tapped into a seemingly endless vein of satirically comic horror novels.... With Tamara Thorne, you have to think outside the box. You can't go into a Thorne novel and expect the straightforward, the obvious, or the tired. Thorne is the Zucker-Zucker-Abrahams of horror, taking familiar elements and twisting, flipping them on their sides."

---The Chiaroscuro

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"Anyone that likes vampires will enjoy this book, and anyone that loves vampire tales should own this.... Candle Bay is Hotel California meets the Addams Family.... The characters are richly developed to the point that you can envision them easily and may even feel an unexplained familiarity."

---Horror-Web.com

Tamara Thorne cleverly juggles the entwining plots with relish. She is comfortable enough with her characters to poke fun at them and typical vampire fiction in general with plenty of jesting asides and skewed stereotypes. This is not an Anne Rice type knock off. Thorne has added her unique touch to the much repeated vampire tale with gratifying results, which makes Candle Bay a treat.

by Paula Sahraoui

Note: Candle Bay is currently out of stock at the publishers and a new copy may be hard to find. You can probably locate one in your local used book store or online at Dark Pages Bookshop. Email Paula with specific requests. It might also be found at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com by looking up the title and clicking on their bookseller links.