She Made Herself a Monster

She Made Herself a MonsterA heady, dark hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in nineteenth century Bulgaria, a self proclaimed vampire slayerin truth, a traveling con artistjoins forces with a teenage girl to create a monster deadly enough to vanquish their own demons. We make monsters in order to destroy them. For thousands of years, weve named witches and burned them, suspected demons and exorcised them. When crops die and children fall ill, who better to blame than a monster?

She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams

but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country

“A modern classic

reckoning with a sensual awakening inside herself

and pluck up the pearl

With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette

he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier

Too bad he’s as skilled at annoying her as he is at fighting

Told through the perspectives of Rachel

they intend to usher in a better world

In the cult classic novel Bunny

and draws inspiration from the adrenaline-fueled robbing heists of his past for the film roles that made him a household name