‘I cannot get this story out of my head and it will have you hooked and want more!!’ Review on Amazon.com
‘I was floored by Sam’s work. Really flat-out delighted to see such a level of style combined with narrative drive. I suppose one could use those terms in an overly technical sense, but Sam is at a level that simply shines. Soaking in her story even while seeing her powerful ability to make me feel and see what the narrator is experiencing – she’s not only got a gift, she clearly knows how to employ it to powerful effect.’ Gard Goldsmith
‘If Dracula and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Count Saint-Germain mixed you’d have Gabriele, the lead in Sam Stone’s throwback vampire novel, Killing Kiss... Vampire fans, especially those feeling left behind by romance’s siege on the genre, will find Killing Kiss (the first in a trilogy) has a lot to offer and shouldn’t be missed.’ Michele Lee – Booklove
‘The thing that really stands out when reading Killing Kiss is Sam Stone’s fantastic writing and thorough characterisation. I haven’t seen writing this good for a while, and as for the characters, they’re so deep and layered they could almost be real.’ Jenny Davies – Wondrous Reads
‘Sam’s writing is as hypnotic as a vampire’s stare, and the intelligence she uses to set the scene – not dictating, but merely suggesting what images your mind will conjure up – lets me, as the reader, feel part of the narrative.’ Trudy Messingham – The Art of Randomology
‘Loving the lusty lines and serial killer intentions of the protagonists... thinking @SamStoneAuthor Killing Kiss is very Chick Slash.’ Nicholas Butler (@Loudmouthman) on Twitter
‘This is what happens when Jackie Collins writes Twilight. Makes Edward seem so Disney.’ Nicholas Butler (@Loudmouthman) on Twitter
‘The first author I have read for whom vampires are essentially time travellers.’ Nicholas Butler (@Loudmouthman) on Twitter
FUTILE FLAME:
Finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards 2009; Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel 2009
‘This book has it all, sibling incest, lesbianism, male on male rape, and people getting their hearts ripped out of their chests.’ J R LeMar
‘Vibrant and colourful.’ Peter Mark May
‘When you have a vampire, as sexually charged as Lucrezia, survive burning at the stake and living among the whores of an Italian dockland, you don’t want your reading flame to go out. The sensual show is rich, the characters three-dimensional, and the terror is real. The witch-burner’s flames were futile but the fire between the pages rages on.’ Geoff Nelder
‘[Lucrezia’s] shocking tale: from the obsessions of a brother; her fall as his prey; her longing for freedom and normality; the strength of will she develops through mere survival... [all] creates a power beyond the usual tale of vampire meets girl, vampire falls in love with girl, vampire loses girl... or whatever the formula is for such things. You become a part of Lucrezia’s discoveries, much as you learn with Gabriele of the life he was thrust into, yet with the fresh eyes of a female, seeing the world of the late 1500s and early 1600s male domination being twisted and used to such great advantage. With the revelations of her story, the whole book opens up into a new, greater dimension, leaving me in total awe of the new world created in my mind. Yes I want, no, NEED more!’ Trudy Messingham – The Art of Randomology
‘With all the style and charisma of Anne Rice, but less indulgence and crazy, Futile Flame is a sensual, deadly tale of immortals, sins and the unknown wrapped up in a vivid take on the past... Rich, enticing and utterly charming Stone’s vampires are ambrosia to horror fans hungry for the good old monstrous vampires who look, walk and sound like us, but hold our deaths in their gaze.’ Michele Lee – Booklove
DEMON DANCE:
‘Enticing, shocking and delightful... A fast-moving story that’s spell-binding, as thrilling as it is intelligent and thought-provoking... Sam Stone writes with stylish panache.’ Simon Clark
‘Sam Stone has done it again, her immersion into the vampire world is so extraordinarily well-crafted that I am wondering if she is really Lilly, the protagonist vampire with a heart. And Lilly is more than a vampire, she has learnt witchcraft and – rare in vampire literature – can manipulate ley lines, using them as a power. Unusual too in that this vampiric feast travels the corridors of Time, quite literally and in both directions... If Futile Flame was a flambé of vampiric lust, Demon Dance is its force majeure.’ Geoff Nelder
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Cover
Front Matter
Title Page
Publisher Information
Futile Flame
Prologue
Mortuary
Suburban Vampire
Seducer
Guilt
Incest
Lover Revealed
Loving Lilly
Affair
Scandal
Confinement
A Thief In The Night
The Fall Of The Borgias
Death Of An Innocent
Revenant
Freedom
The Hunt
Escape
Obsession
Coffee At Harvey Nichols
Joanna’s Blood
Justice
Rome
Whore
Sex Therapist
Gypsy
The Magician
Miranda
Becoming More
Medici
Feeding Time
Cold Flight
False Security
Enchanted Waterfall
The Impossible Garden
The Allucian City
Prisoner
The Darkness
The King
Entity
Epilogue
End Matter
Praise For Sam Stone
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