In the Blood

By E. C. Samuels,

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Book description

Don’t open the door. Especially if it’s someone you know.

The sleepy English village of Crosseby is a nice place. A safe place. A place where everyone’s roots are generations’ deep. For Alf Schaeffer, it is a haven from a cruel world.

Then the newcomers arrive.

At first, Alf doesn’t…

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Why read it?

1 author picked In the Blood as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book deserves far more eyes on it. EC Samuels has a beautiful style of writing; it is real, raw, and believable. You can picture yourself right there in the thick of it–which is a Catch-22 situation when it comes to horror books.

This is Samuels’s debut novel, and she knocked it out of the park. If you’re a vampire lover but want something darker and far more ‘British,’ This is a safe bet.

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