"Do you believe evil can be invited in?"
Rose Baines, The House on Blackstone Moor
Unimaginable horror awaits you in The House on Blackstone Moor... Rose Baines' journey into the dark begins with the murders of her family by her insane, incestuous father. Evil has found a way in, as has the world of the undead. Will she become one of them?
The horrific discovery causes her to be incarcerated in two madhouses. Doctor Bannion, superintendent of Marsh Asylum, helps his favorite patient obtain a position as governess at Blackstone House, but why is he so adamant? The house, her charges tell her, is built on haunted moorland. Nothing is as it seems for Blackstone House, and its inhabitants have hideous secrets; the greatest secret of all is that of the blood.
Amid the unimaginable horror there is love - which comes at a terrible price. The House on Blackstone Moor is the first novel in Carole Gill's Blackstone Vampires Series. It is an epic tale of the eternal struggle of good vs. evil, and a story of love that strives to prevail, despite all odds.
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Excerpt:
"The air
was still and somewhat warm. Low clouds hugged the horizon. There was thunder
too from somewhere far away. I would have preferred to see the moors in the
sunshine, for the moody atmosphere made it look grimly forbidding. Yet I didn’t
wish to spoil the children’s fun.
“When you walk
to town, go along through there—you see at the bottom of that cliff, there’s an
old footpath there—too, you can’t miss it.”
I made a
mental note of it, although I didn’t know when I might go.
The children
both held onto me. “Mind your step.”
I listened, as
they had already frightened me as to the moor’s dangerous conditions.
“And the
weather changes so quickly, too.” Simon’s voice was grave. “Sometimes an entire
herd of sheep have been known to perish!”
Ada shook her
head. “Not so many as that, Simon; don’t be such a liar!”
Simon looked
angry. “It’s true, I know it is so.”
“Well,” I
said. “Whether it is or isn’t, I’m certain I shall be very careful where I
tread.”
Each of them,
it seemed to me, was vying with the other for my attention. Ada pointed out
rocks and brush and Simon spoke of yet more doom and gloom.
Suddenly, they
began to pull me forward. “This is the most fantastic thing you will ever see!
Oh do hurry, Miss Baines!” Ada was most impatient.
Simon tapped
her. “She will see it in her own good time.”
“What is it,
children? What do you wish me to see?”
They exchanged
mysterious looks to further dramatize the situation.
“Yonder, Miss!
Do you want to see the ancient stone of legend?”
“What legend
is that, Simon?”
Ada spoke up.
“The legend of Blackstone Moor!”
They began to
drag me then toward a rocky mount. “Just in here.”
I was led
through a narrow crevice. It quite reminded me of Stonehenge. I wondered what
it could be and began to grow excited, too.
Suddenly we
stopped as Simon pointed at a large flat rock. “There, that’s it!”
It looked like
a ledge that had been deliberately laid down. I went to touch it but Ada warned
me. “Touch it only if you dare!”
“I dare!” I
cried. The surface was far smoother than I would have imagined.
“See how black
it is, Miss?”
“Quite black,”
I agreed.
Simon nodded.
“It’s as black as the eternal night! And do you know why it’s black, Miss
Baines? It’s black with blood!”
“Simon!”
“Yes, truly!
It has blackened with blood and gore and innards and guts and things that
soaked into the stone!”
“What a thing
to say! Where did you hear such things?”
“I just know!
Ada and I both know!”
I drew him
aside. “Simon,” I chided. “You should know better. This is not something either
of you should think about, but it’s worse for Ada since she’s younger than you.
You ought to know that.”
He looked
down. “I suppose, but Ada’s older than you think!”
“Is she
indeed, well I don’t think it appropriate, alright?”
“Yes, Miss
Baines.”
“I don’t think
it’s a subject for children. Besides, it’s probably not true anyway.”
He was
agreeing with me, yet there appeared across his face the most quizzical look.
“But there were human sacrifices practiced on these moors once and all manner
of dark rites, too. Many people died here.”
This was
making me feel sick.
“Who told you
this?”
“No one.”
“Don’t lie,
Simon.”
“Someone I
can’t say…” Ada was watching him wide-eyed. Clearly she didn’t want him to give
me a name, but I continued to press him.
At last he
cracked. “Dora! It was Dora! Do you feel better now?!”
“It’s not that
I feel better, I just wanted to know who told you such things.”
Ada looked at
me intently. “Please, you won’t have Dora punished, will you?”
“No, of course
not, but whatever do you mean?”
Ada shook her
head. “She might be severely punished, that’s all.”
She quite
unsettled me with that. But then I took it to mean she might be sacked. “Well,
I shall only speak to her then, alright?”
“Oh yes, Miss.
Thank you, Miss.”
I took their
hands then and we headed back to the house, the children walking just ahead of
me, whispering. And I watching their backs, wondering what they were
saying."
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