In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved.
With a stranger's help, I managed to escape to an isolated place miles north, and, in time, became my own ghost story. A cautionary tale for the locals.
Nearly a decade passed, before I returned to my birthplace, in hopes of unearthing long-awaited answers. Instead, I found something I wasn't looking for. Someone. A remedy for my loneliness.
Or so I thought.
Turns out, Thierry Bergeron is no elixir. He's a deadly poison, cursed by the demons of his past, and feared by those who call him the elusive Rougarou of the bayou. A devious rogue, whose seductive whispers and rough hands haunt my dreams. The big bad wolf that defiles me without apology, or remorse.
I should resist him, but I can't.
And when the shadows return to stake their claim on me, his darkness is the only safe place to hide.
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Keri Lake is a dark romance writer who specializes in demon wrangling, vengeance dealing and wicked twists. 
A touch of goth, a dash of romance and a huge dollop of Mystery & intrigue, inhabited by a brainwashed sect of conspiracy theorists, and whaddya have- a BRILLIANT piece of writing from the prolific writer, who's become my instant one click author.
I had goosebumps the ENTIRE TIME I was reading it. Reading should be believing but I can attest to the fact that it was hard to believe the blinding twists and turns.
The setting is the Louisiana bayou. A haunted, abandoned Charpentier House. Witness to unimaginable occult rituals and carnage, its walls shift with unexpected visitors and it speaks in whispers and growls.
"More bible verses in black. Curse words scribbled over them in red. It looks like a war between good and evil inside this house."
characters all sketched in Grey undertones, some paper thin in appearance and can only be felt rather than seen.
Fog swirls around the plot making it difficult to separate factuality from apparitions or hallucinations of the mind.
"I’ve had so many dreams, both sleeping and awake, that are so vivid, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s imagined."
Keri makes the reader wander through this misty, smokey plot, we fumble through clues, tear down walls and hunt for clues to fill in the blanks of the story.
The jigsaw puzzle that is the framework, could not have been conjured by any lesser writer. It must've required painstakingly exhaustive research and detailing, and Keri crosses ALL the T's and dots ALL the i's when sketching out the plot. And it shows!
It's remarkably engrossing, cast a spell on me from page one. When ever I had to put it down to walk away, it called to me. I dreamt about it. heard it's words in my ears...
"Minou...Minou...I can see you"
Thierry Bergeron is a dark soul. His world tweeters on the fine edge between the Devil and The Deep Dark parallel world of the cartel. What he does, for all its intents and purposes is not for the faint of heart. In his crosshairs lands Céléste Pierce, the object of obsession of almost every character in the story for their own nefarious and heinous purposes. But one thing is definite- everybody wants her dead!!
Thierry was enigmatic, villainous and tainted, So why did I fall for him so hard!! The Handsome Devil was beguiling and mesmerizing!
Céléste kicked Ass! "Angeltude. Angel with a fuck ton of attitude!!!"
I don't possess even a gram of courage and bravery she had. Unafraid and undeterred in the pursuit of answers, she has a wickedly witty side and gave back as hard as she received. Intensely smart, intelligent despite her stumbling around in the forest with distorting visions.
“The big bad wolf who eats young girls in the woods.
What happens to the wolf if the girl bites back, huh?
What if she’s just as hungry as he is?”
Except Thierry "The Black wolf" who sees her as a window of opportunity, a bargaining chip to snatch his soul back from the talons of the Devil
Who is this Devil, whose ominous presence is lurking ALL over the Book?
Why does he hide in the shadows yet breathes down EVERYBODY'S neck, raising hairs at the nape and striking hard at every misstep?
He's The Goatman.“The Great Goat. As I understand the Valir call him Le Bouc Noir.”
It's a head-spinning race against time, the heart remains firmly lodged in the throat throughout. The chills run down your spine and goosebumps mottle your arms, are a constant thing. I had my jaw drop down to the heavenly earth and the ground opened up beneath my feet as the mask came off.. Like Thierry, I was...."The Fuck?".
I'm still shaking my head at the sheer ignorance of the herd of people whose brains are stoopid enough and vulnerable enough to be molded and used as a weapon at the hands of demonic & villainous intentioned faux-gods!! Its scary in fiction but even more in real life, like we have had the misfortune of witnessing around us!!
5 stars for Illegal Delicacy
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