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The Fourth Bride (The Blackstone Vampires Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Carole Gill (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
"...full of evil." -Wende Sheets, Julie's Book Review-

After the tragic death of her groom, Dia is taken to Dracula's castle.

Once there, she is seduced and turned by the count to become his fourth bride. The other brides are to be her sisters, but there is great rivalry as the brides compete for their master’s affection. Dracula takes Dia away, but to whose castle has he taken her... and are they being watched?

Dracula’s gypsies are loyal to their master and try to save him, but the destroyers led by Van Helsing arrive, and there's great carnage. Still, for one, there is salvation from the unlikeliest of saviors. There is betrayal and a freak show run by evil men, as well as the greatest passion Dia will ever know. But can she trust it? And what of Dracula’s greatest vampire enemy, the nobleman who has fallen in love with Dia. Is he an ally or an enemy?

The fourth novel in Carole Gill's Blackstone Vampires series, The Fourth Bride is a compelling story of paranormal love and gothic horror. This is a stand-alone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read the previous books in The Blackstone Vampires series.
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    The Blackstone Vampires
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'92 Horror authors you need to read right now'Carole Gill -- the Blackstone Vampires series~Charlotte Books EXAMINER.Dark and Creepy full of evil! Carole is by far the master story teller of vampire gothic horror.
~Wende Sheets - Julie's Book Review

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I wrote this book having been inspired many years ago by the film Dracula, that Francis Ford Coppola made. That got me into writing vampire fiction! Having said that, I felt there Dracula was both sexy and romantic, yet capable of demonic deeds! What a combo! Right up my alley, to use a cliche. Why not write a book depicting Dracula as he is shown to be in the novel Stoker wrote? Now, he has the ability to look handsome, but he is Dracula as written in my novel.         .I read and then studied the novel. I wrote around the action in the novel, Dracula, that is I elaborated on events, I did not change them! I gave him a love life and had him explain about his living life. There is interest on the part of many readers, I found in Dracula. Many want to know more about him. That is what I sought to do in this novel.I write dark paranormal and Gothic romance as well as dark horror. The Gothic romantic fiction I write is combined with horror. This fiction is replete with tortured vampires, passionate sex and feeding. I believe vampires are wanton, highly sexual creatures and I depict them that way. Having said that, they are capable of deeply felt emotions. They are complex creatures. There are good and bad among them as there are among all beings..With regard to the horror, it tends to be contemporary. I have all sorts of monsters, some human and some human-like. Serial killers, monstrous beings inside, don't necessarily look like what they are. That to me, is most scary..Creativia has just released by latest book, a novel based on the infamous Blood Countess, Erzsebat Bathory who held absolute power in 16th Century Hungary. She was a sexual sadist and predator. That book was a challenge to write, but I love challenges!
Thank you for reading this. I hope you will check out my writing!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FEJ2CKI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Creativia
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 19, 2014
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 667 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 251 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 4 of 4 ‏ : ‎ The Blackstone Vampires
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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Carole Gill

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Carole Gill is published by Creativia. She writes dark Gothic romance as well as contemporary horror.

Preditors & Editors’ Readers’ POLL

#2 BEST HORROR NOVEL 2016

I, BATHORY, QUEEN OF BLOOD

BEST INDIE BOOK FINALIST

2016

CIRCUS OF HORRORS

Her acclaimed 4-novel series, The Blackstone Vampires:

2014 - Amazon Bestseller in Dark Fantasy - THE BLACKSTONE VAMPIRES OMNIBUS

2015 - Amazon Bestseller in Vampire Horror - THE BLACKSTONE VAMPIRES OMNIBUS

2015 - Amazon Bestseller in Horror Anthologies - HOUSE OF HORRORS

AWARDS:

eBook Festival of Words 2014

Best Horror: The House on Blackstone Moor and

Best Villain: Eco

Top 10 Books - 2013 - The House on Blackstone Moor

Aoife Marie Sheridan - ALL THINGS FANTASY

Publisher, Ultimate Fantasy Books

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92 Horror authors you need to read right now,

Carole Gill - The Blackstone Vampires Series. ~Charlotte Books Examiner,

Justine: Into The Blood Book One - Blood and Passion Series is on sale at Amazon.

Book 2, Anat: Blood Princess, follows.

I, Bathory, Queen of Blood, a novel about the Blood Countess Erzsebat Bathory is her latest book. For dark horror fans there is, Carole Gill's House of Horrors and the novel, Circus of Horrors.

In 2000 she was selected by Northwest Playwrights of England for further development. Short stories and novels were what she preferred to write.

Her story, The Devil's Work is being broadcast web and television in the Fragments of Fear Program in 2016.

Blog:

http://carolegillauthor.blogspot.co.uk/

facebook author page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carole-Gill-Author/120405794703293?ref=ts

She is widely published in horror and sci-fi anthologies:

Fragments of Fear tv and YOU TUBE, 'THE DEVIL'S WORK'

Killing it Softly, Digital Fiction Publishing Corp.

Sideshow, published by PsychoPomp

After Armeagedon short story collection by Brian L. Porter (guest story by Carole Gill)

Rogues Gallery, The Illustrated Police News, Firbolg

Enter at Your Own Risk: Dark Muses Spoken Silences Firbolg

Vampires: Romance to Rippers an Anthology of Tasty Tales

A S Publications: Enter at Your Own Risk: Old Masters New Voices, An Anthology of Gothic Literature,

Fresh Fear: Contemporary Horror

Triskaideka Books' Masters of Horror Anthology One,

Triskaideka Books' Masters of Horror Damned If You Don't,

Sonar 4 Publishing's Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror 2010,

SNM's Bonded By Blood3 Languish In Lament,

Sonar 4 Publishing's Whitechapel 13, Anthology,

Rymfire's Undead Tales,

Rymfire's Zombie Winter,

Rymfire's Zombie Writing

Angelic Knight Press' Satan's Toy Box: Demonic Dolls and

Whitechapel 13, An Anthology of the Victorian Era

Sci Fi Almanac 2009 and 2010 and

Science Fiction Freedom Magazine, issues 1-4,

Sci Fi Talk's Tales of Time and Space.

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  • Pamela
    4.0 out of 5 stars THE FOURTH BRIDE
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2014
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    Another well-written, exposition style of writing by Carole Gill. Each book in the Blackstone Vampire Series is from a different character’s point of view. Not any easy task as each voice has to be unique for that specific character, but Gill is able to accomplish just that. Dia’s journey to the undead is quite different than what happened to Rose, Eve or Justine. Though Justine, Into the Blood is not a part of the Blackstone Vampire Series, the story goes into more detail about the horrible nature of Ned and Anton and the terrible ordeal Dia suffered at their hands. I do recommend reading that book to help flesh out the last of this series.

    As a baby, Dia was cursed by Dracula to become his fourth bride. Rose and Louis Darden tried to protect her from the curse, but once Dia turned of age and set to marry to a mere mortal, Dracula claimed her as his and changed her life forever. After the destruction of Dracula, Dia finds herself betrayed and turned over to the sadistic Ned and his freak sideshow. One element I like about Gill’s stories, they really show the dark nature of the human soul. Society condemns vampires and werewolves as monsters and demons, but that same darkness dwells in the souls of man.

    Because of proofreading errors, I have to take away one feather and give a 4 feather recommendation instead. If you love dark, vampire stories, this one is for you
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  • Lisa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Totally A must read!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014
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    Attention horror fans!!!!!
    Carole Gill has done it again with the fourth book in the Blackstone Vampire series. It grabs your attention from the first page to the last. I couldn't put it down. This series dared me to try to figure out the direction Carole was going. I was surprised and delighted at every twist. This is a total must read.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars What a ride
    Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2014
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    I ABSOLUTELY loved this book, Dia's story is filled with love and angst. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I felt rushed in parts.
    Definitely can't wait for the next book.
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  • Nancy Allen (The Avid Reader)
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Fourth Bride is filled with scary, gory and bloody things. Love dark horror! Fantastic Read!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014
    I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

    Dia was cursed by Dracula as a baby while her mother was killed. Rose and Louis Darton took Dia in at that time to love and raise her as their own. Rose and Louis had two children of their own Simon and Ada. Rose, Louis, Simon and Ada were all vampires with the exception of Louis being half-vampire/half-demon. As Dia grew into adulthood her brother and sister would never would. They will always remain children as they are vampires while Dia is not.

    Dia met and fell in love with a nice young man by the name of Edward. While on their honeymoon poor Edward took sick and died. Dia was all alone until she was kidnapped by Dracula and taken to his castle to become his fourth bride, which she was destined to since she was cursed as a baby. Dracula had three other wives whom lived with him at the castle. They are sisters and were actually real sisters when they were turned. After taking Dia to his castle Dracula turned Dia into a vampire and she became his fourth bride. At first Dia was very upset and scared but eventually she learned not to be afraid of Dracula and she learned to love him in her own way. Dracula loved Dia very much or as much as he ever could with his dark and evil twisted heart.

    The sisters were very jealous of Dia and did not like her at all but that was ok because Dia didn't like them either. She was just as jealous of them if not more so. So Dracula decided to take her away so just the two of them could be together so that it would be just the two of them and she wouldn't have to put up with the sisters.

    Dia suffers through a lot of heartache and tortious things. She is made do unspeakable things that she would never dream of ever doing. The Fourth Bride is filled with so much evil, mind numbing events that will leave you with your mouth hanging open. If you are easily given to nightmares then I suggest that you read The Fourth Bride with the lights on and under no circumstance read it alone. Well unless you are like me and you love reading scary, gory and bloody books. If I dreamed about The Fourth Bride and I woke up right in the middle of it I would be so upset. I would want to go back to sleep so I could finish my dream. I would probably be laughing when I woke up. Not because I don't have a heart or care about people and things I do very much but hey I love horror. I was born in the horror month and love it.

    Have you read The Blackstone Vampires? If you have not then you do not know what you are missing. The Blackstone Vampires is one series you definitely need to check out! It is an amazing series! Carole Gill is an awesome author and knows how to scare the living daylights out of you. And to me that is one fantastic book and author!
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  • Taliesin_ttlg
    4.0 out of 5 stars Back, with Drac
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2014
    When I read Carole Gill's The House on Blackstone Moor I was taken with the fact that she wrote a very gothic prose but merged it with a nastiness to her primary character that was reminiscent of Clive Barker.

    This is the fourth book of the series, but whilst it uses the characters of Louis and Rose as a jumping off point the book itself concentrates on a new character, Dia, a young woman cursed from birth to be the fourth bride of Dracula. It is a brave move, certainly, tying her series into that of Stoker's masterpiece and, in many respects, it is a natural fit as Carole Gill has always had Satan as the source of vampirism and has tied in Dracula's education at the Scholomance with another mainstay character Eco.

    If I had a criticism, however, it is this. The author writes a fantastic victim and this worked so very well in the first book - when the primary character was human. With the primary character being a vampire I was less comfortable with the "female victim". It was ok when under the thrall of Dracula (or another powerful vampire) and I could accept it but I was less comfortable with the vampire being the victim of human men too. There was an in-built layer of misogyny and I would like to see the author write a strong female lead, one who isn't the victim and doesn't need rescuing by a man (vampire or human). That is, perhaps, for another book.

    That criticism aside (and I hope it is taken as constructive) this was more rounded as a book than the third volume and took an interesting route by attaching itself to the Dracula mythos. 7 out of 10. Note the review was first published on my blog Taliesin meets the Vampires and was based on a complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review.
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