Love, Death and Other Lies
By Jerome Sparks
Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Thriller, Occult
During an ill-fated girls’ night out, still reeling from the loss of her husband, Liv Bestte meets a mysterious, old woman who promises to return her husband to her – for a price. It isn’t until the reanimated corpse of her late husband has begun terrorizing the hills and hollows around Julian, West Virginia, tearing flesh from bone, that Liv learns the price is her soul.
Now Liv is racing against time to find a way to satisfy this debt without sacrificing herself. And she soon learns that the only way she might escape her grisly fate is by offering up her daughter, Tegan, in her place.
But is it already too late for Liv? Is Liv’s fate sealed by family history? When Liv is about to make an ill-fated decision, it is Liv’s younger sister, Abby, who stands in her way, despite the fact that Abby was the first victim of the resurrected thing that was once Conner Bestte.
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Author’s Bio
Jerome Sparks is a native of West Virginia. He majored in the highly unprofitable and nonspecific field of Creative Productions while attending the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia. Hoping to become a college professor, Sparks went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Humanities, with a concentration in literary theory from the West Virginia Graduate College located in Institute, West Virginia. But, after an unsuccessful attempt to teach English at the college level (for which he offers his most sincere apologies to his former students), Sparks took the easy out and pursued a J.D. from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sparks called New Orleans home for several years, haunting the bars and bistros of the French Quarter, before finally following a girl back to West Virginia where he is currently practicing law. (Yes, he married the girl.) Sparks and his family now live happily in the West Virginia hills.
My Review
5 stars
Liv Bestte was married to the perfect man and he died. She can’t get over him and when she meets a strange old lady that promises to bring Conner back Liv jumps at the opportunity. But in classic style, Liv doesn’t exactly get what she wishes for. Conner doesn’t remember what happened, he just wakes up buried in a small box knowing that he was buried alive. When he gets free he has this strong desire to kill a beautiful woman and is not going to let anything get in his way. Liv is on a race against time to try and stop Conner but it is starting to look like the only way that can happen is if she sacrifices her daughter in her place.
Liv can’t get over losing Conner and we start the story with her lamenting his death. Of course she is going to jump at the opportunity to get him back. Conner on the other hand deserves his fate, what a jerk!!! Of course we have blood and gore as Conner works his way to Liv and the mad rush as Liv tries to save herself from a gory fate.
This is a great story with the classic saying, “be careful what you wish for.” It was easy to get into the story. The pages flew and I didn’t realize what time it really was when I emerged from this story. Love, Death, and Other Lies is a must have for any horror lover.
I received Love, Death and Other Lies from Sage’s Blog Tours for free. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.