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Those Who Hunger: An Amish Vampire Thriller by Owen Banner Spoilers

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TW: Attempted rape, murder, child abuse, animal cruelty, and underaged drinking.   SYNOPSIS: "In rural Pennsylvania, a teenage boy is mauled to death.  Hadassah Zook knows what happened, but she isn’t telling. There’s a dreadful secret buried between the furrows of her upright, simple Amish valley. Another murder lights a fire of suspicion and prejudice in the community. It threatens to destroy everything. The killings draw in two FBI detectives: Jacobo Barrabas and Keith Linguard. But they aren’t the only ones on the hunt in Hager's Valley. Those Who Hunger is a suspenseful, paranormal family saga and coming-of-age tale. It explores the consequences of secrecy, suspicion, and loss on a family in the midst of a young girl’s passage into womanhood." *There are multiple subplots so I tried to make it as concise and understandable as possible. It's a long one.* SPOILERS: At an auction in Hager’s Valley (Pennsylvania) a horse becomes wild and injures teenager Roy and is ...

Vicious Prince by Lili St. Germain Spoilers

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TW: Rape (current and past) and suicide   SYNOPSIS: "An arranged marriage. A brutal abduction. And a love so forbidden, it might destroy them both. Avery Capulet is missing. Taken by a madman. Kept in the dark. She might not survive. He’ll use her body. Destroy her mind. All before he ever lays a hand on her. Rome Montague is a drug dealer. A criminal. A thief. And he needs the secrets Avery and her family are keeping – even if it means cutting them out of her pretty Capulet flesh. Rome Montague is missing – but nobody will miss him. Not that it matters; After the things he’s done to this girl,  he doesn’t deserve to be found. Vicious Prince, set in the criminal underbelly of San Francisco, follows two warring families who are ruled by blood, power and twisted desire. Please note this book was formerly titled  Verona Blood." RECAP: - Avery, who turned 25-years-old the start of the book, is at her father's (Augustus Capulet) office and passes Joshua Grayson, a 40-year-old...