Ingredients
Original recipe yields 6 servings
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
I am so excited to have Sheila Robets here at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and Giveaway.
Thanks Sheila and Pump Up Your Book for allowing me to join your Sand Dollar Lane Blog Tour! Please take it away, Sheila!
Title: SAND DOLLAR LANE
Author: Sheila Roberts
Publisher: Harlequin/Mira
Pages: 368
Genre: Women’s Fiction / Romance
BOOK BLURB
Brody Green is finding it hard to recover after being dumped by his fiancée, Jenna Jones, then watching her walk down the aisle with someone else. Jenna is determined to make up for her love defection and find him the perfect woman, but Brody is done with love. First a divorce, then a broken engagement. From now on he’s keeping things light, no commitments. Luckily Brody’s business is booming. Beach Dreams Realty is the best real estate company in town. And the only one. Until…
Lucy Holmes needs a new start. In business, in love, in…everything. If ever there was a cliché, it was her life back in Seattle. She was a real estate broker working with her husband until she caught him trying out the walk-in shower in a luxury condo—with another agent. She’s always been the more successful of the two, and with him gone, she’s determined to build a business even bigger than what she had. Moonlight Harbor is a charming town and it has only one real estate agency. Surely there’s room for a little competition.
Or not. Looks like it’s going to be a hot market in Moonlight Harbor. And maybe these two competitors will make some heat of their own.
“Lighthearted and full of colorful, quirky characters and surf-side warmth… Roberts's picturesque coastal world is sheer delight and will appeal to romance and women's fiction fans alike.” — Library Journal
Book Information
Release Date: April 26, 2022
Publisher: Harlequin/MIra
Soft Cover: ISBN: 978-0778386353; 368 pages; $9.99; E-Book, $7.99
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3sfzSoa
Book Excerpt
Lucy Holmes-Anderson was smiling as she made her way to the condo she was showing in downtown Bellevue. She and her husband, Evan, had seen it during a realtors’ open house the day before and been sure that it would sell in a moment. And she was going to be the one to jump on that moment. She had a couple she knew the place would be perfect for and she’d arranged to meet them there on their lunch hour.
She’d tried to let Evan know that she had a fish on the line but her call had gone straight to voice mail. It seemed like that happened a lot lately. Hardly surprising, though. Like her, he was busy showing houses, getting listings, writing up offers, and when he was with someone, he never took calls. He had said something about having a noon appointment so he was probably already with his clients.
Sometimes it seemed he spent more time showing houses to other people than hanging out in his own house with her. For a couple who worked together, it sure seemed that they didn’t see much of each other.
But that was the nature of the real estate business. No set hours, and evenings and weekends were usually busy. For both of them. They were often either in their separate offices in Anderson-Holmes Realty or meeting with people.
Even when they were together, it felt more like they were simply sharing space. He’d spent most of the evening the night before convincing a hesitant couple to lay out a king’s ransom on a dog of a house in a Seattle neighborhood that was supposed to be the next big thing. By the time he’d gotten off the phone, he’d been ready to do nothing more than crash in front of the TV.
There wasn’t even such a thing as a cozy breakfast together. Nothing new there though. Breakfast had always been a crazy rush to get out the door. This particular morning it had involved a phone conversation with their daughter, Hannah, about the “little” accident she’d had with the new car they’d given her the summer before for her high school graduation. At least she’d only crunched into a post in a parking garage and the only thing that got hurt was the car, but it was a costly hurt. Not good for the insurance premiums.
“It’s not that new anymore,” she’d said in between tears and apologies. “I’ve had it almost a year.”
“And we’ve paid the insurance for the first year. Remember, come June it’s going to be time for you to take that over,” Lucy had said. “And accidents only make your insurance go up.” Which it was going to do to theirs.
Lucy hadn’t wanted to be the baddie, but they’d flipped a coin over who was going to have a chat with their baby and she’d lost.
“Remind her that she’s got to get a job as soon as spring quarter is over. It’s time she started taking some financial responsibility,” Evan had insisted.
They were paying for her tuition at the University of Washington, plus housing (which wasn’t cheap when you lived in a sorority). Car insurance was something they’d decided Hannah could cover in the future.
So Lucy had done the reminding thing.
This had not been welcome news, and while Hannah could often wheedle one or the other parent into caving when she wanted something (or to get out of something), the parents had stayed united on the issue of a summer job.
“You’re not doing summer quarter,” Lucy had said. (More reminding.) “You’ll have time for a job. I’m sure you can find something fun. Maybe helping Daddy and me in the office.”
“Inputting boring stuff into the computer,” Hannah had said in disgust.
“And posting listings online. Looking at all those cool pictures of houses.”
“Stuck inside like a mushroom.”
Lucy hadn’t bothered to remind her daughter that mushrooms grew outside in the woods.
“You guys are so unfair,” Hannah had concluded.
Of course, that accusation had been enough to make Lucy want to cave. She had always struggled with dishing out discipline, even when their daughter was little, although she’d certainly tried her best. And really, Hannah wasn’t a bad kid. Just a little spoiled, maybe.
“We need to do this, don’t we?” she’d said as Evan grabbed the keys to his Maserati and started for the door.
“We do. Everybody has to face reality sooner or later, Luc.”
And reality included hard work. Lucy knew that firsthand. She’d come from a hardworking middle-class family and put herself through college. So had Evan.
They’d both worked their way through school at the same pizza parlor and slowly fallen in love in between orders. With his degree in business and hers in interior design, they’d partnered up in both business and life. They’d put in long hours to establish their real estate agency, and when the market in the Seattle area turned hot, they’d been more than ready to take advantage of it.
They were now the epitome of success, with three brokers in their office — two hunky millennials who could charm anyone into listing their house with Anderson-Holmes and a beautiful, bright young thing named Pandora who reminded Lucy a lot of herself twenty-two years earlier when she and Evan first opened their doors.
As far as Lucy could see, the girl’s only flaw was that she lacked confidence. It seemed she couldn’t submit a single offer without consulting Evan. Only the other day she’d called with a silly question about a house inspection that left Lucy shaking her head.
“She just needs some hand-holding,” Evan had said.
“I could use some hand-holding,” Lucy had replied in a playful tone of voice.
There’d been a time when he would have taken the hint, taken her to bed and gotten a hold of more than her hand. This time, he’d merely chuckled and returned to surfing the internet on his laptop.
She hadn’t pushed. They were both going pretty hard and it seemed he was tired a lot.
Still, this wasn’t what she’d envisioned their love life looking like now that they were empty nesters. She’d joked to her older sister, Darla, that with Hannah out of the house, she and Evan would probably have sex in every room. That was what you did when you had the place to yourselves, right? She and Evan were only forty-four. He was still in his prime and she was at her sexual peak.
So far, she’d been lucky if she got him stirred up in the bedroom let alone anywhere else. Where was all that empty-nester-second-honeymoon fun they were supposed to be having? Somewhere in the future — at the rate they were working, the distant future.
But all work and no play… If she closed this deal, she was going to make sure they went on a nice long vacation. They needed to put the romance back in their relationship. She’d been eyeing resorts in both Hawaii and Fiji. She’d also been looking into cruises. One of those European river cruises would be so nice.
Yes, a river cruise. Evan had his boat and his fancy midlife sports car. She should get a cruise.
Her smile grew bigger. The Jorgensons were going to love this slick two-bedroom condo in downtown Bellevue. In addition to a bonus room, it had all the bells and whistles — a generous kitchen with quartz countertops and an eating bar; spacious living and dining rooms; windows with electric blackout blinds; unobstructed views of downtown Bellevue, Seattle, Lake Washington and the Olympic Mountains. The facility offered a spa, fitness center and theater room. What was not to like? For some, the price. But the Jorgensons could afford this.
Actually, so could Lucy and Evan. It might be nice to downsize from their four-bedroom three-thousand-square-foot house. It wasn’t like they’d filled the place up with kids. Or ever would.
Okay, maybe not this condo. Their house was on Lake Washington and it was important to Evan to be on the water. She liked the water, too. There was something so calming about it. So someplace smaller. Cozier.
That appealed to her. Yes, it was worth considering.
Meanwhile, here were the Jorgensons. In their late thirties, dressed in trendy clothes, driving a Tesla compact, this couple was more than ready to go from being renters to becoming homeowners. Lucy had convinced them that a condo was a good way to start. Plenty of freedom and no maintenance worries.
“I know you’re going to go crazy when you see this condo,” she told them as she let them into the lobby.
“I looked at the pictures online,” said Emma Jorgenson. “It looks gorgeous.” She smiled at her husband, Aaron, who smiled back at her.
“We’re excited to see it,” he said.
“I’m excited to show it to you. If you like it, we’ll want to move quickly. This one won’t last.”
They rode the elevator up to the twenty-seventh floor. “The view is amazing. You won’t believe your eyes,” Lucy said.
She let them into the unit. It was gorgeous. Hardwood floors, windows showcasing a million-dollar view (no, make that two million).
But what did she hear? Was that voices?
“Is someone else looking at this place?” asked Aaron.
“No one should be.”
Lucy followed the sound down the hallway and into the master bedroom, her clients trailing her.
“This bedroom is fabulous,” Emma breathed. Then her eyes fell on the trail of his and hers clothes leading into the bathroom. “Umm.”
“Sounds like someone’s in the shower,” said Aaron.
“That’s not possible. The owners are in Cabo.” But Lucy had seen the clothes also, and someone was definitely in the bathroom. She could hear water running, and a high-pitched giggle. What on earth was going on?
“Maybe you should wait here,” she said to her clients, and moved toward the bathroom.
“Ooh,” said a familiar female voice as Lucy stepped through the door and onto the azure porcelain floor.
Oh, no. She had to be hallucinating. Behind frosted sea green glass, etched with marsh grass, under the luxury rainfall showerhead, two bodies were silhouetted.
“Baby,” said another voice.
It was a voice Lucy knew well, a voice that had called her baby, too. Dread urged her not to look around that glass wall but anger won out and she did.
There stood Evan with Pandora, the bright young thing. Both naked and sudsy. And Evan wasn’t holding her hand. This didn’t happen in real life. This happened in books or movies.
Lucy blinked, hoping the image before her would disappear. It didn’t. Evan and Pandora Welk were still right where she’d seen them.
“Evan?” Lucy squeaked. He was too busy to hear her. She raised her voice. “Evan!”
Pandora was the first to turn. Those faux-innocent hazel eyes of hers got so big they looked like golf balls. She let out a screech and the soap in her hands shot across the shower.
Evan turned, too, and looked over his shoulder. If eyeballs could bounce, his would have bounced right out of his head and onto the shower floor.
“Luc!” he cried, and stepped in front of Pandora in an effort to shield her.
Caption the moment What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Plenty. Evan was old enough to be this girl’s father. There she was, all slender and perky, and there he was, a forty-four-year-old fool with love handles. It was so inappropriate and unprofessional and…wrong! And furthermore, if he was going to go wild and crazy like this, he should have been doing it with Lucy.
The Jorgensons joined the party, apparently too curious to stay behind. “Eeep,” said Emma Jorgenson.
“Whoa,” said Aaron Jorgenson, half laughing.
“Ack!” said Evan, still trying to shield the home-wrecker from the audience that was gathering to gawk at them.
Red-faced, Pandora hurried out of the shower, grabbed a towel and her clothes, and beat it as if the hounds of hell were after her.
Lucy hoped they were and she hoped they took a great big bite out of that perky, bouncy bottom.
USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly best-selling author Sheila Roberts has seen her books translated into several different languages, included in Reader’s Digest compilations, and made into movies for both the Hallmark and Lifetime channels. She’s happily married and lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Her latest book is the women’s fiction/romance Sand Dollar Lane (Harlequin/Mira, April ’22)
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Dutch Oven Red Beans and Rice
Prep/Total Time: 30 min
Makes: 6 servings
Makes: 6 servings
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 celery ribs, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 package (14 ounces) smoked turkey sausage, sliced
1 carton (32 ounces) reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1-1/4 cups uncooked converted rice
1/3 cup tomato paste
1 bay leaf
1-1/2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Hot pepper sauce, optional
Monday, February 7, 2022
I am so excited to have D. Marshall Craig at Paranormal and Romantic
Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight.
Thanks D. Marshall Craig and PR by the Books for allowing me to join The Hidden Agendas Blog Tour!
Please take it away, Amy!
When busy trauma surgeon Dr. Kyle Chandler goes to a medical symposium in London, he agrees to two innocent meetings for his friend Ian Griffin, who runs a private investigation firm. During his time in England, Dr. Chandler stumbles on a mysterious system of illegal smuggling to the United States. How could the smuggling of products in bulk wine carriers have anything to do with the shipping of French antiques? As Kyle continues his investigation, he soon realizes he faces a powerful, complex network involving organized crime. At the same time, escalating threats to him reveal the truth-and the truth nearly costs him his life.
Product detailsPublisher : White Bird Publications (February 8, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 296 pages
ISBN-10 : 1633635465
ISBN-13 : 978-1633635463
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Pan de Muertos (Mexican Bread of the Dead)
Ingredients
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons anise seed
1/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons orange zest
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon orange zest
2 tablespoons white sugar
Directions
1. Heat the milk and the butter together in a medium saucepan, until the butter melts. Remove from the heat and add them warm water. The mixture should be around 110 degrees F (43 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl combine 1 cup of the flour, yeast, salt, anise seed and 1/4 cup of the sugar. Beat in the warm milk mixture then add the eggs and orange zest and beat until well combined. Stir in 1/2 cup of flour and continue adding more flour until the dough is soft.
3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
4. Place the dough into a lightly greased bowl cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size. This will take about 1 to 2 hours. Punch the dough down and shape it into a large round loaf with a round knob on top. Place dough onto a baking sheet, loosely cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour or until just about doubled in size.
5. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for about 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven let cool slightly then brush with glaze.
6. To make glaze: In a small saucepan combine the 1/4 cup sugar, orange juice and orange zest. Bring to a boil over medium heat and boil for 2 minutes. Brush over top of bread while still warm. Sprinkle glazed bread with white sugar.
Footnotes
You may substitute 1/2 teaspoon anise extract for the anise seeds.
Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday
celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South
regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places,
especially the United States. It is acknowledged internationally in many
other cultures. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family
and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have
died, and help support their spiritual journey. In 2008, the tradition
was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The holiday is
sometimes called Día de los Muertos in Anglophone countries, a
back-translation of its original name, Día de Muertos. It is
particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a public holiday.
Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took
place at the beginning of summer. Gradually, it was associated with
October 31, November 1, and November 2 to coincide with the Western
Christianity triduum of Allhallowtide: All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day,
and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday include
building private altars called ofrendas, honoring the deceased using
calaveras, aztec marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the
departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. Visitors also leave
possessions of the deceased at the graves.
Scholars
trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous
observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival
dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread
throughout the world, being absorbed into other deep traditions in honor
of the dead. It has become a national symbol and as such is taught (for
educational purposes) in the nation's schools. Many families celebrate a
traditional "All Saints' Day" associated with the Catholic Church.
Originally,
the Day of the Dead as such was not celebrated in northern Mexico,
where it was unknown until the 20th century because its indigenous
people had different traditions. The people and the church rejected it
as a day related to syncretizing pagan elements with Catholic
Christianity. They held the traditional 'All Saints' Day' in the same
way as other Christians in the world. There was limited Mesoamerican
influence in this region, and relatively few indigenous inhabitants from
the regions of Southern Mexico, where the holiday was celebrated. In
the early 21st century in northern Mexico, Día de Muertos is observed
because the Mexican government made it a national holiday based on
educational policies from the 1960s; it has introduced this holiday as a
unifying national tradition based on indigenous traditions.
The
Mexican Day of the Dead celebration is similar to other societies'
observances of a time to honor the dead. The Spanish tradition, for
instance, includes festivals and parades, as well as gatherings of
families at cemeteries to pray for their deceased loved ones at the end
of the day.
Observance in Mexico
Origins
The
Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico developed from ancient
traditions among its pre-Columbian cultures. Rituals celebrating the
deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilizations perhaps for
as long as 2,500–3,000 years. The festival that developed into the
modern Day of the Dead fell in the ninth month of the Aztec calendar,
about the beginning of August, and was celebrated for an entire month.
The festivities were dedicated to the goddess known as the "Lady of the
Dead", corresponding to the modern La Calavera Catrina.
By
the late 20th century in most regions of Mexico, practices had
developed to honor dead children and infants on November 1, and to honor
deceased adults on November 2. November 1 is generally referred to as
Día de los Inocentes ("Day of the Innocents") but also as Día de los
Angelitos ("Day of the Little Angels"); November 2 is referred to as Día
de los Muertos or Día de los Difuntos ("Day of the Dead").
Food
During
Day of the Dead festivities, food is both eaten by living people and
given to the spirits of their departed ancestors as ofrendas
("offerings"). Tamales are one of the most common dishes prepared for
this day for both purposes.
Pan de muerto and
calaveras are associated specifically with Day of the Dead. Pan de
muerto is a type of sweet roll shaped like a bun, topped with sugar, and
often decorated with bone-shaped phalanges pieces.. Calaveras, or sugar
skulls, display colorful designs to represent the vitality and
individual personality of the departed.
In addition to
food, drink is also important to the tradition of Day of the Dead.
Historically, the main alcoholic drink was pulque while today families
will commonly drink the favorite beverage of their deceased ancestors.
Other drinks associated with the holiday are atole and champurrado,
warm, thick, non-alcoholic masa drinks.
Jamaica iced
tea is a popular herbal tea made of the flowers and leaves of the
Jamaican hibiscus plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as flor de Jamaica
in Mexico. It is served cold and quite sweet with a lot of ice. The
ruby-red beverage is called hibiscus tea in English-speaking countries
and called agua de Jamaica (water of Jamaica) in Spanish.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Resident Evil Village
Setting
Resident Evil Village is set three years after the events of Resident Evil 7, largely on the day of February 9, 2021. Ethan Winters returns as the protagonist. Ethan has been living with his wife Mia and 6-month-old daughter Rosemary when Chris Redfield — the protagonist of previous Resident Evil entries — and his men suddenly appear, murder his wife in cold blood, and kidnap him and his baby daughter, bringing them to a mysterious European village. Ethan has to traverse the village to rescue Rosemary. The village is invaded by werewolf-like mutants called Lycans and governed by four different mutant lords, each controlling their own forces from strongholds within the village. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, an unusually tall vampiric aristocrat, resides at Castle Dimitrescu with her three daughters Bela, Cassandra, and Daniela, and mutated female attendants. The hallucination-inducing and ghost-like Donna Beneviento rules from her mansion, House Beneviento, and acts through her puppet Angie. The grotesque Salvatore Moreau operates from a reservoir in close proximity to the village and is described as a "merman". Karl Heisenberg, who can manipulate magnetic fields, leads a group of Soldat simulacra from a contemporary factory. All houses respond to a supreme leader figure called Mother Miranda, the ruler of the village who is a "presence worshipped by the villagers."
Plot
Three years after the events in Dulvey, Ethan and Mia have been relocated to Europe by Chris Redfield to start a new life with their newborn daughter Rosemary. One night, Chris and his Hound Wolf squad raid the house, assassinate Mia, and abduct Ethan and Rosemary. Ethan awakens next to the crashed transport truck they were riding in and reaches a nearby village terrorized by werewolf-like creatures known as Lycans. Ethan is unable to save the remaining villagers and is captured and brought before the village priest Mother Miranda and her lords: Alcina Dimitrescu, Donna Beneviento, Salvatore Moreau, and Karl Heisenberg. Ethan escapes a death trap made by Heisenberg and ventures into Dimitrescu's castle to find Rosemary, with the support of a mysterious local merchant known as the Duke. Ethan eliminates Dimitrescu and her daughters, finding a flask containing Rosemary's head. The Duke explains that Miranda placed Rosemary's body parts in four different flasks for a special ritual and that she can be restored if Ethan recovers the other flasks held by the remaining lords.
While killing Beneviento and Moreau for their flasks, Ethan learns Hound Wolf is also in the village.
Ethan passes a test from Heisenberg for the fourth flask and is invited to the lord's factory where Heisenberg offers a proposal to defeat Miranda together. Ethan refuses once he learns Heisenberg intends to weaponize Rosemary and escapes. Ethan encounters and confronts Chris over Mia's death, learning the "Mia" Chris killed was Miranda in disguise. Chris reveals that Miranda possesses the power of mimicry and was attempting to abduct Rosemary, succeeding when she crashed the transport truck. Chris destroys Heisenberg's factory while Ethan uses a makeshift tank to defeat Heisenberg. Miranda confronts Ethan and kills him after she reveals her plans to take Rosemary as her own.
Witnessing Ethan's death, Chris leads Hound Wolf to extract Rosemary while a Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) assault force distracts Miranda. Chris enters a cave beneath the village and discovers a Megamycete (called the "fungal root" (菌根, kin kon) and the "Black God" (黒き神, kuroki kami) in the Japanese game), the source of the mold. He plants a bomb on the Megamycete and finds Miranda's lab, learning that she has lived a century since coming into contact with the Megamycete and was a mentor to the Umbrella Corporation's founder Oswell E. Spencer; Oswell used her knowledge to eventually develop the t-Virus. Miranda experimented with the fungus in an attempt to revive her daughter, Eva, who had succumbed to the Spanish flu; the four lords, Lycans, and Eveline were failed experiments. Miranda found a suitable host with Rosemary due to her special abilities inherited from Ethan and Mia. Chris also rescues the imprisoned Mia, learning that Ethan is still alive when Mia reveals her husband's powers.
Ethan revives after encountering Eveline in limbo who reveals that he was killed in his first encounter with Jack Baker in Dulvey, but was revived by her mold which gave him regenerative powers. The Duke brings Ethan to the ritual site where Miranda is attempting to revive Eva, but only succeeds in reviving Rosemary. An enraged Miranda battles Ethan, who kills her, before the Megamycete emerges from the ground. Ethan, his body deteriorating from his regenerative powers having reached their limit trying to stall Miranda's damage on his body, sacrifices himself to detonate the bomb planted on the Megamycete, while Chris transports Mia and Rosemary to safety. As Mia mourns the loss of Ethan, Chris discovers that the BSAA soldiers sent to the village were organic bioweapons and orders his squad to head for the BSAA's European headquarters.
In a post-credits scene, a teenage Rosemary visits Ethan's grave before being called away for a mission on behalf of an undisclosed organization. As she and her escort drive off into the distance, an unknown figure is seen approaching their vehicle.
Favorite Halloween Anime, Manga, Movies, TV Shows and Videogames Suggestions
Anime
Black Butler
Vampire Knight
Vampire Knight Guilty
Manga
Black Butler
Cain
Godchild
Vampire Knight
Movies
Dracula Rising (1993)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Fright Night 1 and 2 (1985 and 1987)
Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)
Jack Be Nimble (1993)
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Sometimes They Come Back Again (1996)
To Die For: Dracula: The Love Story (1989)
PC Games
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness
TV Shows
Blood Ties
Videogames
Clock Tower Series
Fatal Frame Series
Haunting Ground
Resident Evil Series
Rule of Rose
Silent Hill Series
Obscure Series
Until Dawn
Nightcry
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Vampire Knight
Plot
Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, where she was
attacked by a rogue vampire and rescued by Kaname Kuran, a Pureblood
vampire. Now ten years later, Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the
headmaster of Cross Academy, Kaien Cross, has grown up and become a
guardian of the vampire race, protecting her childhood crush, Kaname,
from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding
school. At her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend whose hatred for
the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear leaves him
determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all
well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous
ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions? In this world of
secrets, nothing is as it seems. The price of misplaced trust may even
be worse than death. Should Yuki truly find out what was in her past, is
the truth going to hurt her worse than not knowing?
Friday, October 29, 2021
Black Butler
Plot
In Victorian-era London lives a thirteen-year-old earl named Ciel
Phantomhive, who acquired this position after the events of December 14,
1885 (Ciel's 10th birthday), when the Phantomhive manor was attacked by
unidentified perpetrators and was set ablaze. Ciel, amidst the chaos,
discovers his parents, Vincent and Rachel Phantomhive, to be dead along
with the family dog, Sebastian. The same night he is kidnapped by the
attackers and then sold into slavery, where he ends up in the hands of a
sadistic, demon-worshipping cult. Ciel then endures endless physical,
mental and sexual abuse at the hands of his captors. Ciel was also heat
branded with a mark referred to as the "mark of the beast". One night,
during a sacrificial ceremony to summon a demon, instead of forming a
contract with the cult members, the demon states that he was summoned by
Ciel, therefore he only agrees to form a contract with him, killing all
the cultist members in the process. To show a contract was formed, the
demon places a contract symbol referred to as the Faustian contract
symbol on Ciel's right eye, giving it a purple hue, and his iris and
pupil now showcase the symbol of the covenant. After the formation of
the contract, the demon reveals he will consume Ciel's soul as payment
for helping him achieve his goal; revenge on those who brought down the
House of Phantomhive. Afterwards Ciel names the demon Sebastian
Michaelis, after his deceased pet dog. The duo then return to society as
Ciel takes over his now late father's previous position as the queen's
watchdog, a very high-profile individual who is tasked with
investigating cases that Queen Victoria herself deems especially
important or threatening to England and the crown.
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