Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty

Beautiful British model, Adele Marriot, is so tired of riding the diet and exercise treadmill, and when a handsome young doctor offers her free surgery that will keep her beautiful and thin for the rest of her life, she jumps at the chance. However, something strange and sinister is going on at Dr. Stefan Soivak's mountain clinic. But, it is far too late for Adele to back out now! It seems that the clinic's patients are mostly vampires, whom the good doctor can surgically cure by switching their vampirism to another unfortunate...for a price. And now, a horrified Adele turns to the only man she hears can help her, Barnabas Collins. Barnabas is willing to help her, but it seems that someone is on her trail, someone who will stop at nothing to make sure that her transformation is permanent. And soon Adele and Barnabas, joined by his charming but hunted cousin Quentin, are playing a game that could mean destruction for all of them! Canadian author Dan Ross, under the pseudonym of Marilyn Ross, wrote this suspenseful, Gothic horror story, along with 31 other Dark Shadows novels. These novels were based on the American television show Dark Shadows (1966-71), but as they were written at the same time as the show was unfolding, there are some discrepancies between the books and the show. In spite of that, though, Ross's characters are wonderfully fleshed out, and story itself is absolutely gripping - and romantic. So, if you are a fan of Gothic horror, you will like this book very much. If you are a fan of Dark Shadows you will absolutely *love* this book. (I did.) I highly recommend this book!