A Vice Of Darkness

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About A Vice Of Darkness

In the quiet town of Crossville, Indiana, funeral director Charlie Crenshaw appears to live a life of impeccable routine. But beneath his polished manners and tailored suits lies a grotesque obsession: Charlie secretly crafts human dolls, murdering to preserve the fragile beauty he craves and to soothe the vast loneliness rotting inside him. His dark compulsions find new purpose when he meets Seraphine Duval, a mesmerizing woman selling an abandoned farmhouse: an isolated haven Charlie deems perfect for expanding his grim collection. But Seraphine is no ordinary seller. A succubus bound by an ancient pact, she instantly recognizes the monster lurking behind Charlie’s smile and offers him a chilling partnership. Together they form a bond of blood and hunger: Charlie kills to feed his obsession, and Seraphine consumes the darkness that sustains her immortality. Yet their union is threatened by Seraphine’s envious sister, Mavel, and a grieving father desperate for answers. As dangers close in, the pair are driven to increasingly brutal acts to keep their terrifying small-town secrets buried. When a violent confrontation strips Seraphine of her powers, she and Charlie must face a fragile human life haunted by paranoia, guilt, and the silent farmhouse filled with preserved corpses. Aging together among the dead, they learn that while bodies can be hidden, the past never stays buried. A psychological serial-killer horror tale infused with funeral-home horror thriller elements, this novel unearths a romance as exquisite, and as doomed, as a funeral wreath: beautifully arranged, bound together by death.

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