On the table of psychiatrist Robert Cavendish lay a strange set of papers, claimed to be the journal of the infamous Whitechapel murderer whose crimes instilled terror on the streets of Victorian London. Delving deeper into the journal, Robert is convinced of its authenticity, and finds that the words of the Ripper have a strange and compelling effect on him. Unable to cast the pages aside, he is drawn into the dark, sinister world of Jack The Ripper. Robert is about to find out just how thin the line between sanity and madness really is. But can he distinguish fact from fantasy? Read more

Demons aren’t real. Are they? One sexy demon. One human female. One lethal magic dagger. She’s broken. He’s on a mission. How did her brokenness derail his mission? Join this sexy demon and the woman who can’t deny the attraction to him on a journey for healing, revenge, and sexy times. Jasmine’s life flipped upside down a little more than a decade ago since the fateful day she intervened in a scuffle between two men with horns. Horns! Since that day her family’s thought she’s bonkers. In more institutions than she cares to remember, on more prescriptions than a junkie, she’s finally settled into a semblance of normal in the middle of nowhere, running an antique store. Normal. Totally. Until… Azar’s been haunted by the memory of the girl who saved his life ages ago, but he’s had more important things on his mind. Staying alive. He and his brothers are being persecuted by bounty hunters sent by the princes of hell. He’s doing everything he can not to be killed. While at the same time, trying to find a way through the veil so he can avenge his parents’ murders. Until… Read more

“Hudgins is a Horror-Meister to reckon with!”  VICTOR MILLER – Writer of Friday the 13th  Lock your doors. Bolt your windows. There is a maniac on the loose.  If you like quick reads, this is the author for you! Steve Hudgins uses a screenplay/novel hybrid writing style that keeps the descriptive portions of the story brief, allowing the narrative to push forward at an extremely fast pace.   MANIAC ON THE LOOSE An exceptionally dangerous patient has escaped from the local psychiatric hospital.  Fearing that he’ll lose his job if word gets out, the head of the hospital, Dr. Franklin Grimm, secretly sends his mysterious head of security on a mission to apprehend the deranged psycho before anyone can gain knowledge of the escape.  Meanwhile, a small town is clueless that an infamous serial killer now walks among them, seeking his next victim.  Will Dr. Grimm’s devious plan work or will blood be on his hands as a slaughter ensues?  Terrifying, eerie and unpredictable, Maniac on the Loose will keep you up all night gripping the blankets in suspense!  Read more

A crown. A church. A ship buried underwater for centuries. And the power that awaits… England in 1940 is marked by blackouts, air raids and the threat of enemy bombs. Yet, in pastoral Duncaster, against the backdrop of awe-inspiring cliffs and a roiling sea, reporter Rachel Rubin fights an adversary more deadly than the Germans: a foe that only she can see, it seems. According to legend, King Redwald’s treasure is in Duncaster and is protected by a foul curse. Believing in old folk tales is utter nonsense to the true blue American Rachel … until she starts having disturbing dreams and seeing ghosts! As the danger escalates, more chilling events occur. Rachel races against time to discover the truth. She doesn’t know who to trust, but one thing is certain– the bodies are piling up and Doomsday looms on Duncaster’s watery horizon! Read more

DARK BEGINNINGS, BRUTAL ENDINGS ★★★★★ Fast-paced, scary, so well thought out and so rewarding to read – Extremely well written. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. Left me feeling extremely satisfied. ★★★★★ Clever and compelling psychological thriller – Shocking, tense, gripping, surprising, thought-provoking, dark and chilling. A traumatic event and the break-up of her marriage returns Elaine to her childhood home where she embarks on renovating the run-down farmhouse as she reconnects with her mother and entertains her two children over the summer holidays. Terrifying nightmares, the stirring of memories long forgotten, and eerie happenings at the house, suggest her imagination is getting the better of her, until confronted by an intruder and things spiral out of control. A missing policeman, a suspicious psychiatrist, and an old adversary add to her escalating tension. When she wakes up covered in blood next to the body of a masked man, Elaine must fight for her sanity, facing demons both past and present. Unless it’s too late. ★★★★★ The Mother of all reads! – Really enjoyed this book. The first half develops the characters well, ready for the clever, fast-paced second half. It’s hard to decide what genre this book fits in. As a lover of James Herbert and Stephen King, I would say it would probably be along the lines of a psychological thriller/horror. ★★★★★ A must-read – Wow! This book had me gripped from the very beginning. So many twists and turns. ★★★★★ The best novel I’ve read in a long time – A brilliant novel. The detailing in the description of the characters, places and dreams are breathtaking. ★★★★★ An absorbing, disturbing and kinetic thriller that balances a tight rope between a conventional whodunnit and a Gothic horror. ★★★★★ In The Mother Of All Things, Mr Blake melds mystery, crime, suspense, drama, and action in a story seeping with dark paranoid tension. Fans of writers such as Stephen King, Ruth Ware, Megan Abbott, Dean Koontz, Peter James, Jeffery Deaver, C. J. Tudor, are in for a real treat and will not be disappointed. Read more