Teena Halliday, payng an extended visit to Rentlow Retreat, doesn't want to pose for Jeremy Rentlow, a noted sculptor. There are malicious rumors that he is a vampire, which make Teena feel uneasy, but Jeremy persists, and Teena finally gives in. Soon after the sittings get under way, Teena begins to feel weak and tire, but Jeremy refuses to let her miss a session. Suddenly Jeremy tells his family of their engagement. Teen does not have him but she does not love him but she does not have the strength to protest. It is as if she has become his prisoner, with no will of her own. Then Teena notices strange marks on her neck. She dares not ask--are they the maks of a vampire? Is Jeremy's kiss the kiss of death?
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Well worth picking up. I loved it!,
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Teena Halliday is sent to stay with her only other relatives (at Rentlow Retreat) for six months. The whole family is odd and seem to resent Teena being there. Jeremy Rentlow is a noted sculptor and insists Teena pose for him. However, all of his past creations are all that remain of the people and animals he had worked on before. All died mysteriously on the same night Jeremy finished their likeness. Teena does not wish to pose for him, and says so, but ends up relenting and letting him work her likeness into marble. Soon after the sittings get underway, Teena begins to feel weak and tired, but Jeremy refuses to let her miss a session. Suddenly Jeremy tells his family of their engagement! It shocks Teena as well as the family, since she had never been proposed to by Jeremy, nor has the idea ever been brought up! Then Teena notices strange marks on her neck, put there by Jeremy, though she can only vaguely recall his lips at her neck while posing. She dares not ask if they are the marks of a vampire. Teena has become a prisoner at Rentlow Retreat and cannot escape. **** The cover is typical gothic. Dark background with a huge, gloomy mansion in the back and a lovely lady in the foreground that seems to be trying to flee some sort of evil. The great thing about old gothics is that you never know what the ending will be. Many old gothics DO NOT have the "happily-ever-after" endings. This always seems to add spice to the stories though. This book was written in the late 1970's and can no longer be found in the local bookstores as new. However, I enjoyed it so much I wanted to post a review and tell everyone to haunt their local used book stores for this title! Amazon often has one or two copies available as USED. If you can find it, you will LOVE it. ****
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"THIS IS A GREAT PAPERBACK NOVEL!!",
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This was a good story through and through, but it left a few
things to be desired along the storylines. Was JEREMY REALLY a vampire? I would have to say "no" because he DID appear in daylight. They leave it open. Don't let this review deter you from reading the book. It IS a good book, and a great gothic novel.
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