Babu's Bookshelf: Willow Creek: Craving by Stephanie Summers

Title: Willow Creek: Craving

Author: Stephanie Summers

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Publication Date: March 8, 2014

Tour Host: Dreams Come True Promotions

A small idyllic town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains is home to a thriving community. People are happy, crime is practically nonexistent, life is good…unless you’re Sabine Crowley, who has been chosen to be the next blood bag for the vampire lord who has protected the town from otherworldly creatures for 200 years.

Sabine has big dreams for her life, and none of them include becoming a vampire’s concubine. On her 18th birthday, she seeks solitude to process the cruel turn her destiny has taken. As she sits alone in Cleary Park, a sexy stranger approaches her. He’s tall, mysterious, handsome, and a complete jerk. He soon reveals himself to be a vampire and she’s terrified of him and her strange attraction to him. She wants to get as far away from him as possible, yet finds herself wondering if she’ll see him again.

Remy, the cocky newcomer vampire, has been summoned by his maker, Bastian, to take his place beside him in the hierarchy of vampires inhabiting Willow Creek. He’s none too thrilled to be stuck in a boring little town in the middle of nowhere where he’ll have to feed exclusively from the girl he’s been paired with. He’s repulsed by the whole situation.

When Sabine tries to run away from her fate, Remy is forced to follow and bring her back. They’re unwillingly thrust into each other’s lives and reluctantly find an undeniable attraction between themselves. Will they ever look past their contempt for one another and act on their urges? Or are they destined to hate each other forever?

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Stephanie Summers’s “Willow Creek: Craving” is the beginning of a great new series. It has elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Suzanne Collins’s “Hunger Games” mixed into a spicy paranormal romance. I love the dream sex – very Lynsay Sands. The characters and the story are very well-developed. I can’t wait to read more about Willow Creek which is apparently some sort of vortex for beasties (like Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Sunnydale). Basically, this is a very skillful blending of the best plot elements from your favorite storylines into a unique new series. 5 out of 5 ~Daneille

Stephanie Summers is a wife and mother of two. She recently graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in accounting, though writing is her true passion. Stephanie seemed to always have a story or two or ten running around in her mind. At the ripe old age of 30, she finally decided it was time to put aside the thought that she didn't have what it took to write a novel and began writing her first story. She has since began and finished a paranormal romance, The Willow Creek Series: Craving. Her short story, Love Forgotten, was chosen to be published in the upcoming Stardust anthology. Her contemporary rock star romance, Undone, is scheduled to be released later in 2014.