Something Radiates: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1490495053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 502 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
What a fun trip with a very trippy book! Nancy This is a very fun and easy read. The characters feel like people I know. The dialogue and descriptions are so realistic. But the best part is the plot is so unusual. I never knew what was coming and it was full of surprise twists until the very end. An amazing first novel from this author. I can't wait for her next book!. "Suspenseful! Phenomenal! Thrilling!" according to Debbie. Phenomenal, captivating, suspenseful free goodreads thriller Something Radiates by Brenda Marie Smith.After fourteen years of an abusive marriage, Sarah Stevens divorces her husband, Dietrich Peters, and leaves with her two teenage sons, Quincy and Daniel. She starts a new life, works as a waitress, rents a house, and starts dating a wonderful, loving man, Jonathan. Just as Jonathan and Sarah start to date, Sarah's ex-husband enters the picture as an astral projection, har. "A beautiful, creepy thriller" according to Laura Creedle. When the home of single mother Sarah and her two sons is invaded during a cracking Louisiana thunderstorm the family is forced to huddle together and wait it out. Sarah suspects her abusive, messianic ex-husband but she has no proof--and further attacks have a supernatural element. Sarah wonders if her ex-husband is dead and haunting the family, but the truth is even more frightening. A perfect blend of sixties psychedelia and feminist-tinged southern horror with a bang up
"Brenda Smith infuses her thriller with elements of urban fantasy and new age wisdom, as if Deepak Chopra rewrote Twilight." - Andy Johnson, Author of Wince, Two-Time 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominee
But their father, Dietrich Peters, disappeared two years ago, after Sarah left him to escape fourteen years of abuse.Now Sarah fears that Dietrich is back.Wouldn't it be just like him to do something this crazy to scare her back into submission? Didn't Dietrich insist when he married Sarah that she belonged to him forever because he'd taken her to God? Hadn't he vowed repeatedly to never - NEVER, EVER - let her go?And hasn't Sarah been dreaming of a white-haired man trying to warn her about something she can't understand, something to do with Dietrich?With her life suddenly tumbling once again into a state of dread, Sarah meets hunky carpenter Johnny Trahan and surprises herself with the depths of her feelings for him, passions she'd always longed for but doubted she'd find.But her feelings also enrage Dietrich. Fighting against the battering wind and rain, Sarah calls to her teenage sons, Quincy and Daniel, and the three finally force the door shut.Then the boys discover their father's wristwatch on the floor - the watch he was never without. Sarah leaps up and runs to the living room, stopping short when she sees her front door standing wide open - a door she's certain she bolted and locked. His intrusions grow ever more threatening while Sarah's dreams take on a horrifying intensity, causing her to doubt her own sanity.Resolved to have