Old Cravings

A Scary Good Romance

by Joy Jarrett

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Pub Date Apr 01 2021 | Archive Date Mar 08 2021

Romance | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

Veterinarian Piper is pragmatic enough to know her marriage wasn’t working, which is why she left Dylan a year ago and pretends it hasn’t hurt like hell every day since. Then Dylan calls out of the blue and tells her to come right away for an animal emergency. Piper arrives on the ranch that used to be her home to find her horse savagely killed. She can’t fathom what could have done it. One thing, however, is obvious. Piper still loves Dylan.

Dylan isn't over Piper, not by a long shot. After her horse was ripped apart by something he’s pretty sure wasn’t a bear, it feels so good to hold Piper in his arms again. If only they could find a way to undo the mess that drove them apart.

An epic blizzard hits, trapping Piper and Dylan on the ranch for what just might be their one chance at reuniting. But as things get a whole lot scarier, it’s clear something evil has brought them together.

Hunted by the supernatural, they must fight for their lives, but can they also fight for their love?

Advance Praise

It takes a skilled writer to take two genres as dissimilar as horror and romance and tangle them up in such a way that an enjoyable hybrid is forged, something that feeds devotees of both styles but also creates fans of the new form. Joy Jarrett has accomplished that and more here, which is remarkable considering this is her first novel. The horror aspect of Old Cravings is center stage in the novel, taking the mythological and making it terrifying and gruesome. The suspense is well-paced and realistic enough to creep the bejesus out of you. And there is a bit of cleverness toward the end that is truly brilliant. However, the horror would be reduced to nothing but crimson stains in the snow if it weren’t for the heart of the story—the relationship between Piper and Dylan. The bickering, the awkward apologies, the heated desire feels authentic and makes you desperately want them to end up together. That is, if they don’t get eaten first. —Colorado Book Review