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Karen Essex is an internationally best-selling author who has also published award-winning articles in major publications such as L.A. Weekly and Vogue. With Dracula in Love, Essex offers a lushly written retelling of one of literature's classic gothic novels. In the pages of her journal, Mina Murray confesses the erotic devilment and nocturnal horrors of her time with Count Dracula. And what she writes says as much about her desires as it does about the Count's-something no one, not even her fiancE Jonathan Harker, could ever understand. Readers everywhere will succumb to Essex's sumptuous prose and thrill to celebrated reader Bianca Amato's tantalizing delivery, the intoxicating effects of which will occupy listeners' minds through the darkest of nights.
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"I had a hard time reading the original Dracula but with this book I am completely hooked with it. You are seeing what had happened trough Mina's eyes and there are somethings that I would have never thought would have happened. "
— Emma (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Dracula in Love is a sensual fantasy feast, a flight of the imagination, a darkly rich pleasure.”
— Margaret George, New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth I -
“Gorgeously written and erotically charged, the novel Dracula in Love is like its century-jumping central characters: deeply rooted in the past while pushing ageless mythology into strikingly current realms…This novel is enough to make me a little bloodthirsty.”
— Amazon.com, editorial review -
“Essex’s twist on Stoker’s plot is sufficiently original, and the quality of her writing makes this novel stand out among the vampire offerings.”
— Booklist -
“Dark, gothic, and utterly sensual, Dracula in Love is the novel for Twilight’s grownup fans.”
— Michelle Moran, author of Nefertiti: A Novel
Dracula in Love Listener Reviews
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" I read this book about two years ago and I couldn't put it down when I read it. I will definitely reread it in the future! "
— Angela, 2/11/2014 -
" Love vampires. This gives a different perspective the Mr Stokers original book. Always good to hear the womans perspetive. "
— Leisa, 1/26/2014 -
" Mina's pov. Interesting take from her prespective. Some doesn't jive with the original Bram Stoker though. "
— Tricia, 12/27/2013 -
" I loved this book. A lot better than Dracula to me, i could actually stay interested and enjoyed this book where in Dracula i got bored easy and never finished it. I also liked how it was just from Mina's point of view. "
— Bonnie, 12/19/2013 -
" Wonderfully told story behind the story of Dracula. Ms Essex gives new life to an immortal tale. Loved the descriptions of late 19th century medicine, culture, and the beginnings of women's rights. "
— Linda, 12/18/2013 -
" Really enjoyed this book - it was fun to read Dracula from a different perspective. "
— Gina, 11/15/2013 -
" I love this book, i love this era!! "
— Amber., 11/3/2013 -
" Essex has written a wonderfully researched and realized historical fiction Dracula- I'd highly recommend this to young women interested in feminism, paganism, and vampires! "
— Jennifer, 8/24/2013 -
" It was OK. I don't really have much to say about it...was an interesting look into the 19th/early 20th century woman, and psychiatry, but the story didn't really do much for me. "
— Stephanie, 1/15/2012 -
" The storyline is a great rendition of the Dracula story. It drew me in and left me captivate from the beginning to the end. Bravo is all i got to say.. "
— Joanna, 7/28/2011 -
" Incredible let down of a story line, supremely anticlimactic & a complete waste of time! "
— Barbie, 5/9/2011 -
" I love this book, i love this era!! "
— Amber, 5/5/2011 -
" This was an ok read. It followed Bram Stoker's plot loosely, but was told from Mina's perspective with quite a different take on things. Sometimes it was Twilight-esque in it's romantic content. I prefer the original. "
— Lindsey, 5/2/2011 -
" I just couldn't finish this one. I kept getting lost as to what was going on and gave up. "
— Crystal, 3/29/2011 -
" Really liked this although I'm always amazed women keep going back to Dracula since he is really manipulative. I was also confused by the rules vampires live by but that may just be me over-thinking it. "
— Connie, 3/23/2011 -
" This is the same thing of Dracula my love. It just draggs on forever and is just like the original dracula novel. There are some different stuff but everything is pretty much the same. "
— Jessica, 3/22/2011 -
" After a slow start I found the plot moved along but I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would. "
— Saturday's, 3/2/2011 -
" This tale makes the "Twilight" series anemic--in all senses of the word!! "
— Claire, 2/21/2011
About Karen Essex
Karen Essex is the author of several novels, including Dracula in Love, Stealing Athena, Leonardo’s Swans, Kleopatra, and Pharaoh. Also an award-winning journalist and a screenwriter, she wrote Bettie Page: Life of a Pinup Legend, the only authorized biography of the late pin-up icon. She divides her time between London and Los Angeles
About Bianca Amato
Bianca Amato, winner of numerous Earphones Awards and the Audie Award for best narration, is an actress born and raised in South Africa. Trained at the University of Cape Town’s Drama school, she went on to work in theater and television in South Africa before moving to New York in 2002.