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Solicitor Jonathon Harker is lucky to escape with his life after he is duped into visiting Dracula’s castle. But while recovering from his ordeal, he doesn’t realize that his enemy is travelling to England, where his young wife-to-be and her friend, Lucy, reside. When Lucy is struck down by an unknown illness that takes a sinister turn, her friend and doctor, John Seward is forced to call in his old teacher, Van Helsing, to solve the mystery. Van Helsing's horrifying conclusions throw them all into a desperate battle against one of man’s most cunning and terrifying foes: Count Dracula.
Always a spicy novel, this version includes scenes that Victorian prudery stopped Bram Stoker from writing himself. Have you ever wondered what really happened in the castle between Jonathon Harker and Dracula’s women? Or about the doomed relationship between Arthur and Lucy? Here is the famous horror classic revealed in all its sensual glory.
Always a spicy novel, this version includes scenes that Victorian prudery stopped Bram Stoker from writing himself. Have you ever wondered what really happened in the castle between Jonathon Harker and Dracula’s women? Or about the doomed relationship between Arthur and Lucy? Here is the famous horror classic revealed in all its sensual glory.
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First published September 16, 2013
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September 16, 2013
What a great idea! This is the ultimate sexy vampire story, with the original and new text beautifully woven together by the author. Her voice fits so seamlessly with the original text I’d be hard pressed to highlight exactly which bits have been added (apart from the obviously explicit language which would have been censored in the time it was written.) The additional scenes really enhance the story and heighten the sensual nature of the themes to great effect. It takes a very talented writer to improve such a classic story, which Lucy clearly is. This wild and wanton version totally works!
August 18, 2013
Years ago when I watched Bram Stokers' Dracula with Winona Ryder, there was an underlining current of sexuality. I've found that current here in Lucy Hartbury's version.
Now, I can't watch the movie without thinking they should have taken it a step further and made it Wild and Wanton.
I could not stop turning pages to see what would happen-yes, even though I know the story, the sensuality took it to a whole new wondrous level. This is how Dracula should be - sexy and dangerous.
Now, I can't watch the movie without thinking they should have taken it a step further and made it Wild and Wanton.
I could not stop turning pages to see what would happen-yes, even though I know the story, the sensuality took it to a whole new wondrous level. This is how Dracula should be - sexy and dangerous.
January 10, 2015
I’ve always been a fan of Bram Stoker’s classic, Dracula. So when Lucy Harthbury expanded on the story, showing us more of the sexual side of the story, I was hooked. And Hartbury did a splendid job of flawlessly weaving her gorgeous prose into the existing story. Loved every moment of it, and can’t recommend it enough to all romance and vampire fans.
October 15, 2013
Vampire stories usually lend themselves to a certain level of sensuality, and Bram Stoker’s classic work is already a sexy story. You might well ask how can it get any sexier? Read Lucy Hartbury’s updated version and you’ll see just how much more it can be, and how well done.
She takes the undercurrents of eroticism and lets it out into the open with her seamlessly added steamy scenes. The innocence of Lucy and Mina as they explored their sexuality fit right in with the original work and the time period. Just to give you an idea, there is a rather hot dream in which Lucy’s innocence and sexuality ebb and flow with delight and dismay in response to it. And the more experienced responses of the men were a great contrast to the women’s sexual awakening.
If you’ve read Dracula before, or if you’ve not, you’ll feel as much under a seductive spell as the characters do in this well-done adaptation. Fantastic work!
She takes the undercurrents of eroticism and lets it out into the open with her seamlessly added steamy scenes. The innocence of Lucy and Mina as they explored their sexuality fit right in with the original work and the time period. Just to give you an idea, there is a rather hot dream in which Lucy’s innocence and sexuality ebb and flow with delight and dismay in response to it. And the more experienced responses of the men were a great contrast to the women’s sexual awakening.
If you’ve read Dracula before, or if you’ve not, you’ll feel as much under a seductive spell as the characters do in this well-done adaptation. Fantastic work!
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