Love Child

by Andrew Neiderman

Carol Papus lives with her grandmother in a small upstate New York community. Carol’s understanding is that her father deserted her mother and her mother was killed in a car accident. Carol is plagued by violent sexual dreams, often awakening in the middle of the night to find she has grown bigger and harder. When a young man tries to rape her, she kills him with this instantaneous super strength. Frightened by what she’s done, she flees home and her grandmothers tells her the truth: Carol is a descendent of an ancient tribe of Amazons who live undetected in the modern world. Her grandmother had taken her from her mother in hopes she will not become one of them.

Genres: Horror

319 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Andrew Neiderman is the author of over 44 thrillers, including six of which have been translated onto film, including the big hit, 'The Devil's Advocate', a story in which he also wrote a libretto for the music-stage adaptation. One of his novels, Tender Loving Care, has been adapted into a CD-Rom interactive movie.

Andrew Neiderman became the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He was the screenwriter for Rain, a film based on a series of books under Andrews name. Between the novels written under her name and his own, he has published over 100 novels.

Reviews

[Karmen]

A woman finds out she's an Amazon - with a twist. She feeds on men - their death.
Her grandmother tries to protect her from her instincts to fill when she's sexually aroused but dies in a fire set by her mother, who despises the grandmother. She regards her as weak.
Carol leaves with the mother. Knowing that her mother set fire her to her grandmother's house, she is determined to have revenge. She wants control over herself and get her mother for leaving the grandmother to die.