![]() ![]() Arriving at night (after surviving numerous “accidents” along the way) she is told by a mysterious servant that “The Master” will not see her until morning. But, sadly, what I got from Lair of the Lion was a few fits of the giggles, but, regretfully, darn few chills.ĭetermined to help her wrongfully imprisoned brother, Isabella Vernaducci undertakes the perilous journey to the remote mountain refuge of the powerful – and, of course, mysterious – Don DeMarco. So, when I picked up this book, I was ready and primed for a few chills. And give me a good supernatural monster – vampires, and werewolves, and shape-shifters, oh my! – and I’m happy to follow the intrepid (but stupid) heroine as she sets out alone to explore a mysterious midnight noise armed with only a candle. ![]() ![]() Let me say that I like gothic stuff and have ever since a librarian turned the 10-year old me on to Victoria Holt. And it all happens sometime in the past, but exactly when I couldn’t even begin to tell you. Okay, what you have here are lions, a curse, a remote castle in the Italian Alps, a hero who won’t let you look at him, and a spunky heroine who I occasionally wanted to deck. ![]()
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