Blood Legacy - Softcover

IN THE HELLISH HEAT OF THE FLORIDA NIGHT, THEY SATE THEIR RAVENOUS HUNGER... He calls himself Count Ferencz Nadasdy, and his foreign manner and brooding ways are an impenetrable mystery to the townspeople of Fort McIntyre. Yet beautiful Angelique Gaudet is drawn to the stranger. His gifts of rare jewels entice her. His dark, searching eyes seem to probe, impale, invade her soul. And his urgent arms promise unearthly pleasure.But Angelique is in mortal danger. Police lieutenant Gil Spencer knows it. He has seen the carnage Nadasdy and his loathsome minions have left behind¡ªthe mutilation, the madness, the unspeakable horror. Now he must make Angelique believe. He must make her see the nightmare lurking beneath the dream. He must risk everything to save the woman he loves, before the ancient ones awaken the terrible secret buried deep within her heart...BLOOD LEGACY

Prudence Foster has studied history and the occult for years. She has traveled to Haiti where she interviewed a bocor and attended voodoo rites. In Chichen Itza, she participated in a séance at the cenote where humans were sacrificed at the Mayan ruins. In Cartagena, a 90-year-old medium read the Tarot cards for her. This book represents years of fascination with one of the cruelest, bloodiest women in history ¡ª the Countess Elizabeth Bathory, also known as The Bloody Countess.