The Embrace: A True Vampire Story - Softcover

"Denver Rocky Mountain News" Parents of teens may want to read "The Embrace" just to heed the warning signs.

"Kirkus Reviews" Readers...will get some sense of the shadowy fantasy lives of "kids fallen through life's crack."

"Publishers Weekly" Jones provides a good overview of the facts surrounding voyeuristic intensity.

"Denver Rocky Mountain News" Frank and frightening....

"Sun-Sentinel" (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Jones reports the story carefully....She has obviously done her research....The writing is smoothly competent....For those who question the true story behind the horrific headlines, Jones provides a clear understanding of what moves a "strawberry blond, normal-looking kid, to being this dark figure lurking in the night." Parents would be wise to see "The Embrace" as a cautionary tale: take an active part in raising your child, and know about his or her friends. It may someday save your life.

With an extraordinary talent for staring evil dead in the eye, New York Times bestselling author and journalist Aphrodite Jones plunges readers into the front lines of a modern nightmare. On November 25, 1996, in their home in the lakeside community of Eustis, Florida, Rick and Ruth Wendorf were savagely beaten to death with a tire iron. The Wendorfs' new Ford Explorer was stolen, but this was no routine robbery gone bad. This was a crime carried out by one Roderick Ferrell, a sixteen-year-old self-avowed Antichrist. His human sacrifice was a testament to the unique and sinister bond of four brainwashed teens. Heather Wendorf was a straight "A" student, a petite blonde with wide-set brown eyes. Yet she had been heard to wish her parents "off the face of the planet." Heather never dreamed that when she joined her friends for a joyride one fall evening, her wish had already come true. Including exclusive interviews with every living character involved in the case, The Embrace will forever change the way we look at one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the country, and its most vulnerable fold: our children.