Background
Her works tend to be set in the Los Angeles area, as she has lived in that area since she was born. Tamara Thorne was born in August 1957 in Los Angeles, California.
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Thunder Road
(Evoking Stephen King's terrifying novelThe Gunslinger and...)
Evoking Stephen King's terrifying novelThe Gunslinger and the epic adventure film Cowboys and Aliens, Tamara Thorne delivers a tantalizing blend of horror and Western SciFi--in an arid, dangerous world from which there is no escape. . . The California desert town of Madelyn boasts all sorts of attractions for visitors. Join the audience at the El Dorado Ranch for a Wild West show. Take a ride through the haunted mine at Madland Amusement Park. Scan the horizon for UFOs. Find religion with the Prophet's Apostles--and be prepared for the coming apocalypse. Because the apocalypse has arrived in Madelyn. People are disappearing. Strange shapes and lights dart across the night sky. And a young man embraces a violent destiny--inspired by a serial killer whose reign of terror was buried years ago. But each of these events is merely setting the stage for the final confrontation. A horror of catastrophic proportions is slouching toward Madelyn in the form of four horsemen--and they're picking up speed. . . "Tamara Thorne has become one of those must-read horror writers. From her strong characters to her unique use of the supernatural, anything she writes entertains as much as it chills." --Horror World "Tamara Thorne is the new wave of horror--her novels are fascinating rides into the heart of terror and mayhem." --Douglas Clegg
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420135368/?tag=2022091-20
The Sorority
(They are the envy of every young woman--and the fantasy o...)
They are the envy of every young woman--and the fantasy of every young man. An elite sisterhood of Greenbriar University's best and brightest, their members are the most powerful girls on campus--and the most feared. . . Eve She's the perfect pledge. A sweet, innocent, golden-haired cheerleader, Eve has so much to gain by joining Gamma Eta Pi--almost anything she desires. But only a select few can enter the sorority's inner circle--or submit to its code of blood, sacrifice, and sexual magic. Is Eve willing to pay the price? Merilynn Ever since childhood, Merilynn has had a sixth sense about things to come. She's blessed with uncanny powers of perception--and cursed with unspeakable visions of unholy terror. Things that corrupt the souls of women, and crush the hearts of men. Things that can drive a girl to murder, suicide, or worse. . . Samantha Journalism major Sam Penrose is tough, tenacious--and too curious for her own good. She's determined to unearth the truth about the sorority. But the only way to expose this twisted sisterhood is from within. . . "Tamara Thorne has an uncanny knack for combining the outrageous with the shuddery, making for wonderfully scary romps and fun reading." --Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0758285515/?tag=2022091-20
Darker Shadows: The Ghosts of Ravencrest Part 3
(Ravencrest Manor, ancestral home of the Manning family, w...)
Ravencrest Manor, ancestral home of the Manning family, was imported, stone by stone, from England to California in the early 1800s. The greystone walls of the manor are not only imbued with family history, they harbor ghosts and an abyss of dark terrors as well. New governess Belinda Moorland is enjoying her first days at Ravencrest, setting up her office and classroom, when the witchy Mrs. Heller sends her on an errand into the east wing where she will encounter horrors beyond her wildest imaginings. The old wing is haunted by many things, including a trio of long-dead nuns with murder on their minds…and a little girl in an old-fashioned red dress who may or may not be her ally. THE GHOSTS OF RAVENCREST serialized installments in order: (also available as a full-length novel titled, THE GHOSTS OF RAVENCREST #1 - THE NEW GOVERNESS #2 - AWAKENING #3 - DARKER SHADOWS #4 - CHRISTMAS SPIRITS (historical) #5 - NIGHT MOVES #6 - DEAD GIRLS #7 - DANSE MACABRE #8 - SPELLBOUND Continue the story with THE WITCHES OF RAVENCREST serialized installments
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0161PZVKQ/?tag=2022091-20
The Sorority: Merilynn
(BCE, a clean square unmarked copy wrapped in a crisp brig...)
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739437097/?tag=2022091-20
Moonfall
(Moonfall, the picturesque community nestled in the mounta...)
Moonfall, the picturesque community nestled in the mountains of Southern California, is a quaint hamlet of antique stores and craft shops run by the dedicated nuns of St. Gertrude's Home for Girls. As autumn fills the air, the townspeople prepare for the festive Halloween Haunt, Moonfall's most popular tourist attraction. Even a series of unsolved deaths over the years hasn't dimmed Moonfall's renown. Maybe because anyone who knew anything about them has disappeared. Now, Sara Hawthorne returns to her hometown...and enters the hallowed halls of St. Gertrude's where, twelve years before, another woman died a horrible death. In Sara's old room, distant voices echo in the dark and the tormented cries of children shatter the moon-kissed night. But that's just the beginning. For Sara Hawthorne is about to uncover St. Gertrude's hellish secret...a secret she'll carry with her to the grave... "Tamara Thorne has become one of those must-read horror writers." --Horror World Acclaim For Tamara Thorne's Haunted "...a wonderful, terrifying book...a worthy successor to The Shining and Ghost Story."--Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling author "Don't read it if you have something else to do...it just might have to wait." --After Hours "Combines eerie eroticism with page-turning terror." --Pasadena Weekly
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420129953/?tag=2022091-20
The Sorority: Eve
(At exclusive, isolated Greenbriar University, within the ...)
At exclusive, isolated Greenbriar University, within the elite Gamma Eta Pi sorority, is a secret society known as the Fata Morgana. Its members are the most powerful women on campus—and the deadliest. For this is a sisterhood of evil, a centuries-old coven, and every girl who pledges herself to their wicked decadence does so for life…or death… An Initiation Into Terror Eve has no idea why she's drawn to the rambling, run-down sorority house at Greenbriar University. There's something compelling about the sultry president, Malory Thomas, and when Malory invites Eve to join the exclusive Fata Morgana, the blond, All-American beauty jumps at the chance to be part of this powerful circle. But behind the façade of female bonding lies something far more sinister—a dangerously secret world of dark magic, unimaginable sin, sexual depravity, and murder…a place where evil not only exists, it thrives…and the cost of membership may be Eve's very soul...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078601539X/?tag=2022091-20
Candle Bay
(Shrouded in fog on a hillside high above an isolated Cali...)
Shrouded in fog on a hillside high above an isolated California coastal town, The Candle Bay Hotel and Spa has been restored to its former glory after decades of neglect. Thanks to its new owners, the Darlings, the opulent inn is once again filled with prosperous guests. But its seemingly all-American hosts hide a chilling, age-old family secret. Lured to the picturesque spot, assistant concierge Amanda Pearce is mesmerized by her surroundings--and her seductive new boss, Stephen Darling. But her employers' eccentric ways and suspicious blood splatters in the hotel fill her with trepidation. Little does Amanda know that not only are the Darlings vampires, but that a murderous vampire vendetta is about to begin--and she will be caught in the middle. For as the feud unfolds and her feelings for Stephen deepen, Amanda must face the greatest decision of her life: to die, or join the forever undead. Acclaim For Tamara Thorne's Haunted "...a wonderful, terrifying book...a worthy successor to The Shining and Ghost Story." --Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling author "Don't read it if you have something else to do...it just might have to wait." --After Hours "Combines eerie eroticism with page-turning terror." --Pasadena Weekly
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420129961/?tag=2022091-20
Tamara Thorne
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Her novel Winter Scream, co-authored with L. Dean James, was nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. She has authored nearly 20 novels, including two novel series and multiple anthologies, as well as multiple stand-alone works. She published her first novel, Winter Scream, in February 1991 under her nom de plume Chris Curry.
The book was coauthored with L. Dean James.
Since then, Thorne has authored nearly 20 novels, both standalone and in series. She authored two other series under her own name: the Sorority in 2003, and The Ghosts of Ravencrest series, coauthored with Alistair Cross, in 2014 and 2015.
Many of her books have become bestsellers, and she is well known in her chosen genre of horror. Thorne was nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
The Horror Zine describes Thorne as being "a bestselling author between 1991 and 2002." The Los Angeles Times describes her as a "successful practitioner terror." British horror Graham Masterton writer named a character in his Forest Ghost novel after Thorne.
Works
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Thunder Road
(Evoking Stephen King's terrifying novelThe Gunslinger and...)
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Moonfall
(Moonfall, the picturesque community nestled in the mounta...)
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Candle Bay
(Shrouded in fog on a hillside high above an isolated Cali...)
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Darker Shadows: The Ghosts of Ravencrest Part 3
(Ravencrest Manor, ancestral home of the Manning family, w...)
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The Sorority: Eve
(At exclusive, isolated Greenbriar University, within the ...)
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The Sorority
(They are the envy of every young woman--and the fantasy o...)
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The Sorority: Merilynn
(BCE, a clean square unmarked copy wrapped in a crisp brig...)
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Thunder Road
