Novella- Farkas Gothika
Goth, Paranormal, Vampyre
Tin Box Press
Jan 3. 2023
Kindle
111
Amazon
Lee Harker has never fit in anywhere. Not with his immigrant family in rural Nebraska, not on a Navy ship during World War II, and not in Los Angeles as associate in a law firm. But when he’s sent to a remote mansion to complete some paperwork for the reclusive Vincent Farkas, Lee encounters the most unsettling circumstances yet. Caught in a place where things truly do go bump in the night, he must face his fears—and his desires—and acknowledge his true nature.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
This short spellbinding piece came from an anthology Kim Fielding shared with a few friends last year. It was called Fang-Gothika Series ; the authors Sue Brown, Eli Easton, and Jamie Fessenden. It has won the Best Anthology Award by the Paranormal Romance Guild for 2022….. Kim Fielding also debuts it here as Farkas.
Lee Harker was born to immigrant parents, who has struggled his whole life. Lee is now an associate with a prestigious law firm in California. Working day, night and weekends hoping for a partnership. This is how one late night at work, his boss approaches him with an assignment he knows he can’t turn down.
A very rich client Lazlo Farkas is in need of some work, and has requested a solicitor to come to his home for a few days. Lee packs for the trip, is picked up by a limo the next evening and is whisked off to the story of a lifetime.
The eerie ride and the even more frightening estate was a challenge for this man. Lee was greeted by Vincent Farkas, Laslo’s grandson and brought up to an apartment like setting with rooms for his use during his stay. I would liken it to the Herman Munster estate myself. It will be his Lee’s job to transfer the entire holdings of Laslo Farkas to his grandson.
Going off on his own the next morning Lee gets lost, walking for hours. His only visitor is for the next days is Vincent; coming with a trolley with delicious dinners and wine and keeps him company for the evening. When he wakes, it is to a feast of meats and breads and juices and tea and clean clothes.
They begin to work together to form a legal identity for the grandson whose papers were supposedly lost. This way he can inherit the wealth with no pitfalls. Lee becomes more and more changed, by Vincent’s hours, his clothing and his dreams. Yes the secret dream lover taking over his dreams.
We the reader, are the voyeurs of the changes occurring, as we are in the mind of Lee every minute of the story. What choices are before Lee are evident, what choices he makes are his own…..Hang on for the ride.
- This Series was reviewed in Oct of 2022. Author released her book for Anthology in January 2023
