TITLE: The House on Capitol Hill
AUTHOR: Jeffrey Lynn Stoddard
ISBN: 1-933720-24-7
PUBLISHER: PD Publishing
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Rainbow Reviews Two gay men find their dream home is a nightmare instead, and potentially very dangerous. Coffee shop-chain entrepreneur Tommy and corporate attorney Geoffrey have only been life partners for a few years; in Geoffrey’s case, although he’s in his forties, love was late in finding him and Tommy is his first steady man. Very close and much in love, Tommy and Geoffrey suddenly find that their own newly-purchased glorious antique home may come between them. Built in the mid-1850’s, a house this size and of this age must surely have a history. Whatever it might be (and the house manages to throw out lots of hints), it’s a horrifying one. Additionally, the house seems to determine to injure Tommy and Geoffrey, or at minimum, to separate them. Even their close friends Paul and Seung are endangered. Something still lives on in that house, and it’s not some benign grandmotherly presence. Instead, whatever possesses the house is bent on a malignant purpose, and Geoffrey and Tommy stand in its way. "The House on Capitol Hill" is an utterly delightful, lovely, first-rate novel with appeal to readers of m/m, horror, mystery, paranormal, supernatural, and those who love exciting (and frightening!) plot twists and convolutions and good character evolution. Author Jeffrey Lynn Stoddard’s writing style is compelling and makes the story a real page-turner. I couldn’t put it down. Mr. Stoddard has become my next “must-read author.” Review by Frost's Fancy |
Reviews by Amos Lassen Behind the Façade There is a mansion on Capitol Hill and the way it sits above the city of Seattle lets everyone know that it is there. It looks like any big house from the outside but behind the walls, there is something very eerie as new owners Tommy and Geoffrey discover. This horror story merges mystery, the paranormal, the supernatural and romance to give us a very exciting read. The main characters Tommy, Geoffrey and Akando are well drawn and we learn to like them and we shudder with them as they face the series of horrible events in the house. Written in a very readable style, there are twists and turns along the plot and I became totally engrossed in the story. The strange house had a lot of activity and Stoddard is very clever—just when the reader thinks he can sit back and relax something else happens making it impossible to stop reading and therefore a quick read. Now a quick read does not mean that this is one of those books that you forget about once you close the covers—the opposite. I found myself looking everywhere in my house for perchance some paranormal activity. This is the first book I have read by Stoddard but I sure that it will not be the only one.
Review by Amos Lassen |
