Devil's Oven

Theres a mysterious mountain in Appalachia called Devils Oven, a place where extraordinary, dark things have been happening for centuries. Ivy Luttrell, a lonely seamstress, finds a mans dismembered body, barely covered by the rich soil of her beloved mountain. Instead of alerting the authorities, Ivy keeps the man for herself, stitching him back together with her own skilled hands. It might have been the beginning to a fairy tale, but when the fearsome power of Devils Oven gives the man life, he escapes Ivys control and terrorizes Alta, her small mountain town. Bud Tucker, a local businessman and owner of The Twilight Club, has money problems and a restless, red-headed wife, Lila, who has too much time on her hands. Easygoing Bud has relied too heavily on the advice of his second-in-command, Dwight, a squirrelly guy from up east, and now hes in the sites of some very unpleasant people. But no one is prepared when one of Buds employees is viciously murdered, least of all, Lila, who is quickly drawn into the madness that Ivy has brought down on them all. Their salvation lies in the hands of a mysterious newcomer, a delicate young stripper named Jolene, whose connection to Devils Oven is even deeper and more mysterious than Ivys. As the violence grows around them, Jolene is torn between her secret loyalties and her affection for Bud and the other people shes come to know. Her choice will change life on Devils Oven forever. Part Gothic folk tale, part Frankensteinian nightmare, Devils Oven breaks the bonds of the traditional horror novel, combining lyrical storytelling with bone-chilling, surreal suspense.