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Title: Night Visions
Author: Ariana Dupre
Publisher: Cerridwen
Genre: Paranormal
Publication date: January 2007
ISBN: 97814199865
Pages: 199
Series: Visions
Reviewed by
Tara Renee
Heat Level: 
Rating: 
Angie Benton runs
a small shop in a small town. Her life is pretty normal. Except for the
reoccurring dreams she has of her own death and her sightings of people
who have passed on. Oh, and being known about town as the 26 year old
virgin. Angie’s life is about to become even more odd when she is
informed that she will lose her shop if she does not work with Jared
Maxwell to turn a estate into a bed and breakfast as well as live at the
estate.
Jared bears an
uncanny resemblance to the man in her dreams who ends her life. Angie is
unsure of Jared because of her dreams and because Jared seems to be
keeping something from her. Those facts combined with Jared’s reputation
as a playboy cause Angie to treat Jared with dislike. Jared, on the other
hand, thinks he may have fallen in love with Angie at first sight. The two
work on the estate and grow close. However, someone is determined
to torment Angie. Angie will have to decide if she can trust Jared or if
he is the one trying to kill her.
Night
Visions
by Ariana
Dupre
is an interesting story. There are ghosts, visions, and love at first
sight, threats, and passion. Ariana
Dupre’s
characters are well developed and very compelling. Angie is a strong woman
who holds her own with playboy Jared. Jared is secretive and sexy. He and
Angie have an amazing chemistry that enhances an already strong book. Night
Visions is the first in a trilogy by Ariana
Dupre
and is a perfect start. I am eagerly awaiting the next book in the Visions
trilogy.
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Night Visions
ARIANA DUPRÉ
ISBN: #9781419908965
January 2007
Cerridwen Press
http://www.cerridwenpress.com
E-book
$6.49
199
Rating: 5 Angels
Angie’s entire life changed because of a curse that
dates back to the 1800’s and a dead man’s will. If she doesn’t
agree to spend the summer with a man she is almost positive wants to
harm her, she will lose everything she has. The original owner of the
property where her store is located has decreed in his will that if she
does not live on the main estate and turn it into a bed and breakfast,
the total properties will be sold to the highest bidder. Jared takes
pride in goading Angie. There is just something about her that makes him
take notice. He’s even been having grandiose ideas of love at first
sight. Unfortunately, Angie appears to dislike him on sight. She
doesn’t look beyond the surface of his playboy persona. Because this
irritates Jared, he enjoys irritating her right back. The next several
months should be very interesting.
Jared’s playboy image isn’t the only thing Angie is thinking of when
she sees him. Admittedly she is drawn to this man. Since the first
moment she laid eyes on him, she feels as if she has been falling in
love with him. Yet her feelings are mixed with a very real dose of fear.
Angie is plagued with a recurring dream in which someone is trying to
kill her, and she’s fairly certain that someone is Jared. Someone is
trying to scare her; someone keeps leaving menacing notes and
threatening her. Angie can only pray that despite her dream, Jared is
not the one out to get her. She can’t have fallen for someone who’s
trying to kill her.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Night Visions. Ariana Dupré gives
readers a story about two very stubborn people, both holding something
back, both lying to the other while combating an overwhelming hunger for
one another. Meanwhile, ghosts are seen walking about and someone is
leaving increasingly terrifying notes for Angie. What more could a
reader of romantic suspense ask for? Ms. Dupré delivers all these
elements masterfully. The glimpses into centuries past to set the stage
for the deceptions of now are sometimes down right eerie. Readers will
easily be swept away with this story. Night Visions is the first
in The Visions Trilogy. I can’t wait for the other books in this
series; I am anxious to see what Ms. Dupré brings us next.
Reviewed
by: Jaymi
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NIGHT VISIONS
ARIANA DUPRÉ
ISBN: #9781419908965
January 2007
Cerridwen Press
http://www.cerridwenpress.com
E-book
$6.49
199
Paranormal
Rating: 4 cups
Angelina Benton is woman not to be messed with. Living in a small
town really gets to her because she has so many labels that she cannot
shake. The dreams she has every night seem to take over her life. Now
that her Aunt is gone, she is not sure how to deal with them on her own.
Jarid Maxwell is a rich man with secrets. He wants to know his family
heritage and keep it safe. Women only seem to be after him for his
money, but Angie does not fit the pattern. One look is all it takes for
him but can he win her over?
Angelina Benton has a recurring nightmare where she sees a man’s
angry face. When the man turns up in her store The Variety Vine, she is
unsure what to think. The man Jarid Maxwell ends up owning property that
was once part of the Slayton estate, and once both of them find out they
need to work together, Angie is about to lose her mind, and possibly her
heart.
This story gets 4 cups. It is an adventure that blends past with
present. I really enjoyed how well Ariana Dupré put the spirits in her
story, even to the point where they had to be helpful to the main
characters. I also thought the twist that she put in there really had me
until it was revealed who the bad guy was. It had me on the edge of my
seat and I needed to know if Jarid and Angelina would end up together or
not. It was a wonderful passionate romance and I am looking forward to
reading more by Ms. Dupré.
Krista
Reviewer
for Coffee Time Romance
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books
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NIGHT VISIONS
Ariana Dupre
Cerridwen Press
January 2007
ISBN: 1-4199-0896-5
Paranormal Romance
Rated: 4
Angelina Benton, a 26-year-old virgin, sees the future in her dreams.
Unfortunately for Angie, the future she sees involves her own death.
Traumatized by the reoccurring nightmare, Angie is stunned to find the man
of her dream, Jared Maxwell, in her store. Even more stunning than coming
face to face with a man who may soon be responsible for her murder, is the
realization that she is deeply attracted to Jared. When circumstances
force Angie and Jared to cooperate and cohabit, Angie’s fight or flight
response goes wild. Should she risk her heart with Jared, or is she just
risking her life? And to confuse the matter even more, why is Angie seeing
ghosts of her loved ones? Does this relate to the curse detailed in a 200
year old journal?
Jared Maxwell takes one look at Angie, and immediately wonders if the myth
of love at first sight is not actually a truth. But Jared is confused at
the fear Angie exhibits towards him. Does she know of his ulterior plans
regarding their adjoining farms? And why does someone seem to be targeting
Angie? Is her life in danger?
Trying in vain to protect Angie from an unknown assailant, Jared must
decide whether honesty is the best policy. But will revealing the truth
protect Angie, or cause her demise?
This story was intriguing. The curse was vivid in parts, and vague in
others; an excellent segue into the next book of the series. I liked the
romance between Jared and Angie. However, I was confused by the lack of
concern regarding Angie’s stalker. After several attempts had been made
on her life, one would think that Angie’s demeanor would reflect this
additional threat. Instead, only Jared seemed concerned. This made Angie
seem flighty and unintelligent in direct contradiction to the essence of
her character. Still, it was a story I had to read in one sitting. The
imagery was vivid, and the storyline imaginative. An excellent read.
Reviewed By: Rista
Tompkins
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NIGHT VISIONS – Ariana
Dupre
Cerridwen Press – cerridwenpress.com
ISBN 978-14199-0896-5
January 2007
Paranormal Romance
Dansburg
,
Virginia
- Present Day
In the early 1800’s, a two hundred year curse was placed on the Slayton
family. They will only be freed from the curse if they find true
love.
Angie Benton is having terrifying recurring dreams about two men, one
shoots at her, and the other protects her. Her previous dreams have
been prophetic, and she is frightened that this dream will also come true.
Angie runs a small gift shop in Dansburg that she inherited from her Aunt
Martha. When Angie arrives at the shop, she is amazed to see her
aunt who had passed away three months ago. The vision tells her that
she is in danger, to remember her dream, be careful, and that things
happen in threes. Later, a man enters, and Angie can hardly believe
her eyes when she sees one of the men from her nightmare. Angie is
equally attracted and horrified.
Jared Maxwell is a little bemused over his encounter with Angie because he
is so mesmerized by her. Jared recently purchased a considerable
amount of acreage on one side of the old Slayton property and has moved
his company to Dansburg. He is hoping to move his telepathic sister,
Terri, to the area as well.
When the last descendant on the Slayton property, Sam Slayton, passes
away, he leaves very unusual stipulations in his will. All of the
Slayton land, including the property of Angie and Jared, is deeded as one
piece of land. Sam wants the supposedly haunted homestead renovated
into a bed and breakfast, with Angie and Jared each receiving fifty
percent of the whole. Sam left over a million dollars to have the
Slayton Bed and Breakfast come to fruition. Jared readily agrees,
but Angie, thinking of her frightening dream, hesitates, but how can she
refuse such an opportunity?
Jared is repairing the structure of the house while Angie is planning the
interior décor. Sam’s lawyer, Alan, is involved with advertising
the inn and receiving reservations. When an intruder covered in mud
enters in the middle of the night frightening Angie, she believes he is
one of the men from her dream. When more strange and frightening
things happen, Jared vows to keep Angie safe. Can she trust him?
Can Jared protect Angie from the intruder?
NIGHT VISIONS isn’t too realistic, but it is a paranormal romance, so
when dead people appear, curses are enacted, and danger follows Angie, it
is thrilling and frightening as readers wait for the intruder from
Angie’s dream to appear. The handsome Jared falls hard for the
feisty Angie who vows she will remain a virgin until she finds true love.
Although Angie has the recurring nightmare, she isn’t sure which
man actually kills her in the dream, so she can’t fully trust the
frustrated Jared, although attraction and heat sizzles between them.
The main secondary characters are Alan, who is always helpful to Angie and
whom she trusts implicitly, and Terri, who has her own psychic powers.
An unusual story of a haunted house, ghosts, blue lights, and attempted
murder, NIGHT VISIONS carries readers along to a satisfactory conclusion.
But wait, is there more to the curse? Only one part of the curse has
been completed, two others of the family also must find true love to break
the curse forever. Look for Terri’s story in Ariana Dupre’s
next book. Marilyn Heyman Romance
Reviews Today
4 STARS
- NIGHT VISIONS is the
first of a trilogy; I suspect that if you read this one,
you’ll be waiting anxiously for the next two. Angelina Benton’s
dreams really do come true, usually. So when she’s almost forced
to become a partner with Jared Maxwell, the man who’s been haunting her dreams, life becomes complicated. And when she
thinks she’s falling in love with him, it
becomes very complicated. Is he not what he seems? How can he
be so wonderful in daylight and there still be something so frightening about him in her dreams?
As the “town’s
oldest virgin,” Angie has a reputation to maintain—and she’s not about to lose it without knowing just what’s
going on with Jared and his secrets. Jared,
meanwhile, has secrets even the reader doesn’t know—but are they
so compelling that they cause him to attack Angie?
Dupré’s dialogue
is fascinating, and her plot is edge-of-your-seat suspense at
times. You learn to care about the characters, and see the world through
their eyes. The author switches points of view
between Angie and Jared so seamlessly it’s
not an issue. Even if you’re not a fan of paranormal fiction but
love romance, this one still works.
Ann M.
Beardsley, Scribes
World
5 STARS -
This first installment of the Visions Trilogy has me pulled so far in I
couldn’t dig my way out. I
am salivating for more. I
need to read the next book more than I need my next breath.
Ariana Dupre has written a mystical story of characters so real
they can reach out and grab you. FIVE
stars for a lovely story. Paula Beaty,
The Romance Review Spot
5 STARS - Ariana Dupre has masterfully created
a scintillating romantic suspense story with eerie paranormal elements
and roller coaster episodes that compel you to hold your breath with
fright and then sigh with desire in NIGHT VISIONS, the first story in
THE VISIONS TRILOGY. . . . Things that go bump in the night will never
seem the same after reading this mystical love story. I whole heartedly
recommend Ariana Dupre’s NIGHT VISIONS for a thrilling read and I am
anxiously awaiting the next installment of THE VISIONS TRILOGY. ~ Donna
Zapf, eCataRomance
& CataRomance
Reviews
5 STARS - A
wonderful tale of romantic suspense and the paranormal..
. .This premiere novel by Ariana
Dupré (aka Melissa Alvarez) is a thrilling story that will hook you
immediately and keep you turning the pages.
The characters are fully developed and the setting is so real
that you won’t want to put this tale of love and revenge down.
“Night Visions” is the first installment in a trilogy and I,
for one, am anxiously awaiting the next installment. Linda
Morelli ~ Award Winning Author
5 ANGELS - from Jaymi at FallenAngelReviews.com
4 BLUE RIBBONS - from
Tracy at RomanceJunkies.com
4 CUPS - from
Sheryl, CoffeeTimeRomance.com
4
HEARTS - from Dawn - LoveRomances.com
