The headless horseman of lore in Drowsy Hollow WILL capture Isabella Krane. Where will he take her and what will he do with her when he gets her there? Oh yes. This goes there. Dark? Yes!Dirty? Yes!Depraved? *insert evil laughThe witch who was supposed to cast the annual protection spell that keeps the legend in storybooks died. Her niece tried to make it… tried to get there in time to keep the … niece tried to make it… tried to get there in time to keep the evil contained, but she failed. So, she cast a different spell instead.
For the first time, the horseman is pursuing a female. He captures her and instead of being bloodthirsty, he’s feeling a different kind of hunger.
A dark and erotic horror story by DD Prince, previously part of The Horror of Our Love anthology.
Warning: This tale of horror contains violence and a monster who does monstrous things. Read at your own risk
Originally part of The Horror of Our Love anthology – this twisted tale is being expanded into a duet.
Part one ends with a happy-for-now, unless you dare to read the epilogue (you totally want to).
Part two? It’s coming in October.
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This is the first part of The Hollow duet it ends in an HFN and the story concludes in part two.
This story was originally featured in the horror of our Love anthology but has since been realised on its own.
So this is basically a romantic horror/dark romance novella and I absolutely loved this unusual Halloween themed morsel.
Isabella Krane is a substitute teacher and for these Halloween, festivities is working in Drowsy Hollow Recounting the local legend of the headless horseman as per tradition to a class of seven-year-olds before she finishes for the evening.
So leaving work later than usual her car breaks down along a stretch of deserted country road.
With only her flashlight on her phone and a rapidly diminishing phone battery, we get to live the nightmare of circumstances alongside Isabella herself.
So Hollow is recounted to us in a series of recollections by Isabella as she narrates to us the reader the consequences and outcome of that fateful Halloween evening.
So this had such creepy and ominous undertones and I felt every nail-biting instant alongside Isabella and the horseman as he makes his transformation from monster to man terrorising her in the process.
I loved the way he chased her down then took his prize and the fact that he was such a mindless monster actually made this more acceptable and less dark than you would imagine.
content-wise this was dub-con bordering more on non-con if I’m honest: again him not being fully there with his faculties really helps with this aspect of the story and the scenes here were very hot and heavy.
So he took what he wanted a left her with a whisper on the wind and a promise to be fulfilled.
loved where this story went, loved the outcome and looking forward to reading the much darker second part of this.
This was so well written and such an imaginative tale I for one adored it.
Highly recommend this one especially if you like a little horror with your heat.
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Hollow, introduces us to the Headless Horseman and his tale. Isabella happens to wander into the hunting grounds of our Headless Horsemen and this is where things go completely off the charts. Isabella is taken by our horseman and used to fulfill his needs, to Isabella’s complete terror. In the morning and the days to follow Isabelle is changed forever. The following year brings our horseman, Holden, back to Isabella, but they must remember to follow the rules to keep their happiness. This tale was not sweet but it was a dark, dirty and delicious tale of halloween horror.
Just…
Oh my ever-loving yes!!
I cannot even describe the way this grabbed me and didn’t let go, I am so thankful to have the second book ready to finish with. So many questions!!
I now have a new love for sleepy (or drowsy ) hollow and the headless horseman.
Hollow is Dark, Erotic, and a little Twisted need I say more?..
Isabella Krane knows the story about the headless horseman in Drowsy Hollow but never thought she would see let alone be captured by him. The horseman is normally hungry for blood but with a new spell in place he’s filled with more of lust and desire. Isabella’s life is about to change and the headless horseman isn’t going to be headless for too much longer….
Quick read but enjoyable and really hit the spot. I just had to get Holden right away after reading this. Also since I love Halloween and can’t wait for it to get here this really got me even more in the mood.
** I read this story in the anthology ‘The horror of our love’ **
So…. I bought the anthology ‘The horror of our love’ last year but I didn’t read it. Because the truth is that I’m not really into scary Halloween stories. Although I LOVE autumn and the Halloween decorations and the pumpkins. I don’t like the horror side of Halloween. Nope. Not one bit! I just have a too big imagination for reading or seeing horror books or movies. They scare me too much. So why did I buy this Halloween anthology then? That’s very simple. Because the writer DD Prince wrote a story for it and she’s one of my favourite writers so I had to buy it.
But after recently reading a Goodreads review of ‘Hollow’ that described this story as “a dark, gothic story”, I decided to give it a try (I could do dark and gothic) and read it. And I’m glad that I did because I enjoyed it very much. And the best part of reading it later is that I don’t have to wait very long to read the second part of this duet story. So that’s a good thing!
Isabella is a young woman, who has the luck (or misfortune) to get a teaching job in a school in a small town during Halloween. The small town has his own Halloween legend and on her way home, Isabella discovers that the Halloween legend is very much based on a true story. Can Isabella escape the monster or is there no escaping it?
‘Hollow’ is a novella length dark (Halloween) story that is part of a duet. One of the things that I love about this story is that although the main male character is a headless horseman (yes he really is!!), the story still felt really realistic to me. And I think that made it so ‘Halloween’ to me. You really felt Isabella’s fear and stress in the story. I was a bit afraid that I wouldn’t connect with the ‘monster’ but that wasn’t the case. The writer really made him human in a dark way.
So, how dark is this? For me personally, it was just perfect. Emotionally scary enough to give me goosebumps, but not so scary that I couldn’t sleep at night. If you have read one of this writer her other dark books and loved them, than you have to give this one a try too.
I read this in it’s original anthology and can’t believe I never transferred my review, however I am here to correct that unfortunate oversight! I LOVED Hollow! It’s a fast paced shorter read and is very intense! I can’t wait to read Holden!
I absolutely loved this book from start to finish!! When I read the last word, I was like Nooo, I didn’t want it to end. Holden is definitely a dark soul, but I love him!! I encountered every emotion possible while reading this. Fear, sadness, , happiness, and I even laughed. I love DD. Kudos on a great book. Cannot wait for Book 2!!!!
Delishly dark and sensual. I love how this reads like a Gothic novel; the tone is so creepy and irresistibly sexy. A retelling of the classic headless horseman tale, but this horseman is sexy and smitten with Isabella Crane. Amazing character and world building here. Can a happy ending be in store for this monster? I can’t wait for book 2, but I’m on pins and needles for these two.