The Girl in the Scarlet Chair
Haunting Clarisse #1
by Janice Tremayne
When a malicious chair’s only desire is to prosper from negative thoughts, will Clarisse be willing to trade her mind for a premonition?
They don’t have the safety of distance to rely upon–only five days to decide if they are made for each other before Harry leaves back home. Or will the mysterious scarlet chair determine their fate?
She was unlucky in love, recently separated, and desperately searching for the man of her dreams. For Harry, recently divorced– it carried risk and uncertainty? In this heart-rending search for passion, he travels to the city of our affection to meet Clarisse. A spirit hunter and a woman with a problematic past. Harry leaves his western-centric norms behind immersed in the vibrant and bustling city.
But will Clarisse have the courage to tell him everything–past secrets, fears, and inhibition? Or will the embedded dark secret of the chair unleash its evil? As it has always done for generations?
The Girl in the Scarlet Chair is the first book in the spine-chilling Haunting Clarisse supernatural horror series. If you like pulse-pounding tension, scarily dark corners, and thought-provoking dilemmas, then you’ll love Janice Tremayne’s unsettling story.
REVIEW
3.5 out of 5
I was a bit underwhelmed by this one. It’s an interesting premise, and a good introduction to Clarisse, the star of this series. I did like the eerie moments and superstition surrounding the chair. It just didn’t feel like there was enough tension built up in the story as a whole, and at the beginning it was confusing as to how old Clarisse was when certain events were taking place. Having read one of the later books in the series, I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in store for book two, and hoping the horror factor really picks up in it.
LEARN MORE
The Girl in the Scarlet Chair
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Haunting in Hartley
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Haunting in Old Tailem
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The Infant Spirits
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The Charterhouse of Evil
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Janice Tremayne is an award-winning supernatural horror writer from Australia. Her acclaimed novel, Haunting Hartley, was a finalist in the Readers’ Favorite 2020 International Book Awards in fiction-supernatural and was awarded the distinguished favorite prize for paranormal horror at the New York City Big Book Awards. She was recently awarded the silver medal at the IPPY Awards 2021 Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim – Best Regional Fiction and the Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards 2020 Bronze Award in Adult Fiction.
Janice is an emerging Australian author who lives with her family in Melbourne. The Haunting Clarisse series has regularly reached number one in the Amazon kindle rankings for Occult Supernatural, Ghosts and Haunted Houses, and British Horror for hot new releases/bestsellers. Janice is well-versed in her cultural superstitions and how they influence daily life and customs. She grew up in a family with a cultural heritage where religious taboos and superstitions were entrenched into their way of life. This fascinated her as she was growing up and laid the foundations for developing a passion and style for writing supernatural horror novels for adult readers.
Writing the Haunting Clarisse series was spawned over a cup of coffee many years ago when she finally decided to put pen to paper, and she has never looked back. Her books contain heart-thumping, bone-chilling, and thought-provoking paranormal experiences that deliver a new twist to every tale to the delight of her readers worldwide.
