editor of blackmoore By Marcus James

© 2017

Candiano Books

Literary accolades.

Festival of words (2017)

Winner of “Best Literary Fiction”

Editorial reviews.

“Blackmoore is a heart-wrenching, adventurous supernatural suspense in the tradition of television’s Dark Shadows and Anne Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches.  This novel introduces Marcus James and the bewitching Blackmoores to the world.”

— Blair Cameron, Author of Dancing in the Aisles

“…Pulls you in quickly… gorgeous prose… a gothic novel that has beautiful descriptions and fascinating characters.  Trevor Blackmoore is a new kind of hero.”

— Literary Pride

Welcome to South Hill, a neighborhood of wealth, secrets, gracious Victorians, and austere manor homes overlooking the port of Fairhaven and the dark waters of Bellingham Bay. Seventeen year old Trevor Blackmoore has lived here his entire life, shunned and feared, along with the rest of his clan, by the elitist and superstitious families that surround them and who regard the Blackmoores as the devil's concubines.


As a young clairvoyant dealing not only with the dark secrets of his family but also with his homosexuality-two things which have made him an outsider-he struggles to find normalcy.


Trevor's life is made extremely difficult by his tormentors and former childhood friends Cheri Hannifin, Greg Sheer, and Christian Vasquez; the school gods of the prestigious Mariner High School. His only saving grace is Braxton Volaverunt, a captivating young man with secrets of his own.


A diabolical plan sets in motion a chain of events that will fulfill the doomed prophecy of the Blackmoore family. A centuries old curse comes to an end, releasing an ancient and bloodthirsty evil, set on wiping out the family on Trevor's eighteenth birthday, Christmas Eve, and Trevor learns that he is at the center of it. Realizing that he is all that stands between this darkness and his family's survival.

“The characterizations are excellent.  The author makes us feel a rollercoaster of emotions towards each character and the situations that occur.  You find yourself hating, loving, and fearing people in the book… descriptive, poetic and utterly alluring.  …He has developed his craft and whittled it to perfection.”

— Wesley Thomas, Author of Nightmare Fuel

“A compelling and haunting read.  With Blackmoore, James shares the path to his own enlightened truths.”

— Take 5 Magazine

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