Nocturne House

Supernatural and human evil collide in a page-turning thriller (Legacy of Darkness Book 3)

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Pub Date 5 May 2020 | Archive Date 24 Jul 2020

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Description

After months of searching for his missing wife, ex-priest turned demonologist Hunter Massabrook gets a call that Laura has turned up in a New Orleans hospital. But the woman barely looks like his wife, and she’s going by a different name. Worse, she’s obsessed with another man and memories of a life she’s lived in a place called Nocturne House.

As Laura relays the story of her disappearance and the people responsible, she also reveals her connection to a dangerous cult, a group of modern-day vampires that controls and manipulates through psychological strongholds, supernatural entities, and all-too-human wicked intentions. 

Hunter soon realizes that Laura is still in danger, and she remains bound to the house through her heart, mind, and blood. 

In the final suspenseful installment of the Legacy of Darkness series, supernatural and human evil collide in a tale about the power and danger of living outside society’s expectations and the relationships that can ruin or redeem us.

After months of searching for his missing wife, ex-priest turned demonologist Hunter Massabrook gets a call that Laura has turned up in a New Orleans hospital. But the woman barely looks like his...


Advance Praise

"If you've read previous books by London Clarke, then you will love this one. If you haven't, she's about to become your new favorite author."—Readers' Favorite review of Whickering Place

"If you've read previous books by London Clarke, then you will love this one. If you haven't, she's about to become your new favorite author."—Readers' Favorite review of Whickering Place


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Nocturne house brings the Legacy of Darkness series to its end in a suspenseful and thrilling modern day vampire novel.

Vampires..Demons..Haunted houses? Sign me up! This was the first London Clarke book that I have read but I was impressed. Even having not read the other books in this series I was still able to enjoy the book. I do think reading them in order would still be beneficial and personally plan to go back and read the others.

If your a fan of supernatural beings you will greatly enjoy this book. I found myself invested in Laura and Pearses stories. While this book is focused mainly around Lauras interactions with SOAL ( formally known as the colony) it is heavily entwined with the lives of Pearse and Avery ( the protagonists from the previous book). All the characters seemed to be well developed. As I was reading I felt like I was reading about real people because their personalities were so well written. London Clarke is quite simply a phenomenal writer!

Overall, Nocturne house is a truly thrilling read. It will grab you from the start and wont let go. The plot and characters are fantastic. You will love some and hate others. I can presume that the previous books were just as amazing and that this is the finale of the perfect modern day vampire novel.


I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is the first book by London Clarke that I have read and I absolutely loved it! If you love vampires, gothic fiction, demons, ghosts, dark reads and the haunting of Hill House - this is definitely for you!

This book had me hooked from the first chapter and even had me jumping under the covers after turning the light off in bed.

Laura is Hunters wife and the main character in the book. She went missing 5 months ago and turned up after an accident. The book flicks back and forth from the present to 6 months previous and has three characters POV's. Laura has been in and out of mental hospitals nearly all her married life and gets drawn under the influence of a deadly cult....

Nocturne house is a frightening, dark and demonic place of nightmares!

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This was a fascinating look at cult mentality and how it preys on the vulnerable. This was a southern gothic tale of humans who would be vampires - or sanguinators- as they preferred to be called, ghosts and possessing spirits, slaves used for sex and as blood donors. Many thanks to Netgalley for an arc of this book.

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Wow! I have read a few London Clarke books and all good but this was so intense. I have read this trilogy in order and I'm glad I did. it put the characters of both previous books together nicely and the horror of what they all go through is so well written you almost feel it yourself. I think this could be read as a standalone but I'm glad I have read all 3 books!
To me London Clarke is one of the greats in horror/suspense writing and I love her books.
Thank you netgalley.

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Amazing book. Couldn't put it down

It's dark, twisted, romantic and evil.

Would highly recommend and look forward to reading more from the author.

A sequel is defo a must. I can see this story carrying on.

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Hunter has been looking for his missing wife, Laura when he gets a phone call that she is in a hospital in New Orleans. Laura isn’t happy to see Hunter. She wants to back to Nocturne House where the cult she is in and her man who she now considers him to be her husband, not Hunter. She isn’t nice to Hunter yet he doesn’t give up on her being his wife again. When she had joined the cult, she went to live in the cult’s home known as Nocturne House. Nocturne house is filled with ghosts. Laura sees one that has her unable to resist the ghost she sees. Before she knows it, the cult has her learning the rules the cult has and drinking blood. Will she be able to be a wife again to Hunter? Will she want to stop drinking blood?

The story is told with the chapters saying “Now” or “Past.” The chapters are also told by different characters including Laura. The mystery of the house along with being in a cult is written so well that it gave me the “creeps.” You can read this as a stand alone novel. I did and found it quite satisfying.
It’s a horror, mystery, cult and haunted house must read!

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I haven;t read such a poignant book like Clarke's book for a while. Anything related to houses and I am in. Great book to read and I have been telling my friends about it.

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What an interesting read! This made me want to go back and read the rest of the series to catch the easter eggs I missed. Luckily, I was able to keep up even though I didn't read the others. The buildup was a good move on the author's part. True to form, it really showcased how people are convinced to join cults (a slow changing of thoughts and ideals over a long period of time). Cults, vampires, and psychological intrigue, sign me up!

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Are vampires real? Well, these days they want to be called Sanguinists.

Living a normal life has always been Laura's dream, but since the death of her brother, she hasn't coped very well and has spent many years in and out of psychiatric care facilities. One day she meets a doctor that wants to take her off all of her meds. This leads into the story and I won't give that away.

Things are never what they seem, especially if you have a mental disorder and you don't take your meds like you should. Laura no longer knows who she is or why she doesn't care.

This is a tale with a bit of the supernatural but it isn't cheesy. It's very well told and keeps you hooked until the very end.

Can you figure it out?

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Nocturne House is about a Vampire-Sex-Cult, and how an ex-priest's wife gets entangled with them while seeking mental health solutions. If that's enough to grab your attention and interest, then my work here is done.

The book was intriguing, and I hadn't read the first or second of the series, and I still found it quite enjoyable. I'll now be reading those books, The Meadows and The Whickering Place.

Not sure if this book truly is 'horror'. Sure, it had ghosts and vampiric behaviour, enslaved prisoners, and a haunted house with a scary past, (ok, fine, all of that makes it a horror), but I didn't find it scary. It was more thrilling and interesting.

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I hadn’t clocked this was the third in a series of novels from the Legacy of Darkness series, but this did not impact on my reading enjoyment at all. What I discovered was a refreshing read that kept me hooked pretty much from the start.
It is a cleverly blended mix of a woman with not insignificant mental health issues, recruited whilst in a mental health institution to a sexual vampire cult of Sanguinians called SOAL (Success of a Lifetime). To this end it feels like it draws upon aspects of Scientology. Laura goes missing only to be admitted to hospital after a collision and other mysterious circumstances. Still brain washed her family are stricken by her behaviour.
Clarke cleverly moves the story back and forth between present and earlier times to allow the story to unfold, and whilst these could have been labelled more clearly, you as a result have a well-crafted reveal. The short chapters keep it pacy and this prompts you to just keep turning to learn more.
Whilst Laura is the main protagonist, you gain a crisp insight of the impact this has had on her husband and his emotional torment of being rejected with disdain after falling for the charismatic leader Alex. The insight into her thought processes, of which were often disordered were fascinating. There is Pearce who had tried to leave the colony but with his family being put at risk ends up supporting bloodletting via his phlebotomy skills.
There are dispensable sex slaves kept captive in the most gruesome conditions following sexual endeavours for blood. Nocturne house is full of insatiable spirits and there, reality is distorted by this dark veil of glamourised rot that is powerfully depicted. You can almost smell the foul stenches described. The characters are strong and memorable. The cast develop nicely as the story develops and there are satisfying twists and turns that are not particularly obvious. In all a really gripping read that is not particularly gory or sexually explicit, but which will fulfil the delects of a horror reader.

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I didn't realise this book was the third in a series but it didn't spoil the story at all. A thrilling story about a vampire cult. I didnt find it particularly scary but I did really enjoy it and will definitely have to read the first two installments.

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Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for the advance copy of this book!

This book was everything I wanted it to be. It had the perfect creep factor and chills. I loved the plot and storyline in the book. It gave me all the feels I was looking for when I started reading this. I highly recommend this author. I loved the writing. I will be looking for other works in the future from this author.

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Another fabulous book from London Clarke! She's quickly moved up my list of favorite authors securing a place in my heart with Wildfell and then The Meadows.

Picking up where Whickering Place left off this one takes on a journey to New Orleans to visit a special house that's either all magic or all evil. The evil in the house doesn't necessarily come from some supernatural force but from what's real and very much human.

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this was a great horror novel, the characters were great and I was spooked the whole time reading this. I look forward to more from this series.

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When I requested Nocturne House I did not realize that this book was the third in a series. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I did not need to read the first two books to enjoy this story. Nocturne House is a thrilling story about a vampire cult. While not a scary read I did enjoy it and look forward to picking up the first two books.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

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