Victoria Roder - Author
The Dream House Visions And Nightmares received a BEST BOOK rating on the Long and Short of it Reviews. The Dream House: Visions and Nightmares begins strong and keeps the reader in a death grip until the spine-tingling conclusion, which you’ll never see coming. Don’t miss out on this wonderful thrill. A+++ job, Ms. Roder. Read the complete review.
http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2010/01/dream-house-visions-and-nightmares-by.html
The Dream House Visions And Nightmares reviewed at Examiner.com by Fran Lee...I loved it! Ms. roder weaves a tale that captures the reader's imagination and keeps them spellbound until the final page. See complete review http://www.examiner.com/x-5288-Salt-Lake-City-Romance-Novels-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Welcome-Romance-Lovers--I-found-a-fabulous-new-Romantic-Suspense-for-you
http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2010/01/dream-house-visions-and-nightmares-by.html
The Dream House Visions And Nightmares reviewed at Examiner.com by Fran Lee...I loved it! Ms. roder weaves a tale that captures the reader's imagination and keeps them spellbound until the final page. See complete review http://www.examiner.com/x-5288-Salt-Lake-City-Romance-Novels-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Welcome-Romance-Lovers--I-found-a-fabulous-new-Romantic-Suspense-for-you
Welcome to the web site of author Victoria Roder. Be sure to read her debut novel The Dream House Visions and Nightmares, published by Asylett Press, July 2009.
A murder mystery wrapped in a ghost story, in which, apparitions and vivid dreams reveal clues of mystery, murder, and age-old revenge. You will discover that the truth can be more frightening than nightmares. Read an Excerpt of The Dream House Visions and Nightmares.
Available from Publisher click above on Asylett Press link.
Available at Barnes and Noble
Available at Amazon.com
Victoria's second novel, Bolt Action, published by Champagne Books, April 2010 is a jam packed action thriller.
Can gun hording, Harley riding Detective Leslie Bolt conquer her past and capture "The State Quarter Killer" before her sister is the next victim?
In my novel, Bolt Action I mention the talented singer/song writer Doug Kroening that my character Leslie Bolt paint drums to. Check out his soulful voice and listen to his rock and roll music.
A murder mystery wrapped in a ghost story, in which, apparitions and vivid dreams reveal clues of mystery, murder, and age-old revenge. You will discover that the truth can be more frightening than nightmares. Read an Excerpt of The Dream House Visions and Nightmares.
Available from Publisher click above on Asylett Press link.
Available at Barnes and Noble
Available at Amazon.com
Victoria's second novel, Bolt Action, published by Champagne Books, April 2010 is a jam packed action thriller.
Can gun hording, Harley riding Detective Leslie Bolt conquer her past and capture "The State Quarter Killer" before her sister is the next victim?
In my novel, Bolt Action I mention the talented singer/song writer Doug Kroening that my character Leslie Bolt paint drums to. Check out his soulful voice and listen to his rock and roll music.
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Seeking publication for: The Haunting of Ingersull Penitentiary
The former Ingersull Penitentiary is being remodeled into a bed and breakfast named The Big House Inn. A wandering Ouija Board, a possessed electric chair, and shadow people could play tricks on a person's psyche. The owner Hailey Price and the guests will check in, but will they check out? They soon discover that residual haunts are the least of their problems.
Excerpt: (Hailey practicing her tour speech in the prison lobby.)
Hailey cleared her throat. "Ingersull Penitentiary was built in eighteen-forty-two. The word penitentiary means to be repentant, and the cathedral style ceilings of the prison were chosen to inspire inmates to be better people. Although, the penitentiary entrance and lobby are of exquisite architectural design, before prison reform and in its heyday, the conditions at Ingersull Penitentiary were deplorable."
The sound of scraping turned Hailey's attention toward the desk. The temperature seemed to drop twenty degrees in the spacious lobby, and the hair at the back of her neck prickled. Somehow, the Ouija Board that was placed in the drawer, now sat on top of the walnut registration desk. Hailey searched the lobby praying to discover someone, anyone, that could be playing a trick on her.
She scanned the room.
Nothing. No one.
The scraping sound began again. The planchette of the Ouija Board moved about the board on its own. With her legs feeling like concrete pillars, Hailey watched the planchette spell the rest of its message one letter at a time...
ETOUT
Her breathing came in short puffs as she watched the planchette continue to scrape against the game board.
GETOUT
Hailey's eyes were magnetized to the planchette, and she jumped at the blast of a siren as an alarm sounded. Abandoning the Ouija Board she hustled across the lobby to the bullet proof guard booth, and checked the circuit board. The sounding alarm flashed a red light identifying a problem in the death row corridor.
The former Ingersull Penitentiary is being remodeled into a bed and breakfast named The Big House Inn. A wandering Ouija Board, a possessed electric chair, and shadow people could play tricks on a person's psyche. The owner Hailey Price and the guests will check in, but will they check out? They soon discover that residual haunts are the least of their problems.
Excerpt: (Hailey practicing her tour speech in the prison lobby.)
Hailey cleared her throat. "Ingersull Penitentiary was built in eighteen-forty-two. The word penitentiary means to be repentant, and the cathedral style ceilings of the prison were chosen to inspire inmates to be better people. Although, the penitentiary entrance and lobby are of exquisite architectural design, before prison reform and in its heyday, the conditions at Ingersull Penitentiary were deplorable."
The sound of scraping turned Hailey's attention toward the desk. The temperature seemed to drop twenty degrees in the spacious lobby, and the hair at the back of her neck prickled. Somehow, the Ouija Board that was placed in the drawer, now sat on top of the walnut registration desk. Hailey searched the lobby praying to discover someone, anyone, that could be playing a trick on her.
She scanned the room.
Nothing. No one.
The scraping sound began again. The planchette of the Ouija Board moved about the board on its own. With her legs feeling like concrete pillars, Hailey watched the planchette spell the rest of its message one letter at a time...
ETOUT
Her breathing came in short puffs as she watched the planchette continue to scrape against the game board.
GETOUT
Hailey's eyes were magnetized to the planchette, and she jumped at the blast of a siren as an alarm sounded. Abandoning the Ouija Board she hustled across the lobby to the bullet proof guard booth, and checked the circuit board. The sounding alarm flashed a red light identifying a problem in the death row corridor.
The Dream House Visions and Nightmares by Victoria Roder gave me the chills, one of those books you couldn't put down because it was just bugging you...what is going on and how is this going to end!!!! Book Junkie 4.5/5
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When I sat down to read Dream House—Visions and Nightmares, the debut novel by Victoria Roder, I expected a book full of ghosts and attempts at spin-tingling scenes. What Roder actually delivers is a taut story with an ending only the most attentive of readers will figure out prior to reading the final chapters.
You won’t want to miss this debut novel by Victoria Roder.
Bea Ware
Reviewer, Writers Wall
Count Down to BOLT ACTION, April 2010 from Champagne Books.
