Dark River: A Novel of Suspense

by Heather Buchanan

Greed, lust, murder, and a love that will outlive the river itself. . . "Are you his forever? The river will tell." These chilling words will change Isabelle Fontaine's destiny. A celebrated Canadian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971821496
• ISBN13: 9780971821491
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Aquarius Pr
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Strange things hide in the darkness

Isabelle, a well-known Canadian pianist, learns that her grandfather died and left a house in Detroit to her. She goes there with every intention of selling it. When she meets Josie, the cook and caretaker, who hints at strange goings-on in the house, she notices her bad dreams accelerate and she even begins to see a strange man in the yard. Frequently she hears voices and music from the ballroom but when she opens the door, no one is there. Douglas, a Canadian who has helped her with her music career, follows her to Detroit, bent on getting her to marry him. He is interested in a few business deals there also. Meanwhile, she meets Josie's nephew, Michael, a doctor who doesn't think much of Douglas and shows it. Isabelle is attracted to both men and finds herself in a quandary. Should she marry Douglas? As she learns more about her family, the less she wants to sell and run. She discovers, through drawings by her mentally impaired cousin, that she looks very much like her great grandmother Celeste. A slave named Jacques enters the picture; he is in love with Celeste and he sees Isabelle as Celeste. How can Isabelle let him know Celeste is dead, just as he is? DARK RIVER by Heather Buchanan is a very intriguing mystery that dips in and out of Detroit's history. It gives information about how slaves and freedmen were treated, as well as how truly mixed, by blood, the whites and the blacks actually were. It is obvious that much research was done. The writing is superb and the characters invite you into their lives. It was a very good read. Reviewed by Alice Holman of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

A suspenseful Tale of Love and Deceit

In the early 1800's of Detroit, Isabelle comes from Canada because she inherited an estate built in the 1700's. She's a descendant from one of the first French families in Detroit. As she learns about her past and her how her great grandmother was a captive of Louis Fontaine, she also falls in love with two successful men, all while becoming a pawn in the largest riverfront scandal in American history. Dark River combined real Detroit history romance suspense and paranormal in a tale that will draw you in, educate you about this great city's past and keep you on the edge of your seat. Ten years of research by this author really pays off and Heather Buchanan did a great job in making sure you received the best of the best by giving you her best! Sylvia Hubbard, author of Stone's Revenge and Founder of Motown Writers Network

History, Romance, Suspense, Oh My!

Take a little Black history, add some romance, and sprinkle it with a dash of suspense and you've got an inheritance riddle with intrigue. Dark River is a story of love that is handed down from one beautiful slave to her freeborn great-grand daughter. Isabelle was destined to be born in order to free Celeste and her lover's souls from captivity. If you have a passion for reading about true love affairs, this is the book for you. Lovers of the past are entwined with new generation lovers in order to set their souls free from the river. Not being a romance novel reader, I read this one in only four hours and it was worth every minute.