E-book 8 : Caraliza

Caraliza is a mystery / thriller/ romance e-book written by Joel Blain Kirkpatrick.

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It is a story of a young girl named Caraliza. She was from Amsterdam who was sold by her poor parents to a cruel man described in the story as "brute". Setting was in the slums of New York in 1919. She was treated inhumanely by her keeper who locked her up in a dungeon-like putrid smelling basement, left hungry for days and had been sexually abused at a young age. Across the street where she was locked is a photo shop/ studio owned by a wealthy Jew named Menashe Reisman. He sells cameras and assisting him is a young man named Yousep. Young Yousep repaired a Waterbury camera belonging to Mr. Martin Bryant. The deal was that if he can fix it, it's his. And so it happened. Yousep fell in love to the young girl held captive by the brute living across the street. He had the chance to help the young girl escape from the cruel brute and brought her to the studio. Mr. Reisman and Yousep's parents learned about what he did. But the girl and Yousep were discovered by the brute and the rest is a shrouded mystery that haunted Reisman and the studio until the present or modern New York. Nobody knew what happened to the young lovers. Reisman's disturbing behavior or dementia after the disappearance of the lovers also became a mystery to his family.

The second setting was in modern New York when Shelly, the grand daughter of Reisman took over the building with a plan to renovate and revive the old studio. The Waterbury was to be the centerpiece of the studio.She met Evan, a handsome young man of aristocratic origins, and is also related to Mr. Bryant or the person who gave the camera to Yousep. The buidling and the studio was haunted that every being who goes inside smells evil. In short, it is haunted. Only Shelly felt peace and love inside the dark room of the studio where she mingles with the paranormal.How the present day characters discovered the secrets of the buidling, the camera and the fate of the young lovers made me read more until I realized it was already 4am. Hohuum!

A good read....

Got it free from Amazon, of course.

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