Cause of Fear

by Robert Ross

All of her life, Linda Leigh has been a plain Jane, the kind of woman no-one notices. That all changes when handsome college professor Geoffrey Manwaring falls in love with her. The only shadow cast over their upcoming marriage is Geoff's son Josh who believes his mother, who deserted him years before, will return to claim him.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786015845
• ISBN13: 9780786015849
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

good

I liked this book but it was kind of slow. The whole story just kind of drags you along to the very end. But he ending was great and it worth it. I would recommend reading any book by Robert Ross he is a great author.

Fear the unknown.....

This book was my first of Robert Ross. I found it easy to read, short chapters (which I like think James Patterson style) and enough description of the characters to make me keep reading but not overdone where you would want to skip over the chapter. I think the story was an original one and had me intrigued. I would not compare this to Dean Koontz though - I didnt find it scary - more or less I found it to be a "curious" type novel. I had to know what was going on and why. Overall I gave it 4 stars. I think it started out well creating a captivating plot and then took a dive at the end. I felt like he could've given the reader a bit more. I dont want to give anything away but I do look forward to giving RObert ROss another chance.......

An exciting horror novel

For the first time in her life Linda Leigh is truly happy because she is in love with a handsome and sexy man who loves her beyond reason. The only problem is Geoffrey Manwaring's son who dislikes her intensely and is waiting for the mother who walked out on him four years ago to return. On the day that Geoff puts a ring on Linda's finger, she started dreaming about fire and when she is fully awake she sees people and buildings burning. Oddly enough, Geoff and Josh dream about fire as well.One day Geoff's wife Gabrielle suddenly shows up and wants to see Josh. Somehow mother and child are linked and Josh wants to see his mother. Geoff and Linda give in to his son's demands but the meeting doesn't go right and Josh turns away from his mother. Still she is determined to get custody of him and take him away from his father. Josh soon falls under her spell as does Geoff, leaving Linda to be the one to fight an age old evil that wants to destroy an eight year old boy.Robert Ross has written an exciting horror novel that rivals the works of Clive Barker and Dean Koontz. This modern day gothic horror novel starts off as a thriller but gradually the reader comes to understand that the antagonist is not quite human and it is up to the heroine to save the people she loves from an evil that is millennia old. CAUSE OF FEAR is a very spooky novel that is hard to put down because the reader wants to know how the characters fare.Harriet Klausner