Taming the Beast: A Novella

By Beau Lake

Can they find a way to move past their dark secrets and find solace in each other?Returning to his hometown in Tennessee, Samuel Campbell is searching for absolution. He made a promise in Wharton to never hurt another human ever again. Coming home is the ultimate test. There are dark memories here, a trail of bodies left behind

• Language: English
• Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications
• Release date: Sep 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781644503324

Beau Lake

Beau Lake is a tattooed, blue-haired, horror and romance writer skulking around the mountains of Virginia. She is very happily married and lives with a menagerie of children (3), dogs (3), and plants.Her current hobbies include digital art, social/animal activism, and screaming into the void. Mostly the latter. Other favorite activities include listening to true crime podcasts, staring at empty Word documents while having existential crises, and asking herself "What Would Stephen King Do?"Some of her published work includes: the DC Pride series, co-written with Tatum West; the paranormal romance series The Wolves of Wharton; and the upcoming horror series Allgood.She can be found online via Facebook, Twitter, or at beaulakebooks.com. She loves talking with readers and can be reached at [e-mail].

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