The Necromancer by George W.M. Reynolds
Reynolds is rapidly turning into one of my favourite authors. This is the third book I've read of his and I totally loved it. He has a glorious wordy Victorian style I love. This was a lovely supernatural tale about a man who had sold his soul to the devil and needed to offer up virgin sacrifices in order to escape his bargain. Reynolds did a lovely job of intertwining the different histories of the family who over the space of 150 years had fallen victim to Danvers. What I liked was that Danvers always rescued the women from a worst fate in order to get them to fall in love with him. The story was very long and in places more historical romance than occult thriller but there was always plenty going on behind the scenes. Definitely one I would recommend. It was perfect to finish reading on Halloween.