Published: March 08, 2011
Words: 18,481 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458061874

Short description

When Professor Sandra Rixx lost her husband in a terrorist bombing, she turned toward her work for salvation. When Richard kept his vow and returned three years later, she learned to mix business with pleasure. Some times we can't help who we love. Sometimes we can't help what we love.

Extended description

When Professor Sandra Rixx lost her husband in a terrorist bombing, she turned toward her work for salvation. When Richard kept his vow and returned three years later, she learned to mix business with pleasure. Some times we can't help who we love. Sometimes we can't help what we love.

"John Paul Allen delivers well-drawn characters and emotional dynamite in this tale of dark suspense."
-Scot Nicholson, author of They Hunger (Read more) When Professor Sandra Rixx lost her husband in a terrorist bombing, she turned toward her work for salvation. When Richard kept his vow and returned three years later, she learned to mix business with pleasure. Some times we can't help who we love. Sometimes we can't help what we love.

"John Paul Allen delivers well-drawn characters and emotional dynamite in this tale of dark suspense."
-Scot Nicholson, author of They Hunger

"One sadistic piece of work by one of the most talented new voices in dark fiction."
-Karen Koehler, author of the Slayer series

"Disturbing and intense, this story is a one-sit read that races, carrying you along to grim, uncharted terrain."
-Lee Thomas, Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of Stained, Parish Damned and The Dust of Wonderland

"From the first page, Monkey Love draws you into a surreal world that teeters on a disturbing balance of amdness, eroticism, and obsession. Dark, intriguing, and captivating."
-David Niall Wilson, author of Deep Blue and Ancient Eyes

"It's a wild ride, and I loved it from first page to last."
-John R Little, author of The Memory Tree and Placeholders

"Exquisitley well-written, more than slightly twisted and compelling erotica for all horror readers."
-T.M. Wright, author of Bone Soup and Blue Canoe

"Monkey Love is my first read by John Paul Allen and I can promise it won't be my the last. Touching, perverse, oddly poignant and riddled with interesting questions of love and obsession, I can't recommend it enough. Monkey Love is the sort of tale that pushes the boundaries of comfortable and makes us question our own morals."
James A. Moore, author of Deeper and Blood Red

Reviewed by Jeff Burk
When Professor Sandra Rixx’s husband, Richard, dies in a terrorist bombing, her life falls apart. She travels to Uganda to throw herself into her work studying gorillas. One gorilla in particular catches Sandra's attention, one that has a familiar marking on its fur that bears a remarkable likeness to her dead husband's tattoo. This inspires her to concoct a plan to bring the love of her life back.

Sandra's story makes for a gripping and disturbing tale. Allen cruelly toys with a character whose sense of purpose has been shattered. As Sandra begins to find meaning in life again, various forces converge to unwittingly send her down into unfathomable darkness. Her downward spiral is sure to shock, and what Allen has in store for her made this reviewer gasp aloud on more than one occasion.

As a bonus, the book includes the short story "House Guest", an equally disturbing psychological drama about a couple whose daughter is brain-dead and being cared for at home. Unbeknownst to them, their daughter's boyfriend is living in her closet and has a few ideas on how to make the family happy again.

Both stories explore a very dark world in which individuals attempt to find love through whatever means necessary. Allen places the reader forefront in the characters’ heads in unnervingly clear fashion. While readers can see the terrible fates about to befall the characters, they are able to empathize and understand the desires (as twisted as they may be) that blind the stars of Allen's tragedies. Reader be warned: the book contains very graphic scenes of sexual horror. To Allen’s credit, these scenes come across less exploitative than filled with a genuine sense of emotional torment.
His prose is lean and tight, and each of his characters is written with a distinctive voice. At his best, Allen possesses the rare ability to combine genuine emotional drama and graphic horror. Readers are likely to be smitten with Monkey Love, and will undoubtedly seek to turn this one-night stand with the talented Allen into a long-term relationship
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erotica, horror, suspense, mystery

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Review by: P.A. Moore on July 30, 2011 :
I highly recommend this twisted erotic short story.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: S. J. Bach on July 12, 2011 :
This book is well worth reading. All great works of literature leave you with a strong emotion of one kind or another. This is a perfect example of how a good book can leave you with strong feelings and a desire to read further.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Benjamin X. Wretlind on May 28, 2011 :
The imagination of John Paul Allen is a strange yet exciting to place to find yourself. I read MONKEY LOVE and still, after a day or two, find myself basking in his images of sensuality and anthropology. The transformation of Sandra and the weakening of her inhibitions in this story is well-played. The ending was unexpected. This is a one-sitting read and I enjoyed every minute of it. John Paul Allen is an exceptional writer with a dark and twisted mind. I agree with Norman Applegate: the next time you're at the zoo, you may just see the gorillas in a different light.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Robert Nelson on March 23, 2011 :
This is one great story!I never for the slightest second saw the ending coming. John led me along the entire time. I hate to say too much more because I don't want to give any of the story away.

Read this! It's great!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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