The blurb on the back says:
It's never easy to face the fact that a man you once loved passionately has found the girl of his dreams, as Alice discovers when Joe introduces her to his new girlfriend Ginny. Jealous, Alice is repelled by Ginny - an ethereal beauty with a sinister group of friends.

Then Alice finds an old diary hidden away in Ginny's room and reads about Daniel Holmes and his friend Robert and the mysterious woman who bewitched them both - Rosemary Virginia Ashley, buried in Grantchester churchyard half a century ago - buried but far from forgotten.

As the stories intertwine, past and present are merged into one; Alice comes to realize that her instinctive hatred of Joe's new girlfriend may not just be due to jealousy as she's plunged into a nightmare world of obsession, revenge, seduction - and blood.

*****

Yikes!

This is Joanne Harris' "haunting debut novel" and I am looking forward to reading it. I already know who I am going to pass it on to next...

Well, I have to say I wasn't very keen on this one - maybe because vampires are just not my cup of tea! I hope it finds a better home with the winner of the Acts of Kindness Sweepstakes!

Here is Part Two of what I am sending you for the Acts of Kindness Sweepstake. I hope you like it (it's a wishlist book, isn't it?) and I hope Pumba enjoys his Act of Kindness, too :D

Thank you very much for this wishlistbook. And Pumba likes his treats :)
Will read this in the summerholiday :) THANKS!!!!!

I read it because I have enjoyed other books written by Joanne Harris. The clumpy story line and voice of the book made it hard to want to pick up and read. I could tell that it was Harris' first book and she had not yet found her 'voice' that she has in later books.

to Florence71 who is the first participant in my ring "books before the bestseller-ring"

Well received, thanks rodespringbal ! I already know this author with his bestseller "Chocolate", and I 'm really happy to read this one soon.