My one nitpick: I did find the title to be just a tad misleading. Not totally so, because the connection does eventually become clear, but the first thirty pages or so left me wondering if they’d pasted the wrong cover on the book I was reading. I almost put it down at that point, but am so very glad that I stuck with it. Though it may seem to start slowly, the early pages lay a groundwork for the main character (Bram Stoker) and the events unfold at an ever-increasing pace.

If you read this book looking strictly for the Dracula connection, you’ll be disappointed. Be open to the author weaving a tapestry of a (fictional) pivotal point in big-hearted, likeable Stoker’s life, and this will be reading time well spent.

Loved it.