Mateguas Island: A Novel of Terror and Suspense
Occult & SupernaturalAdded on March 18, 2026
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A Gripping, Readers’ Favorite Award-Winning Gothic Tale!What could be more idyllic than to live on an island off the coast of Maine? That's what Bill Andersen thought when he moved his family to Mateguas. But Mateguas is more than just pristine beaches nestled between rocky shores. No, Mateguas is really something quite different….>>>Linda Watkins Does It Again"Surprising twists and turns and a powerful old box filled with magic: these are the elements of a fine horror story that slowly builds its plot with believable protagonists and engrossing color...Any who like horror stories and gothic fiction will find Mateguas Island an exceptional read." ~ Diane Donovan, Senior eBook Reviewer, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW"In Watkins’s slow-building haunted house novel, the new home that’s supposed to save a disintegrating family turns out to hold horrors from the past…The human drama and supernatural dread intertwine, and Watkins keeps the reader invested in Bill and Karen's fates." ~ PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY"...a fast-paced and unpredictable story that is both spooky and entertaining. Mateguas Island is an absorbing horror tale and is highly recommended." ~ Jack Magnus for READERS' FAVORITE>>>FIRST PLACE (Contemporary Gothic), 2014 PARANORMAL AWARDS, CHANTICLEER BOOK REVIEWOUTSTANDING HORROR/SUSPENSE NOVEL, 2015 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR2014 GOLD MEDAL in SUPERNATURAL FICTION, READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD COMPETITION2014 HONORABLE MENTION in GENERAL FICTION, HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL, L.A. Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy Today!
Reader Reviews
I'm throwing in the towel at 43%. The internal monologues on every single page are killing me. No joke. Half the book comprises of these characters basically talking to themselves. Add to that the douchecanoe parade of players. The asshole husband and bitchy wife. The slimy guy and girl conveniently trying to destroy their sham of a marriage. And don't even get me started on the twin girls. Holy shit. If my kids ever spoke the way these two kids do, I would run away screaming. So unrealistic
3☆It took a long time to get past the romantic/lustful behaviors of the main couple, Bill and Karen Anderson, to get to the suspenseful terror. I was disappointed that so much of the book focused on the couple's affairs and not on the dark legends, how their twins could have explored the contents of a hidden box and how ancient markings in their houses foundation got there. So many eerie and strange things to expand on and yet the majority of the book focused on forbidden romance. Ugh. Once the
Mateguas Island is a crisp story for a stormy night when the house is creaking, rain is rattling the window panes and you know Something is Out There. It certainly is Out There on Mateguas (Muh-tug-wus), an isolated island off the coast of Maine. It’s ancient, spectral and greedy, preying on a vulnerable family. The author, Linda Watkins — who lived for some years on an unhaunted Maine island — makes sure her readers and the family feel the sense of isolation and hear of an ominous local Indian
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