She also volunteered as a re-enactor at the local Revolutionary War fort and worked near shelter cats which led her to previous crazy cat lady status. Before becoming published, she had a wide range of occupations including banking, bartending (though she’s never tried alcohol) and phlebotomy (though she faints with needles). While it will always be home, she’s constantly moving with her husband and two sons as a military wife. Duell was born and raised in a small town in Central New York. The Sandman is determined to help, but if Nora isn’t careful, she could lose even more than her family to the darkness. When the Nightmare Lord kidnaps Nora’s sister, Nora must enter enemy territory to save her. The Nightmare Lord is tired of playing by the rules and will do anything to release his deadly nightmares into the world, even if that means tormenting Nora until she breaks. Neither did he think his nemesis would find her so quickly, but there’s no mistaking his cruel handiwork. When he hid the secret to the Nightmare Lord’s escape inside her dreams, he never expected to fall in love with her. But the truth might be more than she bargained for…įor the last five years, the Sandman has spent every night protecting Nora. The Sandman is the only one she can turn to for answers.

So when Nora’s friends start mysteriously dying gruesome deaths in their sleep, she isn’t altogether surprised when the police direct their suspicion at her. It took her too long to learn not to mention the hooded figure in her dreams to her mother, who still watches Nora as if she’ll crack. He has to be, if she doesn’t want a one-way ticket back to the psychiatrist.

Goodreads Synopsis: The Sandman is seventeen-year-old Nora’s closest friend and best-kept secret. Publication Date: Janufrom The Parliament House Title: The Dream Keeper (The Dark Dreamer Trilogy #1)

Dream Keeper by Amber R. Duell