tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272465952024-03-12T13:55:04.441-04:00Patricia's Vampire NotesHere are posted my musings on vampires and various other fictional, paranormal critters. Comments from readers and writers of said literature are always welcome.Patricia Altnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06539199379400548499noreply@blogger.comBlogger738125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27246595.post-71454139202230879662011-11-30T14:53:00.000-05:002011-11-30T14:53:32.497-05:00New Vampire Titles for November 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1dXVqwQEiaA-LimMRbXMLc2DS-gZP4jjloJZ4JYeFnbfCRq2XVlJ3MLApj5WbXDRkTVj4kDynRRkUtrLhjuPj23kFmnnEtjZI7VzSrpnsqDIoFRzf9RHrV8ML8OAqDEHy9Lr/s1600/acquantednight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1dXVqwQEiaA-LimMRbXMLc2DS-gZP4jjloJZ4JYeFnbfCRq2XVlJ3MLApj5WbXDRkTVj4kDynRRkUtrLhjuPj23kFmnnEtjZI7VzSrpnsqDIoFRzf9RHrV8ML8OAqDEHy9Lr/s1600/acquantednight.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/042524363X/themooninsci-20">Acquainted With the Night</a> <br />
Piper Maitland<br />
Berkley; Original edition (November 29, 2011)<br />
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A woman's quest for the truth...A medieval icon that holds the clues...And an ancient book with the power to shake Christianity-and humanity itself.<br />
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London tour guide Caroline Clifford has never believe in vampires- until her uncle is brutally murdered at a Bulgarian archaeological site, and a vampire hunter who corresponded with him seeks her out.<br />
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Strange anagrams on her uncle's passport lead them to a cliff-top monastery in Greece, where a shattering revelation connects a relic Caro inherited to an age-old text on immortality-and an enigmatic prophecy that pits the forces of darkness and light in a showdown that could destroy all they know...<br />
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Cynthia Eden<br />
Brava (November 29, 2011)<br />
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As an angel of death, Keenan's job is to collect the souls on his list. He's carried out his duty for two thousand years and never faltered once. Until he meets Nicole St. James. When the moment of death comes, Keenan hesitates, and instead of taking Nicole, Keenan touches the vampire who's attacking her.<br />
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Cast out of heaven for disobedience, Keenan plummets to earth. Six months later, he finally manages to track Nicole to a bar in Mexico. He's stunned to discover that the woman he remembers has undergone a dramatic change - she's become a vampire. And when he realises that she's the target of all manner of enemies - other vampires, demons, even shifters - he'll do whatever it takes to protect her, even if all hell breaks loose...<br />
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<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/107111">Bella Notte</a><br />
Ebook By Jesse Kimmel-Freeman<br />
Published: Nov. 21, 2011 <br />
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Ebook Description<br />
Vampires? Check. Werewolves? Check. Death prophecy to hang over your head? Double check. Seventeen year old Emma Hutchinson struggles to find her place in the world she has been born to as she tries to decide whether she should be with Michael, the boy she has been dreaming about since she was three or if she belongs with Dominic, her betrothed. <br />
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Ebook By Jesse Kimmel-Freeman<br />
Published: Nov. 26, 2011 <br />
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Ebook Description<br />
A Christmas story with the beloved characters Emma and Dominic from the Bella Series. This is a short story of their first Christmas together and the fun that a little snow and a board game can make. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159748010X/themooninsci-20">Blood Legacy (Pulse Vampire Series #6)</a><br />
Kailin Gow<br />
theEDGEbooks.com, November 30, 2011<br />
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Kalina’s Life’s Blood continues to cause changes in her, and as she embark on a journey to find Octavius, Max, and other Carriers, tragedy hits that changes everything she believed in and stood for in this exciting new addition to the PULSE Vampire Series.<br />
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Rebekah Weatherspoon<br />
Bold Strokes Books (November 15, 2011)<br />
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Every sorority has its secrets...<br />
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And college freshman Ginger Carmichael couldn't care less. She has more important things on her mind, like maintaining her perfect GPA. No matter how much she can't stand the idea of the cliques and the matching colors, there's something about the girls of Alpha Beta Omega—their beauty, confidence, and unapologetic sexuality—that draws Ginger in. But once initiation begins, Ginger finds that her pledge is more than a bond of sisterhood, it’s a lifelong pact to serve six bloodthirsty demons with a lot more than nutritional needs.<br />
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Despite her fears, Ginger falls hard for the immortal queen of this nest, and as the semester draws to a close, she sees that protecting her family from the secret of her forbidden love is much harder than studying for finals.<br />
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Alexandra Ivy<br />
Zebra; Original edition (November 29, 2011)<br />
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The Sylvermyst have a reputation as sinister cousins to the fey, and none are more mysterious than Ariyal and his tribe. To save his people from banishment, he sold himself to the evil Morgana. Finally free, he faces a new challenge: Jaelyn, an elite vampire warrior sent to capture him. By rights, he should kill her on sight. Yet he cannot bring himself to hurt her - or to resist her. <br />
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Jaelyn is stunningly beautiful, utterly lethal - and always alone. Until Ariyal. From their first encounter, she knows that what's between them is more dangerous than simple lust. And as they unite to thwart a terrifying prophecy that will mean the end of his clan and of the world they know, she will risk everything to fulfil her destiny by his side.<br />
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Heather Graham<br />
HQN Books; Original edition (November 22, 2011)<br />
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She's the vampire that could destroy a nation.<br />
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At least, that's what Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne thinks of Tara Fox. Capturing her aboard a ship sneaking its way northward, he's convinced she's been sent to take out President Lincoln. While she's certainly the most attractive assassin he's ever faced, that won't keep him from his duty.<br />
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Tara has always been caught between worlds. As a vampire born and raised in Key West, she has many friends among the humans. Many friends that are now fighting and dying in the raging Civil War.<br />
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When her strange dreams began, she thought of them as abstract visions. But she now knows that she must travel to Washington, D.C., and protect the president at all costs. Finn still won't trust her, despite what he's seen. And if Tara has to go through him—or bring reinforcements—to save Lincoln, she will do whatever it takes, even if it costs her her heart.<br />
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Rebecca Zanetti<br />
Brava; 1 edition (November 1, 2011)<br />
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A Daring Rescue: Emma Paulsen is a geneticist driven by science. But she's also a psychic, so when a dark, good-hearted vampire frees her from the clutches of the evil Kurjans, she realizes he must be the man who's been haunting her dreams. But with a virus threatening vampires' mates, Emma may discover a whole new meaning of "lovesick"...<br />
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A Deadly Decision: As King of the Realm, Dage Kayrs has learned to practice diplomacy. Still, it's taken three hundred years to find his mate, so he'll stop at nothing to protect her - even if it means turning his back on his own kind...<br />
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Chloe Neill<br />
New American Library; 1 edition (November 1, 2011)<br />
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Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and Merit the vampire can't tell if this is the darkness before the dawn, or the calm before the storm. With the city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, times have never been more precarious for the vampires. If only they could lay low for a bit...<br />
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Then magic rears its ugly head when Lake Michigan turns black. The mayor insists it's nothing to worry about, but Merit knows a panic is coming.<br />
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Kristen Painter<br />
Orbit; Original edition (November 1, 2011)<br />
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With the ring of sorrows still missing, and the covenant between othernaturals and mortals broken, Chrysabelle and Malkolm's problems are just beginning. Chrysabelle still owes Malkolm for his help, but fulfilling that debt means returning to Corvinestri, the hidden vampire city neither of them is welcome in.<br />
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The discovery that Chrysabelle has a brother could mean reneging on her promise to Malkolm, something that might make him angry enough to loose the beast living inside him. And fulfilling her vow could prove devastating for Chrysabelle --- especially when you throw in power hungry witches, dead fringe vampires, and the Kubai Mata.<br />
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Rachel Caine<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town-a mysterious individual named Magnus. After an uneasy encounter with Morganville's latest resident, Claire is certain Magnus isn't merely human. But is he a vampire-or something else entirely?</span><br />
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Jeff Berg<br />
Peppermint Books (November 4, 2011)<br />
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Santa's elves decide to stay on vacation after Halloween, but Santa needs help on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Claus comes to the rescue by calling on vampire bats to help deliver presents and stuff stockings. Illustrated in colorful, graphic-novel style, this story was inspired by a question the author's young daughter asked him on Christmas morning, Daddy, how do vampires get their presents if they re up all night? As he pondered his answer, the idea for this story was born.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451413148/themooninsci-20">Nightshine: A Novel of the Kyndred</a><br />
Lynn Viehl<br />
Signet Select; Original edition (November 1, 2011)<br />
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As a psychic, Samuel Taske can see the future, but he never predicted that he'd fall for San Francisco paramedic Charlotte Marena, the woman he's been charged with protecting. GenHance-the biotech company willing to do anything to acquire superhuman DNA-is after them. And when Samuel discovers that his Takyn powers have abandoned him, Charlie and her secret nighttime telepathic ability are their only hope for survival...<br />
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Alexandra Ivy, Angie Fox, Tami Dane, and Jess Haines<br />
Kensington; 1 Original edition (November 1, 2011)<br />
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Ever since Christine Price moved in with her fiancé, Jonathan, and his twelve year-old son, she's worked hard to fit in with a cadre of local women whose lives seem picture-perfect. Except no one in Jon's upscale neighborhood is quite who they appear to be. Least of all Jon. <br />
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Lora Leigh, Virginia Kantra, Eileen Wilks, and Kimberly Frost<br />
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New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh features the Breeds in her story. New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra brings a haunting tale of a fallen angel. USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks returns to the shapeshifing Lupi for another magical tale. National bestselling author Kimberly Frost introduces a new paronormal world of muses and vampires.<br />
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The year is 1888, and the scent of blood lingers heavy in the London air. Stefan Salvatore thought he could escape his violent origins by settling in the peaceful countryside of England, but when a heinous murderer named Jack the Ripper surfaces, Stefan fears darkness will always follow him. Drawn into the investigation, Stefan assumes the worst: This is the work of a vampire. And the more he learns, the more he becomes convinced that the killer is someone close to him—and that he can never outrun his past.<br />
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St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (November 29, 2011)<br />
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In the acclaimed Night Tracker series by New York Times bestselling author Cheyenne McCray, the vampires are back to make a brand new start of it—in old New York…<br />
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by PC and Kristen Cast<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But there are new forces at work at the House of Night. An influx of humans, including Lenobia’s handsome horse whisperer, threatens their precarious stability. And then there’s the mysterious Aurox, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous teen boy who is actually more – or possibly less – than human. Only Neferet knows he was created to be her greatest weapon. But Zoey can sense the part of his soul that remains human, the compassion that wars with his Dark calling. And there’s something strangely familiar about him… </div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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DD Barant<br />
St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)<br />
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Dark magic, unknown enemies, monsters of every stripe—FBI profiler Jace Valchek has seen it all. In this bizarre parallel universe, shape-shifting werewolves and blood-thirsty vampires don’t even warrant a raised eyebrow. That is, until Jace has to face what life might look like as one of them …<br />
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It starts off as just another run-of-the-mill assignment: to track down the rogue don of a mafia werewolf family before he upsets the delicate balance of the underworld. But Jace wasn’t counting on being bitten…and soon she’s fighting the growing wolf inside her with a startling antidote—vampirism. Stopping a bloody gangland war won’t be easy when Jace is feeling some new, and very inhuman, desires … <br />
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Lynsay Sands, Jeaniene Frost<br />
William Morrow (October 25, 2011)<br />
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In Lynsay Sands' "The Gift," Katricia Argeneau knows grey-eyed cop Teddy Brunswick is her life mate. She just needs to convince him they belong together, and being snowbound in a secluded cabin will make this a Christmas neither will forget.<br />
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It's "Home for the Holidays" in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series. Cat and Bones may long to wrap presents and set up a tree, but this Christmas, an evil vampire and long-buried family secrets will threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer.<br />
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Traci Houston (Author)<br />
Writers Of The Round Table Press (October 16, 2011)<br />
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When a group of vampires rises from the dark of the humid Miami summer and murders her partner, officer Cara Evens gathers a group of allies with their own unique abilities to avenge her partner's death and save the city. To succeed she'll have to accept her own changing abilities, ignore her lust for a vampire and hide the one thing her enemies need to kill them all.<br />
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Angela Lovell<br />
CreateSpace (October 11, 2011)<br />
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With summer waning quickly before the start of his senior year, a family emergency forces Blue Knightly to leave his small Midwest town and travel to New York City to locate his rebellious sister. From the morgue to Central Park to the underbelly of New York, he quickly discovers the big city is the least of his concerns as he reluctantly takes sides within a warring faction of vampires to unravel the mystery of his sister’s disappearance. In their underground world of abandoned subway tunnels, Blue finds himself falling for a femme fatale vampire whose vibe is seldom clear. Not knowing who to trust, Blue finds himself battling not only the undead, but his own heart, as the family crisis escalates and every decision could be his last.<br />
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Marie Treanor<br />
Signet (October 4, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Despite the growing passion that unites them, all is not well between Elizabeth and Saloman. She refuses to follow him as he builds his influence among the human population and consolidates his rule over the vampire world. A shocking revolt is just the latest crisis that's call him away.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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Kristen Painter<br />
Orbit; 1 edition (October 1, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarré -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world...and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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Amanda Ashley<br />
Zebra; Original edition (October 4, 2011<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Zack Ravenscroft loves women - all women - and they love him. The irresistibly seductive owner of the hottest casino in Nevada, Zack has tasted every wicked pleasure Sin City can offer. But never in his 600 years as a vampire has he seen a morsel as delectable as Kaitlyn Sherrad, the mysterious young newcomer in town. Zack knows nothing about her - except that he craves her. Kaitlyn is half vampire, half human - and all woman. As the cherished daughter of the Carpathian Coven's master, she has been given every luxury a girl could desire. Now her only need is for a prince. But though she's ready to gamble her heart on Zack, a powerful enemy stalks their every move...watches their every kiss...and waits to destroy their undying love.</span><br />
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M. L. Lacy<br />
Knight Romance Publishing (October 7, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All families have secrets. At 32, Bree Campbell discovers her entire life has been a secret. A mortal born into a family of Magicals, she begins questioning everything and everyone around her. The prophecy told at her birth speaks of a Chosen One; the last and greatest of a long line of Chosen Ones charged with saving both the Mortal and Magical worlds. Bree must face this reality and life with her new family; a clan of vampires protecting her. The sorceress, Esmeralda, will stop at nothing until this Chosen One is dead. None could then oppose her and she would be free to rid the world of all mortals. Will Bree awaken the hidden powers and find inner strength needed to save the world?</span><br />
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Melissa Darnell<br />
Harlequin; Original edition (October 25, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Savannah Colbert has never known why she's so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from a strange illness and the attraction becomes nearly irresistible. It's as if he's a magnet, pulling her gaze, her thoughts, even her dreams. Her family has warned her to have nothing to do with him, or any members of the Clann. But when Tristan is suddenly everywhere she goes, Savannah fears she's destined to fail.</span><br />
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Michele Hauf, Patti O'Shea, Sharon Ashwood, Lori Devoti<br />
Swell Cat (October 6, 2011)<br />
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Keri Arthur<br />
Dell (October 25, 2011)<br />
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P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast<br />
St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (October 25, 2011)<br />
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In Destined, the forces of Light and Dark collide as their epic struggle focuses on Tulsa's House of Night. Zoey is home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side and preparing to face off against Neferet. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx's gift of a human form, he and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together if Rephaim can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father's shadow.<br />
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But is Zoey really safe? Does she truly know those who are closest to her? And will love win when it is tested by the very soul of Darkness? Find out what s destined in the next thrilling chapter of the House of Night series.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1933353902/themooninsci-20">Embraced by the Shadows</a><br />
Mayra Calvani<br />
Paladin Timeless Books (October 15, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Against the exotic backdrop of Istanbul and San Juan, Alana is a young woman torn between a vampire she cannot resist, loyalties to old friends and a confusing new life. Despite these complications, endowed with her new preternatural powers, she sets out to hunt the truth regarding her mother's tragic death... </span><br />
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Kristen Painter<br />
Orbit; Original edition (October 25, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With the ring of sorrows still missing, and the covenant between othernaturals and mortals broken, Chrysabelle and Malkolm's problems are just beginning. Chrysabelle still owes Malkolm for his help, but fulfilling that debt means returning to Corvinestri, the hidden vampire city neither of them is welcome in.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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Michael E. Bell<br />
Wesleyan (October 15, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For nineteenth-century New Englanders, "vampires" lurked behind tuberculosis. To try to rid their houses and communities from the scourge of the wasting disease, families sometimes relied on folk practices, including exhuming and consuming the bodies of the deceased. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Author and folklorist Michael E. Bell spent twenty years pursuing stories of the vampire in New England. While writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Henry David Thoreau, and Amy Lowell drew on portions of these stories in their writings, Bell brings the actual practices to light for the first time. He shows that the belief in vampires was widespread, and, for some families, lasted well into the twentieth century. With humor, insight, and sympathy, he uncovers story upon story of dying men, women, and children who believed they were food for the dead. This Wesleyan paperback edition includes an extensive preface by the author unveiling some of the new cases he's learned about since Food for the Dead was first published in 2001.</span><br />
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Felicity Heaton<br />
CreateSpace (October 19, 2011)<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Aleksandr Nemov won't stop until the last of the vampire hunter's progeny is wiped from the Earth. Each kill has stolen a piece of his humanity, pushing him towards the black abyss all vampires hold within their hearts. Now he is teetering on the edge, close to devolving into a beast, and time is running out as he tracks the last hunter to Prague. There he finds a beautiful woman who could be his one chance for salvation, but is it already too late for him?</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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Kim Harrison<br />
Harper Voyager; First Edition edition (October 25, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>New York Times</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> bestselling author Kim Harrison has won legions of fans with her sexy supernatural novels featuring bounty-hunting witch Rachel Morgan. And now comes a unique look inside her beloved Hollows series that no fan should miss. . . . </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Hollows Insider</i></span><br />
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Penny Warner<br />
Signet; Original edition (October 4, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Party planner Presley Parker's new gig is the star-studded wrap party for a horror film. The location is a graveyard-conveniently, because the night of the bash, a tabloid journalist is murdered.</span><br />
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Caden Thrace, Nathan Squires, Rebeka Harrington, L.A. Freed, Dicey Grenor, Kim Faulks<br />
TGA Productions, Inc (October 27, 2011)<br />
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Infused with blood and fangs, shrouded in terror and darkness the call of the Vampire mythos beckons to us all. Inside this work you will discover 6 haunting stories from today's hottest underground authors. Forget what you think you know about vampires because inside you will have entered a twisted new world. Featuring Stories From: Rebeka Harrington, Nathan Squiers, L. A. Freed, Dicey Grenor, Kim Faulks with introduction by Caden Thrace this work is sure to quickly become a classic for all lovers of the genera.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0615550002/themooninsci-20">In Blood We Trust (A Novel of the Bloodlands)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0615550002/themooninsci-20"> Christine Cody</a><br />
Ace (September 27, 2011) <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They are monsters: Mariah, the reluctant rebel who has become a god to others of her kind, and Gabriel, the vampire, who loves her at his own peril.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451464222/themooninsci-20">In Memories We Fear: A Vampire Memories Novel</a><br />
Barb Hendee<br />
Roc; Original edition (October 4, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A series of killings in England point to a new-and feral-vampire. Vampires Eleisha and Philip and their human companion travel to London to make contact with the terrified creature, to offer him sanctuary and stop the bloodshed. But the vampire they find is not what they expected...</span><br />
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By Bobbi Chukran<br />
Limestone Ledge Books (October 10, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A comedy adaptation stage play of the original Bram Stoker DRACULA, with a few twists. Written by Bobbi A. Chukran, award-winning playwright and novelist.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And can you see Mr. Renfield as a poet? You’ll laugh ‘til your sides split when this crazy fellow is on stage….and he’s “Doin’ the Renfield Rap!” But watch out. NEVER mention the word….FLIES! around him.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mina, a no-nonsense young woman who MUST always wear a gigantic hat?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Delightful word play, a cast of quirky, crazy characters…and yes, there are the required flapping bats and howling wolves…that’s The Journal of Mina Harker.</span><br />
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Debbie Viguie<br />
FaithWords; 1 Original edition (October 7, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Centuries ago, Raphael was a blasphemous knight who fought in the Crusades purely for his own mercenary benefit, and to satisfy his taste for killing. Now, condemned for his evil passions and hypocrisy, he wanders the earth a vampire, cursed with first-hand knowledge of the supernatural world he once denied existed. The powerful relic he still possesses from his days as a Crusader has been stolen by a rival vampire who has recruited an army of soulless underlings to aid him in spreading evil. At the time he learns this, Raphael has been hunting this vampire for nearly a century, and it seems the final battle is destined to take place in Prague.</span><br />
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For help in this quest, Raphael must enlist the aid of two humans, David and Susan, who suddenly find themselves immersed in a world they never imagined, entangled with supernatural forces they can't control. Susan, in particular, finds herself conflicted as she struggles with her inexplicable attraction to Raphael. In the end, both Susan and Raphael will be called upon to exercise courage and faith, and in the process, the question? What would happen if a vampire truly accepted God?<br />
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Marcus Sedgwick<br />
Indigo (October 6, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you've never been there before, or felt that you know someone well, even though you are meeting them for the first time? It happens. In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a visiting journalist, Eric Seven, and a young local woman known as Merle are ritually slain. Their deaths echo a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a king was slain, tragically torn from his queen. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Their souls search to be reunited, and as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire they come close to finding what they've lost. In a novel comprising seven parts, each influenced by a moon - the flower moon, the harvest moon, the hunter's moon, the blood moon - this is the story of Eric and Merle whose souls have been searching for each other since their untimely parting. Beautifully imagined, intricately and cleverly structured, this is a heart-wrenching and breathtaking love story with the hallmark Sedgwick gothic touches of atmosphere, blood-spilling and sacrifice.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451234928/themooninsci-20">Much Ado About Vampires: A Dark Ones Novel</a><br />
Katie MacAlister<br />
Signet (October 4, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Corazon Ferreira is a jaded woman. Turns out she was a vampire's mate in a past life. And no matter how distractingly gorgeous he is, she just can't get the image of him killing someone out of her head. But when her life depends on him, Corazon's going to have to stop overthinking things-and start trusting her heart...</span><br />
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Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan<br />
William Morrow (October 25, 2011)<br />
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<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">From the authors of the instant <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>The Strain</i> and <i>The Fall</i> comes the final volume in one of the most electrifying thriller series in years</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It’s been two years since the vampiric virus was unleashed in <i>The Strain</i>, and the entire world now lies on the brink of annihilation. There is only night as nuclear winter blankets the land, the sun filtering through the poisoned atmosphere for two hours each day—the perfect environment for the propagation of vampires.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There has been a mass extermination of humans, the best and the brightest, the wealthy and the influential, orchestrated by the Master—an ancient vampire possessed of unparalleled powers—who selects survivors based on compliance. Those humans who remain are entirely subjugated, interred in camps, and separated by status: those who breed more humans, and those who are bled for the sustenance of the Master’s vast army.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The future of humankind lies in the hands of a ragtag band of freedom fighters—Dr. Eph Goodweather, former head of the Centers for Disease Control’s biological threats team; Dr. Nora Martinez, a fellow doctor with a talent for dispatching the undead; Vasiliy Fet, the colorful Russian exterminator; and Mr. Quinlan, the half-breed offspring of the Master who is bent on revenge. It’s their job to rescue Eph’s son, Zack, and overturn this devastating new world order. But good and evil are malleable terms now, and the Master is most skilled at preying on the weaknesses of humans.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425244407/themooninsci-20">Serpent's Kiss (A Novel of the Elder Races)</a><br />
Thea Harrison<br />
Berkley; Original edition (October 4, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Recently, Vampire Queen Carling's power has become erratic, forcing her followers to flee. Wyr sentinel Rune is drawn to the ailing Queen and decides to help find a cure for the serpent's kiss-the vampyric disease that's killing her. With their desire for each other escalating they will have to rely on each other if they have any hope of surviving the serpent's kiss...</span><br />
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Simon Stone<br />
CreateSpace (October 14, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the west the ancient empire of Prast crumbles, an old man too sick to climb out of his deathbed. In the east an upstart nation of sun worshipers spread their heathen ways, swallowing up city-states and small kingdoms as they tread ever closer to Prast’s borders. War is inevitable. A war greater and more bloodthirsty than any seen since the old gods left the world. And yet, war is as nothing compared to the greatest danger. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Shadowland. A vast swathe of corrupted jungles, deserts and mountains, saturated in malevolence. Ever since the time of myth it has separated east from west, a mark on the world to remind all men of the anger of their gods. Now it has begun to spread, spewing out its deadly creatures on the nations, threatening to corrupt and consume everything. Only one man carries the key to stopping the Shadowland, a man battered and scarred from his years alone in its deadly grasp. To stop it he must first make a friend of his greatest enemy... ...and then he must enter the Shadowland again...</span><br />
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Robert S Wilson<br />
CreateSpace (October 2, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Set in a dystopian, religiously-demented American Empire, the city of Las Vegas is no longer a city of sin. Now called Necropolis, it is a city that eats sin. The vampires of Necropolis wait patiently for the Empire's weekly drop off of guilty Penitents; sinners and criminals full of fresh blood. Hank Evans is one of those Penitents and he would gladly let the vampires take every drop of his blood if it weren’t for one detail: Toby. Toby is Hank’s only son. Now, Hank must do whatever it takes to escape the city of the dead and save his son from an Empire as bloodthirsty as the vampires it uses to keep its people in line.</span><br />
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by Jasper Kent<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>The third novel in Jasper Kent's enthralling, chilling and acclaimed historical vampire sequence -- The Danilov Quintet.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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Sylvia Day (Author)<br />
Signet; Original edition (October 4, 2011<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756406870/themooninsci-20">Vamparazzi: An Esther Diamond Novel</a><br />
by Laura Resnick<br />
DAW (October 4, 2011<br />
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Playing a scantily clad vampire victim in an off-Broadway play, struggling actress Esther Diamond now may be the target of someone who claims to be a genuine bloodsucker...<br />
Vampires and Volts (Raven Mysteries) [Paperback]Marcus Sedgwick (Author)<br />
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by Sarah Gray (Oct 1, 2011)<br />
Kensington; 1 Original edition (October 1, 2011)<br />
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L. J. Smith<br />
HarperTeen (October 25, 2011)<br />
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<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The past is never far. . . .</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Elena Gilbert and her friends saved Fell’s Church from evil spirits bent on destroying it, but the town’s freedom came at a price: Damon Salvatore’s life.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Damon’s death changes everything. He and his vampire brother, Stefan, had been locked in a vicious battle for Elena’s heart. Now that he’s gone, Elena and Stefan can finally be together. So why can’t Elena stop dreaming of Damon? As Elena’s feelings for Damon grow, a new darkness is brewing in Fell’s Church. Elena has been to hell and back, but this demon is like nothing she’s ever seen. Its only goal is to kill Elena and everyone she loves.</div><br />
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Laurie London, Michele Hauf, Caridad Pineiro, Alexis Morgn<br />
HQN Books; Original edition (October 18, 2011)<br />
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<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It's the time of year for twinkling lights on trees and kisses under the mistletoe. Yet the passing of another year means nothing to the stunning immortals who lurk in the shadows of the new-fallen snow.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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H. W Kondras (Author)<br />
Blue River Press (October 1, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love vampires? Test your knowledge and have some fun with this collection of crossword puzzles and trivia questions about the children of the night. From Vlad the Impaler to Edward Cullen, your favorite bloodsuckers from books, movies and television are covered. See how much you know about Sookie Stackhouse, Count Dracula and Angel while perhaps learning about your next favorite blooksucker.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">From vampire romances to vampire comedies, from fantasy to real-life, all vampire fact and fiction from history are used to create this unique collection of puzzles and games for all those who love the undead. Grab a pencil and some garlic and join the fun!</div><div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The book includes crossword puzzles, word searches, and trivia questions.</div><br />
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by Scott Baker<br />
Pill Hill Press, October 1, 2011<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The exciting conclusion of The Vampire Hunters After being hidden away for centuries, the Vampyrnomicon, the Book of the Undead, is finally unearthed, and with it the terrible secret of the vampires' origins. The discovery of the Vampyrnomicon gives Drake Matthews the means to defeat the Master and eradicate the vampire threat, but it also provides Chiang Shih with the knowledge she needs to make her masters immortal. Now more powerful than ever, Chiang Shih raises an army of the undead and creates a vampire nation in Washington D.C. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617060534/themooninsci-20">The Vampire Trilogy</a><br />
David Pinner<br />
Oberon Books (October 18, 2011)<br />
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This trilogy of plays from prolific writer David Pinner taps into the very present fashion for all things vampire related. Encompassing three plays written over a period of forty-five years, The Vampire Trilogy offers unique slants on the occult. Includes Fanghorn, Edred the Vampire, and Lucifer's Fair.<br />
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The spooky month of October brings many treats for readers. Check out the following vampire extravaganza! <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617060534/themooninsci-20">Vampire's Witch</a><br />
Rebecca Airies<br />
Ellora's Cave (October 21, 2011)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Serena Blackwood can’t believe it when she learns she’s becoming a vix. Finding that she has to work with sexy vampire Marcus Castillo to catch a rogue vampire only adds to her stress. She’s unbelievably attracted to the hunky man but knows staying near him will increase the chances of her jumping his bones—and Marcus discovering her secret. Marcus knows the witch working with his team is hiding something. She’s beautiful and talented and he wants to know the mysteries she’s hiding almost as much as he needs to know the feel of her body moving against his. But the rogue has plans of his own and unless Serena and marcus work together, they could lose everything.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div>Patricia Altnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06539199379400548499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27246595.post-12742700612674467622011-10-28T01:00:00.052-04:002011-10-28T01:00:04.402-04:00Interview with the Vampire Trent Callen<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsxKP5tFgtru4y1R4QigqhwOMlJjQGJ5NrR5QhNxdLMqrLlaq31HZNTRsf4pnVtAgV_dzzTaBS1Gp2GlVYGiLbtQD0ue_GtyjP6s4ehAwOi7Db27K6TRtbw97Ulq6JwlywxhW/s1600/vampyre+kisses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsxKP5tFgtru4y1R4QigqhwOMlJjQGJ5NrR5QhNxdLMqrLlaq31HZNTRsf4pnVtAgV_dzzTaBS1Gp2GlVYGiLbtQD0ue_GtyjP6s4ehAwOi7Db27K6TRtbw97Ulq6JwlywxhW/s320/vampyre+kisses.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>Just in time to begin celebrating Halloween Trent Callen (protagonist of Vampyre Kisses by Elizabeth Kolodziej) has stopped by PVN to tell readers about his life as a vampire.<br />
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<b>Hello everyone. I am very pleased to be invited to Patricia’s Vampire Blog for an interview. My name is Trent Callen and I am a blood vampire. There are many questions that fledglings want to know before they are changed. In an attempt to hopefully ease some minds, I am prepared to let you in on some of my secrets.</b><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Powers to look forward to when becoming a vampire will include:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Enhanced speed</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*The strength to lift cars, or ladies, whichever your pleasure shall be</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Enhanced sight, though being a peeping Tom is not advised</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Enhanced hearing</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Sharp fangs to sink into pretty little necks throbbing with life</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Eyes that will turn black on occasion</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">…the usual…</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Some powers you may posses with age:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*The ability to change to mist</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Shape shifting into a wolf and/or demonic looking creature</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*Flight</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">*And others you will have to learn about on your own…</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>How did you become a vampire?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ah, a question that plagues the most beautiful of minds, and one that I have not told that many people.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
When I was twenty-five, I was a, as you would say, ‘want-to-be writer.’ I was in Cork, Ireland, at the time, the place to be for aspiring writers now. I was introduced to a man named Collin. Sir Collin; he was from England. At the time, he was serving the first Elizabeth.Collin and I became very close very quickly. I was not as well educated or travelled as him so I found him fascinating. He had so much knowledge about the world and the people in it. Unknown at the time, Collin was a couple hundred years older than myself.<br />
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One night we got into an intriguing discussion about writing horror stories. He discussed an idea with me about a creature that ruled the night. Instinct had brought my mind to the gossip floating around about people being slain. They were being murdered by having their blood sucked completely dry. I found the coincidence too close and plagued him with questions about these creatures of the night.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Rapidly our night was becoming morning. Collin had been so engrossed with talking to me that he forgot about the sun. I immediately noticed his agitation; I was not stupid like some humans. I had an uncanny way of observing people around me. I was aware that Collin would not have enough time to get home and offered him a bed in my cellar. I remember the smile on his face: it was filled with gratitude, while mine was filled with mercy. After a long day of waiting for night to come, I opened my cellar door, and he walked up the stairs refreshed. I begged him for hours to tell me the truth. Then he finally did. We talked about the possibility of me becoming a vampire. At first I was reluctant, but Collin had a way about him. A short week later, I decided to let him change me.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Do you feel any antipathy to other paranormal beings? If so, which ones and why? </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">To be honest, I have never been found of werewolves. They smell and are not that intelligent. I have had run ins with them before and the only one I put up with would be Zou Tai, and that is only because Faith asks me to. Very persuasively I might add.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Is there a hierarchy among vampires?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">All vampires answer to the Master vampire, which does change from time to time. Most vampires stay with their sires for decades before going off on their own or even creating another vampire. There are watchers in each state and sometimes more than one depending on the size and how many of us are in the area. If there is any trouble raised they report to the Master directly.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Are you with anyone?</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I am sorry to say that I am taken ladies. Faith, the last witch in the world, in the only one I have my heart set on. Ever since I first met her at the club I had this instant attraction to her, most that involved licking and petting particular areas, but that was only in the beginning. When I got to know Faith, I realized there were still innocents in the world. And that attracted me the most to her.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span>Lure of the Vampire is great for any writer who would like to find fun facts to give their vampires in their story. For example, what powers have vampires in mythology possessed or the first literary vampires? There’s a section for that. </div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">What if you are a vampire fan who is looking for new YA or adult authors- there is a section with titles, authors and their websites. </div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">What about vampire games? There’s a section for that too.</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">Sections include: Mythology, History, Literature, Movies, Television, Recreation, Children’s Vampires, On the Web, Education, and Real Life Vampires. There are lists, websites, essays, and interviews included in throughout the book. </div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">Lure of the Vampire: A Pop Culture Reference Book of Lists, Websites, and "Very Telling" Personal Essays is a perfect quick to grab reference book for the vampire fan or author. It's concise enough to assist you in finding links to what you are looking for without our being too cumbersome and confusing.</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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</b></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><b>About the Author</b><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1wTTiGQGaT2D0ITDJAonijX4xQaOlSAA80QG4LlA6htswV91TZJ3GM0ax83P2Ek3p5ejpzN_M1mKYJhsbdTNkkj9tXc08BVsbU9MlxqYaV2UO62T4o4TaU4sPVov0RYQpEfN/s1600/me+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1wTTiGQGaT2D0ITDJAonijX4xQaOlSAA80QG4LlA6htswV91TZJ3GM0ax83P2Ek3p5ejpzN_M1mKYJhsbdTNkkj9tXc08BVsbU9MlxqYaV2UO62T4o4TaU4sPVov0RYQpEfN/s320/me+%25282%2529.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Bertena Varney was born in Pikeville, KY. She moved to Winchester, KY where she attended George Rogers Clark High School. When she graduated in 1989 she began her studies at Morehead State University. Her studies included the following: </span><b></b></div><div style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><b></b></div><div style="font: 12.0px Calibri; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- B.A. in Social Science and Education <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span>- M.A. in Social Science and Education <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span>- M.A. in Sociology and Criminology <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span>- Rank 2 Secondary Education <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span>Certification <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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</span>She used all of her extra essays, projects and independent study classes to study vampires in pop culture. Thus the creation of Lure of the Vampire. <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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</span>She has worked in education as both a middle and high school teacher and college professor. She has also been a deparment director in a business college, and<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%22http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4837666.B"><span style="color: #3000ff; text-decoration: underline;">...more</span></a>Bertena Varney is from Winchester, KY and currently resides in Bowling Green, KY. She attended Morehead State University where she received the following degrees: <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span>- B.A. in Social Science and Education </div><div style="font: 12.0px Calibri; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- M.A. in Social Science and Education <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span>- M.A. in Sociology and Criminology </div><div style="font: 12.0px Calibri; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">- Rank 2 Secondary Education Certification <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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</span>While in college She used all of her extra essays, projects and independent study classes to study vampires in pop culture….thus the creation of Lure of the Vampire. </div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">She has been employed as a middle and high school as well as college instructor. Here past employers include Morehead State University, Eastern Kentucky University and National College and she currently lectures at Bowling Green Community College.</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">Currently she is planning her lecture tour schedule. In the past she has presented papers at conference such as The Sirens Conference in Vail, Colorado and The Harry Potter Witching Hour in Salem, Mass. Currently she is scheduled for ScareFest, Dance on the Dark Side and A Day of Mystical Blood Lust, as well as BG Tech, Bourbon County Library and other local libraries and colleges.</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">She is also planning to begin a pop culture vampire course based upon her studies of vampires in pop culture.</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><b>Find Bertena on the web:</b></div><div style="color: #3000ff; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: black;">Facebook- <a href="http://on.fb.me/g8C0Zr"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://on.fb.me/g8C0Zr</span></a> </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">Her writing website is <a href="http://www.bertenavarney.com/"><span style="color: #3000ff; text-decoration: underline;">www.bertenavarney.com</span></a></div><div style="color: #3000ff; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: black;">Her vampire research website <a href="http://searchforthelure.webs.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://searchforthelure.webs.com</span></a> </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">Twitter @tenavarney</div><div style="color: #3000ff; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: black;">Goodreads - <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4837666.Bertena_Varney"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4837666.Bertena_Varney</span></a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">To sign up for her newsletter go here. <a href="http://eepurl.com/exZYQ%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span style="color: #3000ff; text-decoration: underline;">http://eepurl.com/exZYQ</span></a></div><div style="color: #3000ff; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: black;">Book Trailer- <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPMyiYjS6Y0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPMyiYjS6Y0</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br />
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by Mayra Calvani<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paladin Timeless Books (October 15, 2011)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(originally publised by Twilight Times Books, 2007)</span><br />
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Sadash, the vampire, first notices Alana Piovanetti while she vacations with her family in Istanbul. She is very young, a child really, but he is drawn to her. Three hundred years ago he would not have hesitated to drink of her blood - all of it. Not now, however. Since that long ago time he has vowed not to take advantage of a child. He watches as she gazes at a painting of a red-haired angel being thrown out of heaven. Her coloring is very much like that angel. Later in the story this painting and the angel's appearance will be important. <br />
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Twelve years later Alana is living in Puerto Rico where she was born and raised. She recently found a job as the manager of the new 'in' place called El Cuevo del Vampiro. She does not consider herself qualified - she was a philosophy major in college, but the owner's representative assures her she is exactly the right person for the job. That same night the erotic dreams begin. Dreams of a man like no other she has known takes her in his arms and seduces her in away she never imagined possible. Later she meets Shadash the man of her dreams who is even more alluring in the real world. He shows her what the life of an immortal is truly like. Vampires never age and can never be destroyed even by fire. Alana wants to be with him forever, but what about her dearest friend Valeria. How could she watch as this person she loves ages and dies?<br />
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by <a href="http://www.martaacosta.com/">Marta Acosta</a><br />
Tor, June 2012<br />
[Young Adult Gothic]<br />
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<div style="font: 17.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';">A terrible trauma marks Jane Williams' early childhood. A horrific event at her home causes her death when she is six years old, but just as emergency personnel appear she revives.</span> All her memories of her life have vanished.</div><div style="font: 17.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 20.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 20px;">Jane has no family and must enter the difficult world of the state foster system. Her tough spirit and the friendship of another foster child, Hosea, combine to show her a way out. With great determination Jane pours all her energy into her school work and shows herself and others that she has a brain.<span style="font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Helvetica;"> She sees herself progress and get the excellent grades she never thought possible.</span> Eventually she comes to the attention of the headmistress of Birch Grove Academy for Girls and is offered a full scholarship at this elite school. A terrific opportunity, or so it seems, but is it too good to be true? Not at first anyway. She makes friends with a fun group of girls and Mrs Radcliffe, who runs the school, invites her to become like a member of her family. Jane, who believes herself to be as plain as her name, finds younger son Lucky Radcliffe very attractive. In return he is attentive to her at times, and at others practically ignores her. Older son Jack has a wild side but knows how to be a true friend.</span></div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">On most levels things look good for Jane, but there is something menacing about the atmosphere at Birch Grove, and Jane becomes the target of someone or something that wants her gone.</div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">What is so appealing about Jane is her strength in the midst of terrible hardship. She learns that persistence pays off and despite the sinister undercurrent Jane finds a place where she can belong and feels the courage to overcome whatever life throws her way. </div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Although it isn't initially apparent the vampire theme does play a part in this story. Fans of Marta's <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3eadafe"><b>Casa Dracula series</b> </a>will recognize the enigmatic Ian Ducharme who plays a small but important role.. </div><div style="font: 20.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><br />
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To celebrate the month of Halloween Karen Essex is offering three lucky PVN readers a copy of her terrific book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dracula-Love-Karen-Essex/dp/0385528914?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dracula in Love</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385528914" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: medium !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: medium !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: medium !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: medium !important; cursor: move; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (Doubleday, 2010). This is one of my favorite paranormal novels from last year. Not only is it an imaginative retelling of the Dracula story, but it gives a credible description of the often difficult position of nineteenth century women. Below is my review.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">From Mina Harker's perspective, her relationship with Dracula brought with it an alternate reality. Although certain characters have the same or similar names as found in Stoker, the "true story" is quite different. It is instead an exquisite timeless tale of love and passion. Mina, while engaged to solicitor Jonathan Harker, has recurring visions of a lover very familiar to her although her memories are so hazy she cannot identify him. He carries her to a world in a place and time not connected to our own and begs her to remember the endless years they have had together. Often he appears in the real world as a protector when she finds herself in danger. Always he is an incredibly attractive and powerful presence.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For those who have read Bram Stoker's Dracula you know that Jonathan was sent to the Castle where he eventually becomes the Count's prisoner. Not exactly true the reader and Mina discover. In Mina's account she receives a note, unsigned but with very familiar handwriting, that of her dream lover, telling her of Jonathan's whereabouts. He's been ill and is confined to a small hospital in Gratz. Mina travels there and finds Jonathan suffering from psychic wounds he is loath to talk about or remember.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">He finally confesses to Mina the truth about the luxurious life at the Count's home and the passionate nights spent with Dracula's enchanting and beautiful nieces. Then, without warning, he finds himself wandering fields not knowing where he is or even who he is until someone finds him and brings him to the hospital where the doctors and nurses endeavor to bring him back to health. All the darkness and foreboding of Stoker's Castle Dracula is nonexistent.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Familiar characters such as Lucy, Arthur Holmwood and Dr John Seward are present, so are Morris Quince and Dr. Von Helsinger - names similar to those used by Stoker. In Essex' novel their personalities and agendas differ in the extreme. Additionally there is Kate Reed, a friend of Mina's and Lucy's and a strong minded reporter. The three women attended school together. Mina stayed on after graduation as a teacher, a job she loved. One of the reasons Mina writes her story is to have the truth available, if only for her children, in case they should ever come across the hack novel of the red-haired Irishman.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">What comes across quite strongly, other than the expected story, is the limited life choices of upper class Victorian women, and their treatment as lesser beings. At one point Mina suffers greatly at the hands of all the men around her including Jonathan, simply because as a female she cannot be expected to know what is best for her. It is Dracula who finds and saves her.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">* Karen is offering a copy of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dracula-Love-Karen-Essex/dp/0385528914?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dracula in Love</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385528914" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: medium !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: medium !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: medium !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: medium !important; cursor: move; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span> to three lucky readers.</div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 22.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">* Leave a comment about this post for a chance to win. </div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 22.0px;"> </div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">* Be sure contact information is included with your comment. </div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 22.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">* Contest ends October 31, 2011 at 11:59pm EST</div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 22.0px;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373618719/themooninsci-20">Dark Sins and Desert Sands</a><br />
by Stephanie Draven<br />
Harlequin (October 18, 2011)<br />
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Wrongfully accused and broken by torture, an American soldier transforms into a mind-controlling minotaur bent on revenge…only to fall in love with his beautiful but cool-eyed interrogator.<br />
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Ray Stavrakis is out for revenge. As an Arab-American soldier accused of treason, Ray was interrogated and tortured so brutally, he's been transformed into a monster of ancient imagination. He can enter the maze of other people's minds and learn their secrets--even get them to do his bidding. This is a power he intends to use on Dr. Layla Bahset, the woman who broke him.<br />
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But Layla is now working as a Las Vegas psychologist and she has a secret. She can't remember her past and she can't remember Ray. When he enters her mind, there is nothing but a Sandy desert, and he realizes that she's no ordinary woman. Layla and Ray become the target of a chase that is altogether other-worldly. Pursued by an Egyptian war god, Layla and Ray find their fates, and passions, increasingly entwined. And they learn that in a modern world in which the gods of old civilizations use mortals like playthings, they need each other to survive.<br />
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This October four prize winning authors of the paranormal romance genre are offering an anthology of original novellas in <a href="http://swellcatpress.com/">Crave the Night</a> (<a href="http://swellcatpress.com/">Swell Cat Press</a>). The book contains stories by <a href="http://michelehauf.com/">Michele Hauf</a>, <a href="http://sharonashwood.com/">Sharon Ashwood</a>, <a href="http://loridevoti.com/">Lori Devoti</a>, and <a href="http://pattioshea.com/">Patti O'Shea</a>. "Vampires, demons, werewolves, faeries and even a mermaid will satisfy the darkest of cravings."<br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">ENEMY EMBRACE</b> by Patti O'Shea<br />
When vampire hunter Nicole Ruiz nearly loses her life to a powerful vampire, she offers an alliance to her rescuer, a demon name Daktan. Demons might be an enemy, but she'd make a deal with the devil himself if that's what it took to avenge her family.<br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">ONE SOUL TO SHARE</b> by Lori Devoti<br />
Mermaid, Sarina Neri, is desperate to regain her sister's soul. The sea spirit who has it wants a man who can survive in her realm, underwater, in exchange. Fortunately, Sarina has found such a man, vampire Nolan Moore. Unfortunately, Nolan wants the soul too, for himself.<br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">CRUEL ENCHANTMENT</b> by Michele Hauf<br />
Investigating the vicious werewolf blood games, vampire Revin Parker struggles with his attraction to the faery informant, Sabrina Kriss. Six months earlier she had cursed him with an addiction to faery dust. Can they risk the desire that demands they fall in love with the one who could become their worst nightmare?<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">HIDDEN</span></b> by Sharon Ashwood<br />
Rafe returns to the Devries werewolf pack to rescue his people from a scheming fey beauty. Pitting his will against her wits, he plans to seduce his way free of the ice queen's trap. But surrender means death for the fey, and little does Rafe know that he's gambling with more than hearts... <br />
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<b>Author Bios</b><br />
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<b>Michele Hauf</b> has been writing paranormal, historical and fantasy romance for over 20 years. Populated with vampires, angels, werewolves and more, her wickedly enchanting stories will appeal to today's paranormal readers. It's Twilight for big girls!<br />
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<b>Sharon Ashwood</b> is a freelance journalist, novelist, desk jockey and enthusiast for the weird and spooky. She has an English literature degree but works as a finance geek. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and is owned by the Demon Lord of Kitty Badness.<br />
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<b>Lori Devoti</b> is the author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy and mystery novels. Awarded numerous Top Picks from Romantic Times Magazine, she's also appeared on bestseller lists. She lives in the Midwest with her husband, two children, two dogs and some fish.<br />
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<b>Patti O'Shea</b> is a nationally bestselling author. Her books have appeared on the Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, and Borders bestseller lists and have earned starred reviews in prestigious publications such as Publishers Weekly and Booklist.<br />
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* Michele Hauf is offering a digital copy of <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93193">Crave the Night (available from Smashwords)</a> to one lucky reader.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [by Garrincha in El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL]</span><br />
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Good news for all the fans of Stacia Kane's Downside series. Book four <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/034552750X/themooninsci%3ESacrificial%20Sacrificial%20Magic%3C/a%3E%20will%20be%20published%20in%20March%202012.%20And%20what%20a%20gorgeous%20cover%21%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0AStacia%20has%20created%20one%20of%20the%20best%20urban%20fantasy%20series%20in%20recent%20years.%20The%20setting%20is%20in%20the%20rugged,%20gritty%20part%20of%20town,%20and%20the%20witch%20heroine,%20Chess%20Putnam,%20carries%20more%20baggage%20than%20anyone%20I%20can%20think%20of,%20but%20she%20is%20tough%20as%20well%20as%20vulnerable.%20You%20can%27t%20help%20rooting%20for%20her.%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cbr%20/%3E%0A%3Cdiv%20class=" separator"="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Read the PVN review of book one below:<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Ghosts-Downside-Book/dp/0345515579?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Unholy Ghosts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0345515579" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> (Downside Ghosts, Book 1)<br />
by Stacia Kane<br />
Del Rey; Original edition (May 25, 2010)<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Ghosts-Downside-Book/dp/0345515579?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Unholy Ghosts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0345515579" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />
is a dark, mesmerizing tale with a heroine, Chess Putnam, who has
always felt different and alone. She stumbles through life and gets
through the hours with a wide assortment of drugs. Her only true haven,
the one place she feels safe, is at the Church of Real Truth. This is an
organization that preaches "there is no god". The Church runs the
country since the horrific time when the dead rose and walked the earth
destroying the living in their wake. <br />
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After a
blistering upbringing in a series of foster homes, each one more
horrible than the last, the Church took an interest in her because she
had the valuable gift of magic. She was shown how to enhance her powers
and began working for the Church as a Debunker.<br />
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A true
haunting is rare anymore now that the church is in control, but there
are often people willing to run a a con hoping they can make the Church
pay them money. That's where Debunkers like Chess come in. She can feel
the power when a ghost is involved and knows how to use her magic to
exorcise it. She can also easily spot a hoax.<br />
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Chess
does her job reasonably well. The pay isn't great but it keeps her
supplied with drugs. Too bad her dealer decides to quadruple the amount
she owes him and informs her that the only way she can pay off her debt
is by doing a dangerous job for him - get rid of whatever is haunting
the small airport just outside of town. He needs it for his business.<br />
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Terrible,
yes, that's his name, is a big, muscular guy with a sacred face and
broken nose. He is designated as her body guard. Chess doesn't care much
for him but overtime she changes her mind. He is fearless in guarding
her even in the face of strong, spine-chilling black magic.<br />
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It
took me several pages to get into this story, but at some point in the
second chapter I became hooked. Chess may not be a character to admire,
but she has a deep vulnerability that makes you care what happens to
her. The character of Terrible as well as Lex, another fearsome man in
her, life are just as vividly depicted. The action sequences, and the
plot, are so well done I scribbled in my notes, "at times I feel like
I'm watching a 3-D Cinemax movie. I was completely captivated."<br />
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Lots
of darkness pervades this story yet there are rays of something like
hope for Chess and the others. Life may actually be worth living. I
can't think of enough great things to say about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Ghosts-Downside-Book/dp/0345515579?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Unholy Ghosts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0345515579" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. It is Urban Fantasy with a difference. <br />
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Sequels:<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Magic-Downside-Ghosts-Book/dp/0345515587?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Unholy Magic</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0345515587" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> (Downside Ghosts, Book 2)<br />
Del Rey (July 6, 2010) <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Ghosts-Downside-Book/dp/0345515595?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">City of Ghosts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0345515595" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> (Downside Ghosts, Book 3)<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1935303317/themooninsci-20">All Places That Are Not Heaven: Tales of Adrian Talbor and Genevieve de Monet</a><br />
by Anne Fraser<br />
By Light Unseen Media, September 21, 2011<br />
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Adrian Talbot is among Anne Fraser's most morally ambiguous, disturbing and colorful creations. A contemporary of Shakespeare, Adrian was the son of a prostitute who was put to work in a brothel himself as a child. A gift for acting and a strikingly beautiful face helped him escape that sordid world, assisted by the mentorship of playwright Christopher Marlowe and Adrian's own pride and ego.<br />
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In 1600, as plague rages through London, Adrian approaches a wealthy but mysterious aristocrat on behalf of his theatre troupe, who need a patron so they can leave the city. The nobleman is one of several vampire elites in London, who agrees to patronize the troupe if bisexual Adrian will become his bondslave. Soon Adrian is a vampire himself. Anne introduced Adrian to her readers in a series of stories set in present-day Toronto, where Adrian Talbot poses as a professor at the University of Toronto. He becomes involved with a grad student, Jake Fowler, who pays an unexpected price for agreeing to help Adrian establish himself as master vampire of Toronto (or so he thinks).<br />
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In "Speak Easy," Adrian falls in love with a mobster in 1920s New York City, and finds a surprising way of disguising their relationship. Anne once called this story "the best damn thing I ever wrote." The final two stories in this collection focus on Genevieve de Monet, familiar to readers of <b>Gideon Redoak</b> as Gideon's savior, mentor and dearest friend. Here we learn a bit more about her life apart from the Brotherhood of Darkness. This second volume of Anne's short fiction offers readers a wider view of her complex and vivid fantasy universe.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0738723126/themooninsci-20">Baited Blood</a> <br />
by Sue Ann Jaffarian<br />
Midnight Ink, September 2011<br />
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Who's murdering vampires in Los Angeles and throwing the bodies into the Dedhams' pool? Each victim has been branded, a distinct mark that is the calling card of femme fatale vampire Ann Hayes. The contemptuous undead beauty declares her innocence, but can the vampires believe her? Has Ann returned to reclaim Doug Dedham, whom she once loved? Or is she being framed?<br />
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Complicating matters are Madison's burgeoning feelings for both sexy vampire Colin Reddy and fellow "beater" detective Mike Notchey. The stakes have never been higher as Madison and the vampires race to solve the mystery and stop the killer.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/160684220X/themooninsci-20">Blood: Book One of the Mercian Trilogy</a><br />
by K. J. Wignall<br />
EgmontUSA (September 27, 2011)<br />
Young Adult<br />
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Will is a vampire in danger. Heir to the Earl of Mercia, he was brutally
attacked and buried in the thirteenth century before he was able to
assume his title. Perpetually sixteen, Will’s life has been lonely. He
leaves his tomb every so often, adapts to the present day, feeds his
bloodlust, and never gets close to anyone. <br />
Until now.<br />
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Waking
from a twenty-year slumber, hungry for the blood that sustains his
undeath, he meets Eloise—but can’t bear to make her his next victim.
Drawn to a girl he can never have, but whose fate seems bound with his
own, he feels the need to protect her. But Will has an enemy who will
stop at nothing to find him . . . and he’s closing in. . . .<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0765328283/themooninsci-20">Blood and other Cravings</a><br />
edited by Ellen Datlow
Tor Books;<br />
First Edition edition (September 13, 2011)<br />
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When we think of vampires, instantly the image arises: fangs sunk
deep into the throat of the victim. But bloodsucking is merely one form
of vampirism. For this brilliantly original anthology, Ellen Datlow has
commissioned stories from many of the most powerfully dark voices in
contemporary horror, who conjure tales of vampirism that will chill
readers to the marrow.<br />
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In addition to the traditional fanged
vampires, Datlow presents stories about the leeching of emotion, the
draining of the soul, and other dark deeds of predation and
exploitation, infestation, and evisceration…tales of life essence,
literal or metaphorical, stolen.<br />
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Seventeen stories, by such
award-winning authors as Elizabeth Bear, Richard Bowes, Kathe Koja,
Margo Lanagan, Carol Emshwiller, and Lisa Tuttle will petrify readers.
With dark tales by Laird Barron, Barry Malzberg and Bill Pronzini,
Kaaron Warren, and other powerful voices, this anthology will redefine
the terror of vampires and vampirism<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/159748945X/themooninsci-20">Blood Bond (PULSE, Book 5)</a><br />
by Kailin Gow <br />
The EDGE (September 6, 2011)<br />
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Kalina and her vampire suitors have uncovered one of the greatest finds
in vampire history that can change the existence of vampires. This is
the highly-anticipated fifth book in the popular bestselling and
award-winning PULSE vampire series. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0441020763/themooninsci-20">Blood Rules (A Novel of the Bloodlands)</a> <br />
by Christine Cody <br />
Ace (August 30, 2011)<br />
[Missed in August list]<br />
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After the man named Gabriel came to the Bloodlands, Mariah Lyander was
forced to face her true nature, and the horrible things she had done. To
redeem herself, she embarks on a quest to find a rumored cure for her
were-creatures hoping to recover her own humanity-and Gabriel's love. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1451612699/themooninsci-20">Blood Sacrifice</a><br />
by Maria Lima<br />
Pocket Books; Original edition (August 30, 2011)<br />
MISSED IN AUGUST<br />
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<i>All’s fair in blood and war. . . .</i> <br />
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Talk about wedding crashers
from hell. Keira Kelly and her sexy vampire king, Adam, are about to
tie the proverbial knot—sort of—when an uninvited blood relative shows
up to cast a long, dark shadow over the happy occasion. Adam’s brother
Gideon comes bearing the one-size-fits-all gift of bad news: an ancient,
convoluted Challenge thrown down upon the entire Kelly clan. It seems
the dreaded forces of the Dark Fae have declared war on Keira’s family,
and at stake is the land that is rightfully theirs.<br />
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But while the Kellys
gather their troops in a historic San Antonio hotel to strategize,
there’s mayhem back in Rio Seco. The old cemetery is vandalized, fires
break out, and—worst of all—the Kelly clan matriarch and leader, Keira’s
great-great-grandmother Minerva, goes missing. Should Keira risk
breaking the Challenge rules by returning to her beloved home, or should
she continue the waiting game that seems the only other option? With
everything she loves and maybe even her life on the line, she has only
one chance to get the answer right.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1420121324/themooninsci-20">Bound By Blood</a> <br />
by Amanda Ashley <br />
Zebra (September 27, 2011)<br />
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Zack Ravenscroft loves women - all women - and they love him. The
irresistibly seductive owner of the hottest casino in Nevada, Zack has
tasted every wicked pleasure Sin City can offer. But never in his 600
years as a vampire has he seen a morsel as delectable as Kaitlyn
Sherrad, the mysterious young newcomer in town. Zack knows nothing about
her - except that he craves her.<br />
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Kaitlyn is half vampire, half human -
and all woman. As the cherished daughter of the Carpathian Coven's
master, she has been given every luxury a girl could desire. Now her
only need is for a prince. But though she's ready to gamble her heart on
Zack, a powerful enemy stalks their every move...watches their every
kiss...and waits to destroy their undying love.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1420104454/themooninsci-20">Bound by Night</a> <br />
by Amanda Ashley <br />
Zebra (September 1, 2011)<br />
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<b>A Vampire's Kiss Is Forever. . .</b><br />
Once featured in a horror
movie, the crumbling Wolfram estate is said to be haunted by ghosts,
witches, and worse. But Elena doesn't believe a word of it—until she
spends the night and wakes up in the arms of a compelling stranger. . .<br />
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Tall,
dark, and disturbingly handsome, Drake is the most beautiful man Elena
has ever seen. For centuries, he has lived alone, and Elena is the first
woman to enter his lair—and survive. And Drake is the first man to
touch her heart and soul. By the time she discovers who he really is—and
what he craves—it's too late. Blood lust has turned to love, and Elena
is deeply under Drake's spell. But forever comes at a price for each of
them. . .<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/B005NR6Q4E/themooninsci-20">The Cliff Road Chronicles: Tales of the Brotherhood of Darkness</a><br />
by Anne Fraser<br />
By Light Unseen Media, Sept. 21, 2011<br />
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There are many kinds of love...but all of them are immortal.<br />
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Gideon
Redoak was Anne's only full-length novel, but it comprises a mere
fraction of her fiction. She continued the story of Gideon and Joshua,
and their friends sharing the property on the coast of Maine, in dozens
of sequential stories and novellas. The narrative took place in real
time, with each story set at the time it was written, so children age
and events unfold accordingly. The Cliff Road Chronicles follow the
further adventures of the characters introduced in the later chapters of
Gideon Redoak, referred to collectively as "The Brotherhood of
Darkness" or more cheerfully, the "Cliff Road Crowd."<br />
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The first
group of stories develops the relationship of Gideon and Joshua, which
is not a smooth path. Although they become engaged and then married,
each of them is confronted with personal crises that challenge their
love for each other and their ability to maintain their life together.<br />
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The
second group of stories, also placed in chronological order, focus on
other members of the Brotherhood. Sometimes humorously, sometimes very
seriously indeed, Anne explores the fortunes of vampires Alex Goldanias
and Francis, mage Ray Griffin, and the Druid Fairlawn family, among
others.<br />
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Filled with magic, fervent emotion, suspense, harsh
reality and sometimes tongue-in-cheek silliness, The Cliff Road
Chronicles will entertain and tantalize readers new to Anne Fraser's
stories as well as fans of Gideon Redoak.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0758268718/themooninsci-20">Crave</a> <br />
by Karen E. Taylor <br />
Kensington (September 27, 2011)<br />
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As a vampire, Deirdre Griffin has roamed the world satisfying the
exquisite, ecstatic craving for blood that is her life force. And at
last, her lover has joined her, hungry for his transformation, prepared
to feed with her for eternity. Yet, for the first time, Deirdre feels
fear...From the farthest corners of the globe to the underworld of
Manhattan, enemies are closing in. For a rogue vampire is on the loose.
And he isn't just killing humans. Now, the hunters are the prey. But
someone else is coming for Deirdre - someone she cannot possibly defend
herself against. Blood of her blood, flesh of her flesh - and craving
the tangy, acrid, deadly smell of vengeance...<br />
[Note: This appears to be a reissue of <b>Blood Ties</b> and <b>Blood of My Blood</b>]<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0425241971/themooninsci-20">Dark Predator</a><br />
by Christine Feehan<br />
Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition (September 6, 2011)<br />
<br />
As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master
executioner. Now his stark and savage journey has ended. For his
brothers, Zacarias had walked to the edge of madness, but with centuries
as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define
him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is.<br />
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The answer awaits him back home, in Peru, in the betrayal of a
woman who is readying her trap, in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the
inevitable consequences of a bloody family legacy-and in the
deliverance of a lifemate he never could have imagined... <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0440245729/themooninsci-20">Darkness Unbound: A Dark Angels Novel</a> <br />
by Keri Arthur <br />
Dell (September 27, 2011)<br />
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<b>The fight against darkness rages on for the next generation—in <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Keri Arthur’s exciting new series set in the world of the Guardians.</b><br />
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Being
half werewolf and half Aedh, Risa Jones can enter the twilight realms
between life and death and see the reapers, supernatural beings that
collect the souls of the dead. But she soon makes a terrifying
discovery: Some sinister force is stealing souls, preventing the dead
from ever knowing the afterlife.<br />
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Reapers escort souls—not snatch
them—but Risa is still unnerved when a reaper shadows her in search of
someone Risa has never met: her own father, an Aedh priest, who is
rumored to be tampering with the gates of hell for a dark purpose. With
the help of her “aunt”—half-werewolf, half-vampire Riley Jenson—and an
Aedh named Lucian who may have lost his wings but none of his sex
appeal, Risa must pursue whatever shadowy practitioner of blood magic is
seizing souls, and somehow stop her father . . . before all hell breaks
loose.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1597190381/themooninsci-20">The Falstaff Vampire Files</a><br />
by Lynn Murray<br />
Pearlsong Press (September 15, 2011)<br />
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Kris Marlowe doesn't believe in vampires, but when she's attacked by a horde of
murderous monsters, she must seek help from Sir John Falstaff, the most
famous rogue in history, who once drank ale and now drinks only blood.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/B005LXWPI6/themooninsci-20">Entangled, a Paranormal Anthology <span style="font-size: 16px; text-transform: capitalize;">[Kindle Edition]</span></a><br />
by Cynthia Eden, Liz Kreger, Dale-Mayer, Michelle Miles, Misty Evans, Edie Ramer, Jennifer, Nancy Haddock, Lori Brighton, Allison Brennan<br />
Authors4theCure (September 7, 2011)<br />
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Stories include:<br />
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HALLOWEEN FROST by USA Today bestselling author
Jennifer Estep (author of the Mythos Academy, Elemental Assassin, and
Bigtime series) — It's Halloween at Mythos Academy, but Gwen Frost and
her friends are in for more tricks than treats when they run into a
mythological monster intent on killing them.<br />
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THE FAT CAT by Edie
Ramer (author of Cattitude, Galaxy Girls) — In a battle for the souls of
seven women, a wizard has the god of war on his side; all the witch has
is a fat, black cat.<br />
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MEDIUM RARE by Nancy Haddock (author of the
Oldest City Vampire trilogy) —What’s spooking the spirits of St.
Augustine? As the witching hour of Halloween approaches, ghost seer
Colleen Cotton must team with a by-the-book paranormal investigator to
locate the one ghost who can save the city’s specters. If she fails, her
own great grandfather’s spirit may be lost forever.<br />
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SWEET DEMON
by Misty Evans (author of the Witches Anonymous series) —When Chicago’s
vampire king insists Kali Sweet join his empire, the vengeance demon
must rely on her ex – the half-human, half-chaos demon who left her at
the altar three hundred years ago – in order to escape the vamp’s
clutches.<br />
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SIAN’S SOLUTION by Dale Mayer (author of the Psychic
Visions series) — When a vampire discovers the human man she loves has
been captured and hung in a blood farm, she goes against her own kind
and risks everything to save him.<br />
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A BIT OF BITE by Cynthia Eden
(author of NEVER CRY WOLF and ANGEL OF DARKNESS) — A killer is stalking
the streets of Crossroads, Mississippi, and it's up to Sheriff Ava
Dushaine to stop him. But when suspicion falls on werewolf alpha Julian
Kasey—Ava’s ex-lover and the man who still haunts her dreams—Ava knows
that she'll either have to prove his innocence...or watch the whole town
go up in flames.<br />
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SINFULLY SWEET by Michelle Miles (author of the
Coffee House series) — When Chloe bakes a little magic into her
pastries, she attracts the attention of Edward, the sexy half-demon,
half-witch, who’s come to warn her those who murdered her sister are now
after her.<br />
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A NIGHT OF FOREVER by Lori Brighton (author of A
Night of Secrets and To Seduce an Earl) — Who is Aidan Callaghan? Mary
Ellen James is intent on uncovering the truth about the mysterious man,
but as she soon finds out, some things are best left buried in the past.
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FEEL THE MAGIC by Liz Kreger (author of the Part of Tomorrow
series) — Jenna Carmichael’s magical attempt to rectify Jessica
Manfield’s birth identity takes an unexpected turn when the past comes
back to haunt her.<br />
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BREAKING OUT by Michelle Diener (author of the
Tudor-set historical suspense novel In A Treacherous Court) —
Imprisoned in a secret facility, powerful telekinetic Kelli Barrack and
two other 'special' inmates grab a chance to escape, only to confront
their worst nightmares on the outside. <br />
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GHOSTLY JUSTICE, an
all-new Seven Deadly Sins novella by New York Times bestselling author
Allison Brennan (author of the Seven Deadly Sins series) — Demon hunters
Moira O’Donnell and Rafe Cooper are dragged into the dangerous world of
nocturnal predators to find “Ghostly Justice” for a virgin sacrificed
to an ancient blood demon.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0803737416/themooninsci-20">FIRST KILL: The Slayer Chronicles #1</a><br />
by Heather Brewer<br />
Dial (September 20, 2011)<br />
Young Adult<br />
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Joss McMillan’s perfect life crashes down the night he witnesses his
sister’s murder — at the hands of a vampire. He then finds out his
family’s secret heritage: They are part of the Slayer Society, a group
whose mission is to rid the world of vampires. Joss is their new
recruit. As Joss trains, bent on seeking revenge for his sister, he
discovers powers that could make him the youngest, strongest Slayer in
history. But there is a traitor in the Society, one whose identity would
shake Joss to the core . . . if the traitor doesn’t kill him first.
With over a million copies already in print,<br />
<br />
The Chronicles of Vladimir
Tod is still sinking its fangs into new readers every day. Now,
bestselling author Heather Brewer brings us the other side of the story,
from the perspective of Vlad’s former friend turned mortal enemy:
vampire slayer Joss McMillan. This is the first in a series of five
books that can be read alongside Vlad Tod or entirely on their own. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0345520629/themooninsci-20">Hellbent (Cheshire Red Reports, Book 2)</a><br />
by Cherie Priest<br />
Spectra; Original edition (September 6, 2011) <br />
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<b>BAD TO THE BONE</b><br />
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Vampire thief Raylene Pendle doesn’t need
more complications in her life. Her Seattle home is already overrun by a
band of misfits, including Ian Stott, a blind vampire, and Adrian
deJesus, an ex-Navy SEAL/drag queen. But Raylene still can’t resist an
old pal’s request: seek out and steal a bizarre set of artifacts.<br />
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Also
on the hunt is a brilliant but certifiably crazy sorceress determined to
stomp anyone who gets in her way. But Raylene’s biggest problem is that
the death of Ian’s vaunted patriarch appears to have made him the next
target of some blood-sucking sociopaths. Now Raylene must snatch up the
potent relics, solve a murder, and keep Ian safe—all while fending off a
psychotic sorceress. But at least she won’t be alone. A girl could do a
lot worse for a partner than an ass-kicking drag queen—right?<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1423121295/themooninsci-20">Lost In Time (A Blue Bloods Novel)</a><br />
by Melissa De La Cruz <br />
Hyperion Book CH (September 27, 2011)<br />
Young Adult <br />
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The stakes have never been higher for the young Blue Bloods of
Manhattan. After their brief yet beautiful bonding ceremony in Italy,
Schuyler Van Alen and Jack Force depart for Egypt, desperate to find the
elusive Gate of Promise before Jack must face his twin, Mimi, for a
blood trial. A blood trial that only one of them can survive. But
everything Schuyler thought she knew about the gate turns out to be a
lie, and they soon find themselves ensnared in a deadly battle against
the demon-born. Schuyler and Jack take up arms, only to realize that
there is a much graver threat simmering in the Kingdom of the Dead. <br />
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Meanwhile,
determined to save the only vampire she still loves, Mimi has followed
Kingsley Martin into Hell. With the help of her new human Conduit,
Oliver Hazard-Perry, Mimi makes a bargain with the Queen of the Dead
that she may soon regret. When the time comes to choose between love and
revenge, both Mimi and Oliver will learn the true meaning of sacrifice.
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Confronted by danger, betrayal, and loss at every turn, the Blue Bloods must find the will to fight—and love—another day.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1935303228/themooninsci-20">Marco</a><br />
by KT Pinto<br />
<a href="http://bylightunseenmedia.com/marco.htm">By Light Unseen Media</a>, September 1, 2011<br />
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<i>Do you believe in a higher power? Someone up above that watches your every move and judges your thoughts and actions?</i><br />
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<i>I believe they exist. And I believe that they’re laughing their asses off.</i><br />
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Celeste--the wickedly evil heroine from the Books of Insanity Series--is
back, this time finding herself in Britannia in a fledgling kingdom led
by a young man named Arthur. Interested in Arthur and his unfamiliar
(to her) ideals of chivalry, honor, and loyalty, Celeste assumes the
identity of Morgan, Arthur’s troublesome younger sister.<br />
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With the help of the vampyres Marco and Lucifer, the werecat Vanity, and
the Archangel Micha-el, Celeste brings the sword in the stone, the
questing beast, and other legends to life to instill Arthur as king and
make him and his knights legendary.<br />
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<i>The “Books of Insanity” series chronicles the life of Celeste
DeCumpania, a two thousand-year-old insane vampyress who was rumored to
be the illegitimate daughter of Julius Caesar. The first two books in
the series--</i>Celeste<i> and </i>Vanity<i>--go through her first 500 years: the first describing her human life, her change into a vampyre, and her inte</i> <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/B005KSRURS/themooninsci-20">Magic Graves</a> </b><br />
by Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews<b> </b><br />
Amazon Digital Service, September, 2011
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Jeaniene Frost's story, One for the Money, features vampires Cat and
Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and
an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent
Vacation. Also includes the first three chapters from Jeaniene's story
in The Bite Before Christmas anthology, as well as a sneak peek at ONCE
BURNED, the first novel in the new Night Prince series.<br />
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Ilona
Andrews' story, A Questionable Client, is a prequel to her award-winning
Kate Daniels series. In a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels
works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling
blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when
Mercenary Guild offers her a job she can't refuse, she finds herself
protecting a man against Russian wizards. Previously published in Dark
and Stormy Knights. Also includes first two chapters of FATE'S EDGE,
book 3 in the Edge series, and first two chapters of Magic Grieves, a
Kate Daniels novella.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/075824763X/themooninsci-20">Must Love Vampires</a><br />
by Heidi Betts <br />
Kensington (September 27, 2011)<br />
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Nightclub dancer Chloe Lamoureaux just met the man of her dreams: Aidan
Raines is charming, considerate, rich, and hot. Of course, he's a little
mysterious about his age. And his favourite drink. And he's not much
for sunlight. But he's asked her to marry him, and she's ready to do it.
Her identical twin sister, Chuck, isn't so sure. Maybe being a tabloid
reporter has skewed her judgment, but to Chuck, Aidan and his brother
Sebastian look like honest-to-Dracula vampires. Especially Sebastian:
beguiling, seductive, and just a hint of dangerous. Maybe she wouldn't
mind him taking a little taste. But with Chloe's life in the balance,
she has to know - do they want hot love or hot blood? Or maybe...a
little of both?<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1616145234/themooninsci-20">THE RIFT WALKER: BOOK 2 OF VAMPIRE EMPIRE</a><br />
by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith<br />
Pyr, Sept. 2011<br />
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Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her
Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink
of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance's
horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and
embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands
with genocide. Reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer
known to the world as the Greyfriar, Adele is pursued by her own people
as well as her vengeful husband, senator Clark. With the human alliance
in disarrray, Prince Cesare, lord of the British vampire clan, seizes
the initiative and strikes at the very heart of Equatoria.<br />
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As Adele
labors to bring order to her world, she learns more about the strange
powers she exhibited in the north. Her teacher, Mamoru, leads a secret
cabal of geomancers who believe Adele is the one who can touch the vast
power of the Earth that surges through ley lines and wells up at the
rifts where the lines meet. These energies are the key to defeating the
enemy of mankind, and if Princess Adele could ever bring this power
under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory
will also cost the life of Adele's beloved Greyfriar.<br />
<i>The Rift Walker</i>is
the second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternative history.
Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, the Vampire Empire
series brings epic politcal themes to life within a story of
heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0061958050/themooninsci-20">Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake)</a><br />
by Kerrelyn Sparks<br />
Avon (September 27, 2011)<br />
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The secret is out . . . Vampires do exist! <br />
When a video
reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it’s up to “young”
vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government
to declare the video a hoax. But first the president wants a favor, one
that requires Gregori to spend forty-eight hours in very close contact
with the First Daughter. <br />
Abby Tucker would rather spend her
nights in a lab than attend her father’s state dinners. She’s dedicated
her life to finding a cure that will save her dying mother and needs
only two more ingredients. To find them, she’ll have to venture into the
most dangerous region of the world—with a vampire. Her Armani-clad
escort may be Undead, but he still makes her heart race. And the
greatest danger won’t be the predatory hordes lying in wait for them; it
will be her undying desire for the Sexiest Vampire Alive.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0451464044/themooninsci-20">Shadow Kin: A Novel of the Half-Light City</a> <br />
by M.J. Scot <br />
Roc (September 6, 2011)<br />
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On one side, the Night World, rules by the Blood Lords and the Beast
Kind. On the other, the elusive Fae and the humans, protected by their
steadfast mages... <br />
Born a wraith, Lily is a shadow who slips
between worlds. Brought up by a Blood Lord and raised to be his
assassin, she is little more than a slave. But when Lily meets her match
in target Simon DuCaine, the unlikely bond that develops between them
threatens to disrupt an already stretched peace in a city on the verge
of being torn apart... <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0441019714/themooninsci-20">Sookie Stackhouse Companion</a><br />
by Charlaine Harris<br />
Ace Hardcover; 1st edition (August 30, 2011)<br />
<br />
Charlaine Harris has topped the bestseller charts and become a
nationwide phenomenon, thanks to the unconventional, and otherworldly,
life of Sookie Stackhouse. Now take a closer look at Sookie and her
family, friends, enemies, adventures, and-of course-the lovers who set
her world on fire...<br />
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Visit Bon Temps, the small Louisiana town
that Sookie calls home, with a detailed map created by Charlaine
herself, and learn the characteristics of the supernaturals who live
there: vampires, two- natured, and fae. Examine all the branches of
Sookie's family tree. And eavesdrop on the private conversations between
rival vampires Eric and Bill.<br />
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Also, enjoy the compelling,
never-before-published novella "Small- Town Wedding," in which Sookie
accompanies her shape-shifting boss, Sam, to his brother's wedding in
Texas, where happily-ever-after seems very far away.... <br />
Exclusive interviews with <i>True Blood</i>
creator Alan Ball and author Charlaine Harris-complied from fan
questions-will satisfy your craving for all things Sookie, as will
trivia questions, recipes (including Caroline Bellefluer's famous
chocolate cake!), and a concordance to the Sookie Stackhouse novels. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/142010988X/themooninsci-20">Supernatural</a> <br />
by Larissa Ione, Alexandra Ivy, Jacquelyn Frank, G. A. Aiken <br />
Zebra (September 1, 2011)<br />
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"Vampire Fight Club" by Larissa Ione: When a wave of violence forces
shape shifter Vladlena to go undercover, her first stop is a haven of
vice - with a dangerously sexy vamp in charge. Both Vladlena and Nathan
are hiding something, but they can't conceal the lust that simmers
between them..."Darkness Eternal" by Alexandra Ivy: After being held
captive by one vampire for four centuries, Kata had no intention of
taking another one to the underworld with her. Yet even in the pits of
hell, there's no ignoring the intoxicating desire awakened by his
touch..."Kane" by Jacquelyn Frank: Kane knows Corrine was meant to be
his...just as he knows that truly possessing the lovely human is
forbidden.<br />
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But on the night of the Samhain moon, the beast in every
demon in stronger than reason, and Kane's hunger is more powerful than
any punishment..."Dragon on Top" by G.A. Aiken: Escorting the highborn
Bram through deadly Sand Dragon territory will try Ghleanna's
patience...and her resolve. For Bram is determined to enhance the
journey with a seduction no female could resist...
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/031253373X/themooninsci-20">Wings of Fire</a><br />
by Caris Roane<br />
St. Martin's Paperbacks (August 30, 2011)<br />
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By night, the winged warrior Antony Medichi fights the <i>death vampires</i>
who threaten his world. By day, he hunts the rogue vampires who invade
Mortal Earth. But deep in his heart rages the fiercest battle of all—his
soul-searing passion for the one mortal he is sworn to protect…the one
woman he is doomed to love.<br />
Parisa Lovejoy is so beautiful, and so
powerful, that Antony cannot fight the feelings she arouses. But his
unexpected love only intensifies his strength as her Guardian—a strength
that is put to the ultimate test when Parisa is abducted. Her captor,
Commander Greaves, enslaves mortal women for their blood. If Parisa
hopes to survive—and ascend—she must forge an even deeper bond with
Antony…in the flames of eternity.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0758247370/themooninsci-20">Yours For Eternity</a> <br />
by Hannah Howell, Kaitlin O'Riley, Alexandra Ivy <br />
Kensington; 1 edition (September 1, 2010)<br />
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"Highland Blood" by Hannah Howell - When Adeline Dunbar finds an
abandoned baby on her doorstep, she sets out to find his clan. Attacked
by a group of demon hunters, Adeline tries to flee her rescuer, vampire
Lachann MacNachton. But escaping Lachann proves useless - as does
denying the primal hunger he stirs deep within her..."Taken by Darkness"
by Alexandra Ivy - The daughter of a witch, Juliet Lawrence has
inherited magical powers - powers that could be quite useful to Victor,
Marquess DeRosa, London's most powerful vampire.<br />
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Victor desires of Juliet. He wants the unpredictable beauty in his bed -
and he is accustomed to getting what he wants..."Immortal Dreams" by
Kaitlin O'Riley - Beautiful widow Grace Sutton is haunted by recurring
dreams of a past life and a mysterious, handsome stranger. When Grace
meets Stuart Phillips, Lord Radcliffe - the vampire who has been
searching for her for over a century - her sensual dreams soon come true
in the most unforgettable way...
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The young Blue Bloods of Manhattan descend upon Egypt in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1423121295/themooninsci-20%22%3ELost%20in%20Time%3C/a%3E">Lost In Time</a><br />
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Having been forced to separate, Schuyler travels to Alexandria to search for Catherine of Siena and the Gate of Promise. But Schuyler quickly discovers that everything she believed about the Gate to be wrong.<br />
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Read an <a href="http://bluebloodsbooks.com/includes/lostintime-synopsis.html">EXCERPT</a> of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1423121295/themooninsci-20%22%3ELost%20in%20Time%3C/a%3E">Lost In Time</a><br />
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<a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/09/20/blue-bloods-lost-in-time-trailer">See the Trailer for Lost In Time </a><br />
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* Melissa is offering a signed copy of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/1423121295/themooninsci-20%22%3ELost%20in%20Time%3C/a%3E">Lost In Time</a> to one lucky reader.<br />
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* Contest ends October 5, 2011 at 11:59pm EST<br />
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* Contest is open to US and Canadian residents.<br />
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Reading and Signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">September 28, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Utah!</h4>Provo City Library <br />
550 North University Avenue <br />
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Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">September 30, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Sebastopol!</h4>Copperfield’s Books <br />
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Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 01, 2011 <span class="event-time">(2:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Burien!</h4>Burien Public Library <br />
400 SW 152nd St. <br />
Burien, WA 98166 <br />
Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 02, 2011 </h3><h4>Signing in Seattle!</h4>Northwest Bookfest <br />
Kirkland Teen Center <br />
348 Kirkland Ave. <br />
Kirkland, WA 98033 <br />
425-822-3088 <br />
Smart Chicks Tour! Author panels and signing! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 03, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Ottawa!</h4>Nepean Centrepointe Branch/Ottawa Public Library <br />
101 Centrepointe <br />
Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 5K7 <br />
Canada <br />
Smart Chicks Tour! Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 04, 2011 <span class="event-time">(6:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Lansing!</h4>Schuler Books & Music <br />
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Smart Chicks Tour! Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 11, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Bethesda!</h4>Bethesda Library <br />
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Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 12, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Philly!</h4>Barnes and Noble <br />
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Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><div class="event-listing"><h3 class="small">October 13, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Dallas!</h4>Barnes and Noble <br />
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Frisco, TX 75034 <br />
Reading and signing Lost in Time! </div><h3 class="small">October 14, 2011 <span class="event-time">(7:00 PM)</span></h3><h4>Signing in Houston</h4>Blue Willow Shop <br />
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The setting is the charming Vermont town of Sugar Maple, a place surrounded by magic. All sorts of paranormals reside - ghosts, troll, vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fae, etc. To the many human tourists, however, it remains simply a lovely place populated by extraordinarily good-looking people. (Chloe bears a strong resemblance to Uma Thurman).<br />
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Book one is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/B002HREKO6/themooninsci-20">Casting Spells</a> (Berkley, 2008). This novel sets the stage for what comes in the following <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/0425227529/themooninsci-20">Laced with Magic</a> (Berkley, 2009) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/B004Q7E22K/themooninsci-20">Spun By Sorcery</a> (Berkley, 2010) <br />
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Note: Book four <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/042524105X/themooninsci-20">Spells and Stiches</a> will be out in December of this year.<br />
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<a href="http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/2009/08/casting-spells-book-review.html">Review of Casting Spells </a><br />
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PVN is delighted to welcome <a href="http://www.lyndahilburnauthor.com/">Lynda Hilburn</a> author of <i><b>The Vampire Shrink</b></i> featuring the the hunky vamp Devereux. Lynda is also a licensed psychotherapist and a researcher of the occult. She has brought her considerable knowledge to imbue her paranormal fiction with a special richness. I read, enjoyed and <a href="http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/2008/09/vampire-shrink.html">reviewed</a> the original edition of <b>Vampire Shrink</b>. I anxiously await the new one. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">[see contest details at end of post]</span><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #990000;">A Note to Readers from Lynda Hilburn</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I want to thank Patricia for having me back on her wonderful blog in honor of the release of the <b>British version of The Vampire Shrink (expanded/revised) this month</b>!<br />
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A writer friend asked me recently why Devereux, my main vampire in <i><b>The Vampire Shrink</b></i>, refuses to join the 21st (or the 20th) century. Why he resists becoming “Americanized.” Why he doesn’t use contractions when he speaks.<br />
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The questions took me by surprise, because although I realize he’s stubbornly European, I hadn’t given a lot of thought to why I created him that way. But it really isn’t a mystery. I’ve been a rabid vampire fan since I was a kid. I grew up with Bela Lugosi movies and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I think I was simply programmed to expect powerful, frightening vampires to come from the “old country.” After all, that’s where most of our commonly known vampire superstitions originate. When it comes to the undead, I need a little fear along with my romance, and the “traditional” ideas of vampires sometimes seem more intense and scary to me.<br />
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As much as I have enjoyed reading almost all the vampire books that have been written in the last 50 years, I’m much more drawn to the bloodsuckers with exotic backgrounds. <br />
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Of course, I write a lot of contemporary, American-speaking secondary-character vampires, too. In fact, in a scene I just wrote for the new book #2 in the series – Blood Therapy – my psychologist heroine, Kismet Knight, facilitates a group therapy session with several neurotic American vampires. It was so much fun to write. <br />
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But then, who am I kidding? I love all vampires. The dark, brooding ones. The snarky, clever ones. The monsters. How about you? Which ones are your favorites?<br />
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I met with a few more clients that afternoon and early evening and had just kicked off my shoes when I heard the door to the reception area open. I quickly scanned my appointment book to make sure I hadn’t forgotten anyone. Finding I hadn’t, I put my shoes back on and opened my office door.<br />
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Sitting in one of the chairs in the waiting room was the very same gorgeous, blond-haired, leather-clad man I’d seen outside my building and in Midnight’s drawing.<br />
My stomach lurched and I think I gasped out loud.<br />
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He stood when I opened the door and it was fluid motion, as if he had simply willed himself vertical. His body was all lean muscle radiating some kind of primal power. He moved elegantly over to me and gave a slight bow of his head. He offered the kind of smile that made my Inner Nerd want to fan herself and hide in the closet. <br />
Dressed in black, his snug leather pants, form-fitting silk T-shirt, and long leather duster gave the impression of high fashion rather than Harley-Davidsons.<br />
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I froze in the doorway with my mouth hanging open, speechless, staring into the most amazing pair of turquoise eyes I’d ever seen.<br />
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He picked up my hand gently and kissed the back, his lips soft and silky. “I am Devereux. Is this a good time for an appointment?”<br />
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So many emotions slammed against each other inside me that I didn’t know which one to act on first. Fear decided to step to the front of the line and my mind began to weigh options in case the man physically attacked me. He didn’t seem menacing at the moment, but he was much bigger and stronger than me, and I hadn’t spent nearly enough time in the gym. Hell, I hadn’t spent any. Obviously, he had.<br />
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My heart raced and I still hadn’t formed a coherent sentence or done anything beyond stare at him like a zombie. What was happening to me? My eyelids felt as though they were coated with cement, my jaw sagged open, the air suddenly became thick, and a sumo wrestler was pounding on my chest. The normal background white noise acquired a sharp edge and turned into a persistent buzz, vibrating in my ears. I felt as if I was in some kind of trance.<br />
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“I am very sorry.” He took a step back from me and released my hand. “I have frightened you. That was never my intention – sometimes I forget how intense we can be. You must be a keenly sensitive individual. I will endeavor to control myself. Please accept my sincere apologies.”<br />
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You will endeavor to control yourself? I’m the one having the meltdown here.<br />
He lowered his gaze for a moment, and when he met my eyes again, the tension drained from my muscles and I could breathe. It felt as though a switch had been thrown and I was once again in charge of my bodily functions. I could still hear the hum in my ears, but it had diminished in volume. I ran my tongue over my very dry lips.<br />
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“You did startle me. I wasn’t expecting anyone this evening.”<br />
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“Again, my sincere apologies.”<br />
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Both times I’d seen this man, he’d caused my anxiety levels to blast through the roof. I wanted to scream at him that it was absolutely not acceptable he’d come unannounced to my office, and that his habit of lurking around me was going to earn him a trip to the police station. He was altogether too sure of himself. I wanted him to know he couldn’t just stroll in and expect me to drop everything and attend to him. No matter how gorgeous he was.<br />
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Instead, I swallowed the irritation, opted for whatever remnants of professional demeanor I could summon, and said, “Well, Mr. Devereux, why are you here?”<br />
“Just Devereux.” He cocked his head and flashed that godlike smile again. “As I mentioned a moment ago, I had hoped this would be a good time for our appointment. I trust Midnight told you I wished to meet with you?”<br />
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His voice was unusually pleasant. The timbre of it flowed through me like a favorite song, as if I were listening to him with my entire body. He had a lilting European accent, sounding almost old-fashioned, like he’d stepped out of another century. Strange how a voice could be so enticing.<br />
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I closed my eyes and sniffed the air. What was that wonderful aroma? It seemed to hover around him like an olfactory aura. Maybe he used a special kind of soap or shampoo, something spicy and masculine and unusual.<br />
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He brushed a finger lightly along my arm. “Dr. Knight?”<br />
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My eyes flew open and I realized I’d been standing there, blatantly reveling in his scent, making sniffing noises. How embarrassing. What the hell is wrong with me? Come on, Kismet. Talking has always been your strong suit. Just one word at a time. Concentrate.<br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">Bio:</b><br />
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Lynda Hilburn writes paranormal fiction. More specifically, she writes vampire books. After a childhood filled with invisible friends, sightings of dead relatives and a fascination with the occult, turning to the paranormal was a no-brainer. In her other reality, she makes her living as a licensed psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, professional psychic/tarot reader, university instructor and workshop presenter.<br />
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Her first novel, “The Vampire Shrink” -- which introduced us to Denver Psychologist Kismet Knight and a hidden vampire underworld -- was first released in 2007 and is being re-released (the rewritten, expanded version) by Quercus Books in 2011 and Sterling Publishing/Silver Oak in 2012. Several more books are planned.<br />
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<b>“Undead in the City,” </b>an erotic paranormal novella, and <b>“Diary of a Narcissistic Bloodsucker,”</b> a satire/parody, are now available in e-form from Amazon.com. Her short story,<b> “Blood Song,” </b>is part of the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AISN/B002V1GZYQ/themooninsci-20%22%3EThe%20Mammoth%20Book%20of%20Paranormal%20Romance%3C/a%3E">Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance </a>anthology, April, 2009. For more information, visit Lynda’s website: <a href="http://www.lyndahilburnauthor.com/">www.lyndahilburnauthor.com</a><br />
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The<b> kindle version</b> of <i><b>The Vampire Shrink (British version)</b></i> is available on both sides of the pond. Here’s the Amazon.com link: <a href="http://amzn.to/oFWvV3">http://amzn.to/oFWvV3</a><br />
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It is such a pleasure to welcome author<b><a href="http://www.susanblexrud.com/"> Susan Blexrud</a></b> back to PVN. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005HXRSLO/themooninsci-20">Black Fang</a>, the fifth book in her terrific paranormal romance series has just been released. She's here to give readers some background for this latest adventure, provide a preview, and also offer a contest.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [see contest details at end of post]</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> <span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Let’s Talk BATS</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;">I’ve always liked these furry little mammals, and yes, they’re mammals, not rodents. Even when I was a little girl and my mother would warn me that if I didn’t come home before the bats came out for their nightly feeding, they’d fly in my hair, I still thought they were cool. I’d run home with my hands covering my head lest one of the creatures mistook me for a snack. I’d look up and watch their aerial acrobatics, the way they never flew in a straight line and could dodge and dive on a dime. They never dove at me. Thus began my fondness for bats.</div></div><br />
In December 2010, I read a newspaper feature in The Orlando Sentinel about white-nose syndrome, a fungus that is decimating bat populations. These beneficial animals keep the mosquito population at bay and are master pollinators, but this mysterious fungus is threatening their very existence. From New England and into the central states, the fungus is spreading through caves, causing bats to be disoriented, interrupting their hibernation, and ultimately killing them. There is no cure, and it is spreading like wildfire.<br />
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So, I got to thinking. Who could save the bats? Sure, the Environmental Protection Agency was working on the fungal scourge, but what about the creatures that had a real vested interest in the survival of bats? That would be VAMPIRES. If bats were threatened, wouldn’t vampires in bat form also be vulnerable to the deadly virus? And if vampires were involved, who would try to thwart their plans? How about the vampires’ most stealthy enemy, Unseelie faeries?<br />
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The fifth story in my fang series, Black Fang, debuted in August. Here’s the blurb and an excerpt.<br />
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<div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><b> BLURB</b></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibucBJianv9E_y8U99jg2xPBUp7eozh2PHZ9BeIFEp48mkdRJ_S0IlFFT1IDsFe2rdCeJosmGicyL-fwilWfvMAEHF8CWNCIl1EWZVLd2n_TIBs3E3SZBTr122b1g1wZVOWcNn/s1600/Black+Fang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibucBJianv9E_y8U99jg2xPBUp7eozh2PHZ9BeIFEp48mkdRJ_S0IlFFT1IDsFe2rdCeJosmGicyL-fwilWfvMAEHF8CWNCIl1EWZVLd2n_TIBs3E3SZBTr122b1g1wZVOWcNn/s320/Black+Fang.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Someone is deliberately infecting bats with a deadly fungus. The flying mammals are dying by the thousands, and along with them, a significant number of vampires in bat form have also succumbed. <br />
Enter John and Lauren Wright. The vampire couple has conquered evil enemies in the past, but the perpetrator behind the bat deaths is more cunning than any they’ve encountered. Though John initially suspects that werewolves are the culprits, he discovers he is up against a colony of Unseelie faeries. The intoxicating scent of the faeries has been known to deceive vampires, pitting friend against friend—and wife against husband.<b> </b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: #990000;">EXCERPT</span></b><br />
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John and Teensy landed in the palace’s kitchen, where the cook promptly began beating John on the head with a wooden spoon.<br />
“Stop!” He rubbed his cranium. “We’re here to see the king. He’s expecting us.”<br />
“Well, you have a strange way to make an entrance.” The cook, wide as she was tall, gave John the stink eye.<br />
“My fault,” said Teensy, dusting off her hot pink sweatpants. “I must have used one spider leg too many in the potion. I was aiming for the banquet hall.”<br />
“You’re right under it,” the cook said as she nodded to a vaulted doorway. “Take those steps. I’m sure you’ll be a big hit.” She swatted John on the butt with her spoon as they passed her. “Or at least the gorgeous guy will.”<br />
They hurried up the steps with Teensy chattering instructions along the way. “Stay close to me when we get in the hall. I may need to whisper, and I’ll be able to feel if you’re inching to the dark side.”<br />
“I won’t let them get to me.”<br />
“Right.” Teensy tugged on John’s sleeve. “Don’t get cocky.”<br />
They burst into the banquet hall. John counted eight guards stationed at the doorways and then focused on the dais. The king was seated at his throne with a lovely, and very naked, faery maid sprawled face down/butt up across his lap. He was spanking her vigorously with his bare hand while two other faeries bounced around them, obviously enjoying the show. Lauren was standing next to the seated king, a smile as big as the Florida sun on her face.<br />
“Lauren!” John called as he walked toward her, his hand held out. “Come to me, my love.”<br />
She looked at him and clapped her hands. “Wow, you’re cute!”<br />
Teensy, who was attached to John like a pilot fish on a shark, said, “Egad, it’s worse than I thought. She has no idea who you are.”<br />
John stopped at the bottom step that led up to the throne. He sensed the guards circling him and getting closer as he approached the king. Again, he said, “Lauren, come to me, my love.” His heart pounded in his ears. She looked so beautiful…so vulnerable…and so clueless.<br />
“My, my, you got here quickly, and uninvited, at that.” The king pushed the faery off his lap, rose from the throne, and put his arm around Lauren’s shoulder. John stiffened as she leaned into the king. <br />
“This ain’t gonna be easy,” Teensy whispered. <br />
John waited until Lauren’s eyes met his. “Avery misses you.” <br />
Lauren cocked her head, and Teensy took advantage of the brief spark of recognition in Lauren’s eyes to throw a handful of sparkly dust in Lauren’s direction. She sneezed.<br />
“Seize them,” the king shouted to his guards.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">CONTEST</span></b> </div><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">*Now, here’s a contest.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> One commenter will receive a download of my new e-book novella, <b><i>Black Fang</i></b>.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">*Just go to <a href="http://www.susanblexrud.com/">my website</a> and look for my <b>time travel novel</b>.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>Tell me the name of the novel in the PVN comments</b>,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> and you’ll be entered to win <b><i>Black Fang</i></b>.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">My website is:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="http://www.susanblexrud.com/">www.susanblexrud.com</a></span><br />
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by Susan Blexrud<br />
DCL Publications, 2011<br />
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When we first met Lauren and John in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Fang-Susan-Blexrud/dp/0984282874?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Love Fang </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0984282874" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> she was a dentist called in to take care of John's infected fang - yes, even vampires have problems. Despite the unromantic circumstances there was an instant attraction and they fell madly in love. This led to lots of hot, spicy sex, marriage, Lauren's change to vampire status, and a baby named Avery. <br />
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In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Fang-ebook/dp/B005HXRSLO?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Black Fang</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themooninscie-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B005HXRSLO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> their cozy life is interrupted when a tiny bat crashes through a window of their home. With difficulty the little creature morphs into his natural vampire state. The vampire is very ill but before he meets true death he warns John, a centuries old friend, of a conspiracy to to destroy vampires as well as the bat community. John, Lauren and a few select others join forces to find the perpetrators. Werewolves are at the top of the list of suspects, but are soon eliminated when another, older paranormal sort seems more likely. <br />
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Black Fang is book five in Susan's sexy, romantic Fang series. Susan blends a tale of intrigue, humor, appealing characters, and of course love. In fact it is the loving relationship between Lauren and John that I find so very captivating. The novella length story provides the perfect lazy afternoon read.<br />
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Note: The paperback version of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Fang-Susan-Blexrud/dp/0984282874?ie=UTF8&tag=themooninscie-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Love Fang</a> includes the first four stories of the Fang series.<br />
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[Stop by on Sept 12 for a guest post and contest with Susan Blexrud.]<br />
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Susan Blexrud, Jeanne C. Stein, Carrie Vaughn, and Sherrilyn Kenyon.
There is also Evolve Two, an anthology about vampires of the future
edited by Nancy Kilpatrick. One more thing - I included Richelle's
Mead's latest Georgina Kinkaid book, Succubus Revealed, because not only
is it part of a terrific series but two of Georgina's best pals are vampires.
Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Another-Kind-Dead-Kelly-Meding/dp/0345525779?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Another Kind of Dead</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0345525779" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Kelly Meding <br />
Bantam; Original edition (August 2, 2011<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent"><b>She can heal her own wounds. She can nail a monster to a wall. But there’s one danger Evangeline Stone never saw coming.</b><br />
<br />
<i>Been there. Done that.</i> Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter
who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all
but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for
good—immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and
Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former
allies, or even the highest echelons of the Triads—the army of fighters
holding back from an unsuspecting public a tide of quarreling,
otherworldly creatures—they can trust only each other. Because when the
Triads raided a macabre, monster-filled lab of science experiments and
hauled away the remnants, they failed to capture their creator: a
brilliant, vampire-obsessed scientist with a wealth of powerful,
anti-Dreg weaponry to trade for what he desires most of all—Evy Stone:
alive and well, and the key to his ultimate experiment in mad science.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Fang-ebook/dp/B005HXRSLO?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Black Fang</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B005HXRSLO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Susan Blexrud<br />
DCL Publications, August 17, 2011<br />
ebook <br />
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Someone
is deliberately infecting bats with a deadly fungus. The flying
mammals are dying by the thousands, and along with them, a significant
number of vampires in bat form have also succumbed. <br />
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Enter
John and Lauren Wright. The vampire couple has conquered evil enemies
in the past, but the perpetrator behind the bat deaths is more cunning
than any they’ve encountered. Though John initially suspects that
werewolves are the culprits, he discovers he is up against a colony of
Unseelie faeries. The intoxicating scent of the faeries has been known
to deceive vampires, pitting friend against friend—and wife against
husband. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Hunt-Sentinel-Shannon-Butcher/dp/0451234294?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Blood Hunt: The Sentinel Wars</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0451234294" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Shannon K. Butcher <br />
Signet; Original edition (August 2, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Hope
appeared out of nowhere, naked and alone, a woman without a past. The
only thing she knows is that she is imbued with a strange power. It's
in her blood. And two men want to posses it. One is Logan, a Sanguiner
demon-fighter who needs Hope's essence to survive. The other is Krag, a
Synestryn lord whose desire is to enslave Hope, and drain her of the
lifeforce. When Hope and Logan both fall prey to Krag, a powerful
desire grows between them. But is it enough to thwart their captor's
diabolical plan and his demon warriors, and survive a vampire's destiny
written in blood?</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Ties-Coven-Vampire-Novel/dp/042524136X?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Blood Ties (A Blood Coven Vampire Novel)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=042524136X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Marianne Mancusi<br />
Berkley Trade; Original edition (August 2, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Officially
back in the arms of her vampire boyfriend Magnus, Sunny finds she
still can't forget the gentle mortal Jayden who once saved her life.
When darkness threatens to steal his humanity, Sunny must make a
choice: stay true to her love, or defy him in a desperate attempt to
save Jayden's soul. <br />
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Meanwhile, the Blood Coven is gearing up its toughest fight yet. They
are going head-to-head with a splinter group of Slayer Inc. that's
regrouping in Tokyo, Japan--still determined to take over the world.<br />
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In dark blood bars and hidden temples, it'll be vampires versus slayers
in a showdown that could not only cost Sunny her heart...but also her
life.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlands-Novel-Christine-Cody/dp/0441020623?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Bloodlands</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0441020623" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Christine Cody<br />
Ace; Original edition (July 26, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">It
was called the New Badlands, home to the survivors of a cataclysm that
altered the entire nation. Then the vampires arrived, and it was
rechristened the Bloodlands. Not because of the vampire, but because of
the gun-for- hire who'd decided to slay every monster in the country
by any and every means necessary.</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Richelle-Mead/dp/1595143173?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Bloodlines</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1595143173" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <br />
Richelle Mead<br />
Razorbill (August 23, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent"><b>The first book in Richelle Mead's brand-new teen fiction series - set in the same world as Vampire Academy.</b><br />
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When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of
Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a
human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new
school, the drama is only just beginning.<br />
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Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores
all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 <i>New York Times</i>
bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a
part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and
everyone's out for blood.</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crossroads-Anna-Strong-Jeanne-Stein/dp/0441020771?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">CROSSROADS</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0441020771" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <br />
by Jeanne C. Stein<br />
Ace (August 30, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent"><i>As
a bounty hunter, Anna Strong knew how to find trouble. But now that
she's a vampire, trouble seems to have a knack for finding her... </i><br />
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The death of Anna's old vampire mentor is causing ripples in the mortal
world. His forensic report has brought up some anomalies and people
are asking questions-questions that no vampire wants to answer. Anna
needs to lie low, but the sudden discovery of a slew of drained bodies
near the Mexican border brings an old flame back into her life and
with him, a new challenge. Then, some stunning news from an unexpected
source sends Anna and her friend Daniel Frey on a journey that may
change both their lives-forever. </span> </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Passages-Kathryn-Leigh-Scott/dp/0938817833?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dark Passages </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0938817833" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Kathryn Leigh Scott<br />
Pomegranate Press (August 9, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Dark
Passages is a coming-of-age story encapsulating the romance and
innocence of JFK’s Camelot era and the tumultuous "dark passages" of
Meg Harrison, a vampire raised by her mother to resist the temptation
of human blood. Meg arrives in New York determined not to use her
vampiric gifts to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress. She joins
the cast of the cult hit Dark Passages, only to face her nemesis, a
beautiful 300-year-old witch bent on destroying her. Their rivalry
leads to a final confrontation as the telekinetic vampire and
spell-weaving sorceress engage in a spectacular battle for supremacy.
It takes all of Meg’s wit and tenacity to defeat the witch and win the
affections of a handsome young mortal with a secret life of his own. In
the end, Meg realizes that the powers she always denied within herself
are not a curse, but a blessing.</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Descending-Novel-Vampire-Armageddon/dp/0451234332?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Darkness Descending: A Novel of the Vampire Armageddon </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0451234332" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Devyn Quinn<br />
Signet; Original edition (August 2, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Fallen
angels in the form of vampires are infecting humans one by one,
creating an army fit for Armageddon. Jesse Burke, driven by vengeance
to destroy the vampiric angels, has been protecting New Orleans from
the onslaught, unaware that she has a much greater destiny awaiting her
in the face of the oncoming apocalypse...</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Evolve-Vampire-Stories-Future-Undead/dp/1894063627?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1894063627" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
edited by Nancy Kilpatrick <br />
Edge, August 15th 2011<br />
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Meet
the eternal predator that humanity never ceases to find both
fascinating and terrifying. Evolve 2: Vampire Stories of the Future
Undead moves this creature beyond 2012, through this century and into
the next. We humans will evolve, but so will they! Whatever apocalyptic
events that lie ahead for our species, for the planet, vampires will
be there too, helping or hindering, effecting or infecting us. Time is
on their side, but it may not be on ours.</div>
Featured
authors include: Tanith Lee, Kelley Armstrong, John Shirley, Thomas
Roche, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Heather Clitheroe, Erika Holt, Ivan Dorin,
Michael Lorenson, Jason Ridler, David Beynon, Eileen Bell, Peter
Sellers, Sandra Wickham, William Meikle, David Tocher, Leanne Tremblay,
Ryan McFadden, Steve Vernon, Bev Vincent, Anne Mok, and Sandra Kasturi.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Home-Improvement-Undead-Charlaine-Harris/dp/0441020356?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Home Improvement: Undead Edition</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0441020356" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <br />
Edited by Charlaine Harris, Toni L. P. Kelne <br />
Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (August 2, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">The editors of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling <i>Death's Excellent Vacation</i> bring home a new collection...with a never-before- published Sookie Stackhouse story! <br />
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There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the
closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's
ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to"
television who'd like a little <i>un</i>reality mixed in with their
reality shows, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner return
with an all-new collection of the paranormal perils of Do-It-Yourself. <br />
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Sookie Stackhouse resides in these pages, in a never-before-published story by #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Charlaine Harris. And <i>New York Times</i>
bestselling authors Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham,
Melissa Marr, and nine other outstanding writers have constructed more
frightening and funny fixer-upper tales guaranteed to shake foundations
and rattle readers' pipes.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kittys-Greatest-Hits-Kitty-Norville/dp/0765329573?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Kitty's Greatest Hits </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0765329573" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Carrie Vaughn<br />
Tor Books; First Edition edition (August 16, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">The first-ever story collection from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author, including two all-new works!<br />
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Kitty Norville, star of a <i>New York Times </i>bestselling series, is
everybody’s favorite werewolf DJ and out-of-the-closet supernatural
creature. Over the course of eight books she’s fought evil vampires,
were-creatures, and some serious black magic. She’s done it all with a
sharp wit and the help of a memorable cast of werewolf hunters,
psychics, and if-notgood- then-neutral vampires by her side. <i>Kitty’s Greatest Hits </i>not
only gives readers some of Kitty’s further adventures, it offers
longtime fans a window into the origins of some of their favorite
characters. <br />
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In “Conquistador de la Noche,” we learn the origin story of Denver’s
Master vampire, Rick; with “Wild Ride,” we find out how Kitty’s friend
T.J. became a werewolf; and in “Life is the Teacher,” we revisit Emma,
the human-turned-unwilling-vampire who serves the aloof vampire Master
of Washington, D.C. <br />
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This entertaining collection includes two brand-new works: “You’re On
the Air,” about one of Kitty’s callers after he hangs up the phone; and
the eagerly awaited “Long Time Waiting,” the novella that finally
reveals just what happened to Cormac in prison, something every Kitty
fan wants to know.</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Vampires-Harlequin-Nocturne-Showalter/dp/0373618662?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Lord of the Vampires</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0373618662" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (Harlequin Nocturne) <br />
by Gena Showalter <br />
Harlequin (August 23, 2011)<br />
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<i>Once
upon a time…the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To
save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king
filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects the four
royal heirs…and time is running out….</i><br />
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Nicolai the
Vampire was renowned for his virility, but in a twist of fate "The Dark
Seducer" had become a sex slave in the kingdom of Delfina—stripped of
his precious timepiece and his memory. All that remained was a primal
need for freedom, revenge—and the only woman who could help him. <br />
In
her dreams, a wanton vampire called to Jane Parker, drawing her to his
dark sexuality and his magical realm. But for a human, all was not a
fairy tale in Delfina. Jane was the key to Nicolai's memory…but
exploiting her meant dooming the only mortal he craved<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Master-Shadows-Berkley-Sensation-Angela/dp/0425243672?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Master of Shadows</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0425243672" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (Berkley Sensation) <br />
by Angela Knight <br />
Berkley; Original edition (August 2, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Court
seducer La Belle Coeur has met her match in Tristan, a Knight of the
Round Table unafraid of blood-or lust. Joining together to combat a
werewolf wizard and sworn enemy of Arthur, they must put their lives on
the line-while coming to grips with the rising heat between them</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-Brigade-Millennial-Novel/dp/0312560141?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Moonlight Brigade</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312560141" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Sarah Jane Stratford<br />
St Martin's Griffin, August 2011<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">When
a vital member of the British millennials' mission goes missing after
an intense firefight with Nazi-supported vampire hunters, Mors, the
mission's powerful leader, vows to discover the truth behind his
disappearance. The perilous search takes Mors from Berlin to his own
ancient stomping grounds - Rome.<br />
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Mors was once one of the Roman Republic's greatest generals - until his
rebirth as a vampire under unprecedented circumstances - and when he
sees Italy under Fascism, he forms a new mission: to return the country
to a true republic, and perhaps guide its people into the light
himself.<br />
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But it will take collaboration with human partisans to achieve his new
dream, a dangerous alliance that most vampires would never attempt,
made even more unstable by his growing love for the partisans'
beautiful and brave organizer, Giulia. As the Allies prepare to invade
Italy, and hunters and Nazi-collaborators start to encircle him, Mors's
quest for vengeance, intense passion, and hunger for power force him
to confront the demons of both his past and present. A very different
war is about to begin...</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Grave-Time-Night-Huntress/dp/0061783196?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">One Grave at a Time: A Night Huntress Novel </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061783196" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />by Jeaniene Frost <br />
Avon (August 30, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Having
narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more
than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately,
her gift from New Orleans' voodoo queen just keeps on giving-leading
to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time
against a villainous spirit.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plain-Fear-Forsaken-Novel-ebook/dp/B0057H76GM?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Plain Fear: Forsaken</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0057H76GM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Leanna Ellis <br />
Sourcebooks Landmark (August 1, 2011_<br />
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<i>"Not Death, But Love." </i><br />
<i>Pain
choked off anymore words. She grabbed the cold stone marker for
support, splayed her hands across its front as a sob wrenched free from
her chest. </i><br />
Although she knows that the Amish way is to move
on from grief, on to a new season, Hannah cannot move on from Jacob,
who was taken too soon... <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Real-Vampires-Dont-Wear-Size/dp/0425241351?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Real Vampires Dont Wear Size Six</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0425241351" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Gerry Bartlett<br />
Berkley, August 2011<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">After
Glory St. Clair kicked out the demon that had set up shop in her body,
she had a serious fallout with longtime lover Jeremy Blade. But before
Glory can win him back, she has some issues of the hellish variety to
deal with. <br />
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When Lucifer himself offers Glory the ultimate temptation-work for the
devil and he'll make her a size six-the curvy vampire's not sure if she
can resist. But what Glory does know is that somehow, she's going to
get back the man she loves and show everyone that real vampires always
have more to love.</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Dark-Hunter-Sherrilyn-Kenyon/dp/0312546599?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Retribution (Dark-Hunter) </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312546599" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
Sherrilyn Kenyon (Author<br />
St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (August 2, 2011)<br />
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Harm no human… </div>
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A
hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in
the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when
he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal
betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a
Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul
for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d
once considered prey. </div>
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Orphaned as a
toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised
on one belief—Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people
and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her
adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and
training for the day when she meeting the man who killed her family:
Jess Brady. </div>
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A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster… </div>
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Jess
has been charged with finding and terminating the creature who’s
assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human
face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking
resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows
something evil is going on.</div>
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Brought
together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill
them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or
watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races
they’ve sworn to protect.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Succubus-Revealed-Georgina-Kincaid-Book/dp/0758232012?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Succubus Revealed (Georgina Kincaid, Book 6)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0758232012" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Richelle Mead <br />
Kensington (August 30, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">Georgina
Kincaid has had an eternity to figure out the opposite sex, but
sometimes they still surprise her. Take Seth Mortensen. The man has
risked his soul to become Georgina's boyfriend. Still, with Lucifer for
a boss, Georgina can't just hang up her killer heels and settle down
to domestic bliss. In fact, she's being forced to transfer
operations...to Las Vegas.The City of Sin is a dream gig for a
succubus, but Georgina's allies are suspicious. Why are the
powers-that-be so eager to get her away from Seattle - and from Seth?
Georgina is one of Hell's most valuable assets, but if there's any way
out of the succubus business she plans to take it - no matter how much
roadkill she leaves behind. She just hopes the casualties won’t include
the one man she’s risking everything for...</span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Next-Door-Ashlyn-Chase/dp/1402236638?ie=UTF8&tag=foreverscarletA&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Vampire Next Door</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=foreverscarletA&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402236638" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
by Ashlyn Chase<br />
Sourcebooks Casablanca; Original edition (August 1, 2011)<br />
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<span id="ps-shownContent">In
this third installment of Chase's lively, sexy, paranormal trilogy, we
meet witch Morgaine, who is deathly afraid of the dark, and her
vigilante vampire neighbor Sly, who has his reasons for hating
sunlight. Sly needs Morgaine's magic to help heal a broken fang, but
with further help, and sometimes hindrance, from the wacky apartment
dwellers around them, they may become each other's last hope for a
normal life...</span> <br />
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