Tag Archives: vampires

Ill Fated by Rachel Rawlings

Ill Fated: A Maurin Kincaide Series Novel (The Maurin Kincaide Series Book 5) by Rachel RawlingsMaurin Kincaide certainly has led an interesting life-from unloved troubled child to Regulator for the Council (the collective heads of the supernatural community in Salem) and daughter of the Lord of the Wild Hunt-she has been dealt a complicated hand. Now, when things seem to be calming down, Maurin finds herself the object of an assassination order. To complicate matters, it seems the Dark Court is also hunting Maurin, and her father, magic dog, and boyfriend have all disappeared. Read More »

Hazardous Material by Matthew Quinn Martin

Nightlife: Hazardous Material by Matthew Quinn MartinJarrod Foster feels as though he is going nowhere. He has a student loan to pay off, but a job he could have done with no high school education. His boss, Ludwig, is a chain-smoking shark, getting all the lousy jobs of hazardous waste removal. Their current job is gutting a decades-old roller rink. Read More »

Amish Zombies from Space by Kerry Nietz

Amish Zombies from Space by Kerry NietzAfter the trials on board the Raven, life has changed for the Amish who were resettled on Miller’s Resolve. Life is not as isolated as it had been on their old planet, plus they have been taking in pilgrims willing to settle with them and follow their lifestyle. Occasionally though the odd voyeur comes by, curious to see what the Amish are, especially since Amish stories have become very popular among the vids.
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The Loss by Julie Plec

The Originals: The Loss by Julie PlecWhen The Loss opens, forty-four years after the events of book one, The Rise, the Mikaelson siblings run New Orleans, creating new vampires to increase their ranks, rebuilding the city after the devastating hurricane summoned by the witches in 1722. While Elijah and Rebekah have worked to solidify their power and make their home comfortable, Klaus has had a completely different and secret agenda-to somehow bring back to life his beloved Vivianne who died in the siege of their home at the end of the previous book. Read More »

The Last Vampire by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

The Last Vampire: Author's New Revised Edition by Katherine Meyer GriffithThings have been coming apart for a while now, but every day the earthquakes become stronger, more violent. Coupled with the plague decimating the world’s population, things are looking bleak for the survivors. Unable to make it home to her family before the earthquakes destroy their home, Emma finds herself running for safety with her friend, Larry. But when she loses Larry, too, she is left facing the future alone. But what kind of future does she have left?
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Day Shift by Charlaine Harris

Day Shift (Midnight, Texas) by Charlaine HarrisThe residents of Midnight, Texas are an odd bunch. They are a small community and outsiders do not feel very welcome. Being off the beaten path helps keep their secrets safe. When Manfred takes a trip to visit a client in the big city, chaos ensues. He sees one of the other residents of his little town there, and then somehow dead bodies turn up-his client and the people Olivia was meeting with. Manfred will need to prove he is innocent of both murder and robbery so that the little sleepy town can return to normal and its inhabitants continue to hide their secrets.
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Initiation by Rebecca Royce

Initiation (The Warrior, Book 1) by Rebecca Royce Initiation is the story of just-turned sixteen-year-old Rachel Clancy. Her life has not ever been easy, and it is about to get more complicated. Rachel is a Warrior by birth. Her parents both carried the gene, which makes her physically ideal for fighting the vampires and werewolves that prey on the surviving humans living underground after the world as we know it ended. Her father has been a drunk since she was born, right before her mother was killed by vampires. She has spent most of her young life taking care of him, and training to be a Warrior, and feeling like an outcast because of the way her father failed their community. Now the day of her sixteenth birthday has arrived and she must take her place Above, fighting their inhuman enemies. Read More »

Spiral X by J. J. Westendarp

Spiral X by J. J. WestendarpCheryl Erikson stumbled into the life of Hunting after her father’s brutal murder by a vampire. She continues to do it, because she’s good at it, and it gives her a sense of purpose to destroy the creatures who prey on innocent humans in her city of Dallas. Now, she is wondering what is the point of it all. She is thinking of getting out of the life, so she can have the normal existence of a twenty-two-year old. But first, she wants to stop the flow of Plast, a deadly drug that seems to be related to the vampire activities in Dallas. Read More »

Human No Longer by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

Human No Longer by Kathryn Meyer GriffithShe had not expected anything more than a well-deserved night out with her husband, but when a bizarre accident leaves her a widow in a coma, Jenny Sanders is forced to rethink her life and everyone in it. When she wakens from the coma, nothing is right. She is edgy, has no appetite and is weirdly sensitive to the sun she once loved. But the biggest shock of all is still to come. Read More »

The Rise by Julie Plec

The Originals: The Rise by Julie PlecWhen Elijah made his first appearance on The Vampire Diaries in Season Two, viewers immediately became enthralled with the concept of the Original vampires-enough so that the often vicious but always intriguing family got their own show. The Originals: The Rise, first in a trilogy, provides a background for the trio’s early years in New Orleans. Read More »

Destiny Divided by Leia Shaw

Destiny Divided (Shadows of Destiny) (Volume 1) by Leia ShawSage Peterson has lived her entire life on the outside. Shuffled from foster home to foster home, she has never gotten close to anyone and her only objective was survival. Strange things have happened around Sage all her life, so when she meets Prof. James Elias, Sage take a very large chance in trusting him to teach her all about what she is. Read More »

Blood & Spirits by Dennis Sharpe

Blood & Spirits (The Coming Storm) (Volume 1) by Dennis SharpeVeronica Fischer is having a bad day. Scratch that, she is having a really bad week. Life is not easy for this vampire madam in small-town America. Not only does she have to look after her girls, wrangle her right-hand man, Frank, deal with a local vampire council that is none too fond of her less-than-pure bloodline, but she is also looking after Rachel, a child ghost placed under her protection by the community’s ghostly boss, Lucy. Read More »

Inheritance by P. M. May

Inheritance by P.M. MayJennifer has just escaped a bad marriage, become a successful cookbook author, and is starting to rediscover herself with the help of her friend and agent, Valerie. She suddenly inherits her family home when a great aunt she never even met passes it on to her as the last Adams in the line. The conditions of the will must be met, and she moves into an enormous English countryside home. Her nearest neighbor is the handyman, Henry, and his dog Purdy. Read More »

Deception by D.B. Reynolds

Deception: Vampires In America, Book 9 by D. B. ReynoldsRaphael, the Vampire Lord of the West, has been making moves and setting up allies across the North American continent for years in anticipation of the coming fight with the European vampires he left behind in the Old World. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a costly war, Raphael agrees to meet with one of those vampires from his past claiming to want peace. Despite Cyn’s misgivings, Raphael believes he is powerful enough to handle whatever his enemies throw at him. Read More »

Empire of Night by Justin Somper

Vampirates: Empire of Night by Justin SomperGrace and Connor Tempest are still reeling from the discovery that not only are they dhampirs, (half-vampire/half-human), but also their father is Sidorio, self-proclaimed king of the Vampirates. When both are invited to spend time with their father, their reply to the invitation is an emphatic no. But when their superiors hear of this, they realize that this is the perfect opportunity to infiltrate the Vampirates and find out exactly what they are planning.

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Armageddon Rules by J. C. Nelson

Armageddon Rules (A Grimm Agency Novel) by J. C. NelsonAs a partner, Marissa has a lot of responsibility for the Grimm Agency, but she keeps things on track, including the big guy. When he sends her on a mission to the dwarves, though, things go a little awry. She finds herself in a contract with a demon to begin the apocalypse. Can you say “oops”? Read More »