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A Aames, Lani. Eternal Passion. Ellora's Cave, 2004. From the publisher: Jo Davison has just been dumped by her philandering fiance and replaced by the prototype for bimbos. She's been hiding out and licking her wounds, avoiding all confrontations, until a chance encounter changes everything. When she least expects it, Jo meets the most alluring man she has ever seen. Vincenz Cristescu is tall, dark and handsome, and his sexy accent melts her body with the heat of her desire. But Jo's new lover has a secret and it overshadows their time together. Neither can deny the fierce attraction that exists between them, nor the doubt and suspicion that arise when tragedy strikes. Evil now lurks in the darkness in Shadow Valley. Jo's mundane world has become a thing of nightmares and Vincenz seems to be right in the middle of the horror. She must face the most difficult choice she will ever make save the man she loves or destroy the vampire who murdered her best friend. Unfortunately, they are the same person. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Acevedo, Mario. The Nymphos of Rocky Flats. New York: Rayo, 2006. From the author's web site: Felix Gomez went to Iraq a soldier, and came back a vampire. Now he's a private detective, hired by a trusted friend to penetrate the murderous conspiracy cloaking an outbreak of nymphomania at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. As he unravels the mystery surrounding one of the darkest secrets of modern times, Felix realizes that he must resolve issues from his human past, if he is to defeat government assassins and fanatical vampire hunters from Transylvania. Sexual myths, conspiracy fables, and bureaucratic paranoia are skewered in this novel about American pop culture. Set in present day Denver, the story deconstructs vampire lore and presents the bizarre world of the undead with a humorous slant and a fresh Latino twist. This is the first (and only) vampire novel reviewed and declassified by the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Keywords: Novels/ Humor/ Mystery Acosta, Marta. Happy Hour at Casa Dracula (Milagro de los Santos Series, Book 1). Pocket, 2006. From the publisher: Latina Ivy League grad Milagro de Los Santos can't find her place in the world or a man to go with it. Then one night, at a book party for her pretentious ex-boyfriend, she meets an oddly attractive man. After she is bitten while kissing him, she falls ill and is squirreled away to his family's estate to recover. Vampires don't exist in this day and age -- or do they? As Milagro falls for a fabulously inappropriate man, she finds herself caught between a family who has accepted her as one of their own and a shady organization that refuses to let the undead live and love in peace. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Acosta, Marta. Midnight Brunch (Milagro de los Santos Series, Book 2). Pocket, 2007. From the publisher: Hip, funny Milagro de los Santos thinks she's finally found love and a home at the California ranch of fabulous Oswald Grant and his urbane relatives, who have a rare genetic disorder that some call vampirism. But Milagro is bewildered when she's excluded from an ancient and mysterious midnight ceremony whose participants include Oswald's unfriendly parents, a creepy family elder, and Milagro's ex-lover, the powerful and decadent Ian Ducharme. What skeletons are the vampires keeping in their designer closets? When Milagro's life is threatened by a rogue family member, she flees to the desert to hide. Instead of solitude, she encounters an egomaniacal actor, a partying heiress, a sly tabloid reporter, and a lavish spa full of dark secrets -- all of which might help her find a way home. Keywords: Romance Acres, Mark. Dark Divide (Runesword, No 5) . New York: Ace, 1991. Keywords: Novels Adair, Dominique. Last Kiss . Ellora's Cave, 2001. Abstract: E-book. From the publisher: For centuries Alexei Romanov has been searching for her, for the Russian gypsy he'd fallen in love with the first time their eyes had met. Three times he'd found her over the years and three times he'd lost her, death having taken her away when he'd been unable to protect her. Now at last, thirty years since her last incarnation, he has found her once again. This time Alexei is determined to never let the fates separate them again. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Adams, Carmen. Song of the Vampire (An Avon Flare Book) . New York: Avon Flare, 1996. Abstract: Teenagers Megan and Iris are sought out by an underground organization of vampire hunters because they have proven ability in spotting and dispatching the undead. PA Keywords: Novels/ Young Adult Adams, Elisa. Midnight. Ellora's Cave, 2003. Abstract: E-book. From the publisher: Washed-up horror movie actress Amara Daniels is looking for a new career. When she is kidnapped by a crazed fan who swears he's a vampire, she thinks she has hit rock bottom. What she doesn't count on is the wild attraction between them that quickly surpasses the boiling point... and the fact that he might not be delusional at all. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Adams, Elisa. Flesh and Blood. Ellora's Cave, 2005. From the publisher: Faith's husband is murdered, and she is next. She turns to her husband's former bodyguard to escape certain death. He agrees to help - for a price. She must give him anything he wants. A dangerous obsession - The deal Faith offers Sam Kincaid is too tempting for him to pass up. The woman had become his obsession, and now she's making him an offer he'd never refuse. Faith is dangerous to him, threatening the very foundation of his world. He should push her away, but he can't. He intends to take her up on her offer, in ways she's never imagined. He wants everything from her. Her body - and her blood. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Adams, Elisa. In Darkness. Ellora's Cave, 2004. From the publisher: Jace has spent the past ten years watching Felicia from a distance, protecting her even when she didn't know he was there. The time has come to prove himself worthy of her affections. Their love, their passion had been a once-in-a-lifetime experience, one he's never been able to forget. It killed him to walk away from her, but he did what he had to do to keep her from living the life he has lived for the past hundred years - solitary, transient. He never expected her to seek comfort in the arms of another man. Or that he would have to protect her from the same man - angry and bent on revenge - years later. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Adams, Nicholas. Vampire's Kiss. New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1994. Abstract: Seventeen year-old Susan discovers that the members of a band called The Blood Brothers are vampires. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels Adams, Scott Charles. ...Never Dream. Scott Charles Adams, 1999. The girl believes vampires are a myth. The vampire believes werewolves are a legend. The werewolf believes he'll have another burrito. Keywords: Novels Agnew, Denise A. Deep Is the Night - Haunted Souls. Ellora's Cave, 2004. From the publisher: As Halloween approaches, friends will band together to defeat an evil more potent than anything they could have imagined. A last battle is brewing. Clarissa Gaines remembers Pine Forest as a sedate, creepy little town of her childhood. Determined to add Pine Forest to her book of haunted places, she wanders the night in search of the supernatural. Vampire Ronan Kieran has fought the ancient one and knows he must make a mortal woman fall in love with him in order to defeat the world's oldest vampire. While necessity and overwhelming desire bring Ronan and Clarissa together, she fears the powerful emotions she is starting to feel for him. And Ronan finds he will do anything to protect her, do anything to make her his, as a battle between good and evil rages around them. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Aislinn, Erin. The Night of Maya. Ellora's Cave, 2005. From the publisher: A virgin's desire. No man has ever touched Maya Crestmene, and she will accept no other than the man who has haunted her dreams for twelve years. Only, Maya's dream lover is no man. A vampire's curse. Five hundred years ago, Kiru became a vampire charged by the queen Alustra to find the virgin of prophecy. In the throes of a dream, Maya's passionate cries urge Kiru to her bedroom. Eager to become the one to make Maya's dreams come true, Kiru disobeys Alustra and conceals Maya. Every dream requires a sacrifice. Although they must flee, Kiru's lovemaking and blood power promise years of togetherness if only Maya would run with him. Somewhere between Rome, Nepal and Japan, Maya must unlock the meaning of the prophecy that gives her a choice - to challenge Alustra or lose Kiru forever. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Aldiss, Brian W. Dracula Unbound . New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1991. Abstract: From Ingram: Two men transcend the dimension of time and save a dying world in a battle against the most elusive and deadly creatures ever to stalk the earth. Keywords: Novels/ Dracula Alexander, Jan. Blood Moon. New York: Lancer, 1970. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---.The Glass Painting. New York: Popular Library, 1972. Keywords: Novels Alexander, Karl. The Curse of the Vampire . New York: Pinnacle Warner, 1982. Abstract: The bite from a bat plunges Melanie Ross, an American visitor to Romania, into a nightmarish existence. Although happily married, she is unaccountably drawn to a local man who claims to be a descendent of Count Vladimir II. Worse, she finds herself at times transformed into a hideous vampire. PA Keywords: Novels Altman, Steven-Elliot. Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires . Hell's Kitchen Books, 1997. Abstract: From the publisher: No vampire has ever refused to partake in the ritual...until now. Death deals no mercy to one man who rises in a SoHo alleyway to find his lover dead and his own body ghastly transformed... Straining to overcome his murderous instincts through Zen meditation and blood deprivation he is reclaimed by The Ministry, an underground society waging war with the undead. Again and again he will find his will to resist tested by the killers who demand his allegiance and the Zen masters who will burn him down at his first missed step as he strives to walk a tightrope between the living and the dead... to master himself and the way of the wooden stake. Keywords: Novels Altner, Patricia. Vampire Readings: An Annotated Bibliography. Scarecrow Press, 1998. Abstract: This book will guide the reader through the ranks of vampire literature, with detailed entries covering novels, anthologies, young adult literature, and nonfiction titles of interest. Keywords: Nonfiction Amsbary, Jonathan Howard. Cyber Blood. Xlibris, 2000. Abstract: Book description: David meets the woman of his dreams in a chat room. His encounters on-line become more intense and his dreams become more horrific. Can even the combined efforts of his real life and on-line friends and a mysterious vampire hunter save David? Keywords: Novels Anderson, Colleen. Lover's Triangle In: On Spec. 1996. Abstract: Short story in which a Gypsy and a vampire fall in love. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies Anderson, M. T. Thirsty . Candlewick, 1997. Abstract: Reprinted in 1998. From the publisher: All Chris really wants is to be a normal kid, to hang out with his friends, avoid his parents, and get a date with Rebecca Schwartz. Unfortunately, Chris appears to be turning into a vampire. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels Andersson, C. Dean. I Am Dracula . New York: Zebra, 1993. Abstract: Revised and Expanded version of Crimson Kisses published by Avon in 1981. Reprinted by Zebra in 1998. As a young man Vlad Dracula meets and falls in love with the beautiful witch Tzigane. She tells him of a prophecy in which he will play a central role. He has been chosen to be Satan's king on Earth. Together they will rule. Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Dracula Angel: The Longest Night, Volume 1. Simon Pulse, 2002. Abstract: An e-Book. From the publisher: Now, in the first-ever Angel short story collection, follow our gang hour by hour, evil by evil. From twilight to daylight, Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, and Fred have to keep the forces of darkness at bay - even when black magic has a head start... With Contributions From: Pierce Askegren, Scott and Denise Ciencin, Doranna Durgin, Nancy Holder, Christie Golden, Christopher Golden, Jeff Mariotte, Yvonne Navarro, and Emily Oz. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies Angeleno. A Working Class Vampire Is Something To Be. Seattle, WA: Ice Dragon Ltd. (P.O. Box 17464, Seattle, WA 98107-1164), 1992. Keywords: Novels Anwar, Celeste. Carnal Thirst. New Concepts, 2004. Abstract: From the publisher: The Council has demanded her death and that of any who harbor her. Maggie’s one chance at survival depends solely on a creature she has been taught to fear her entire life, the vampire lord, Danior. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Armae, Angelique. Come the Night . Amber Quill Press, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: In medieval Ireland, an evil entity stalks Lazarus Conlon, Vampyre patriarch, threatening the safety of his wife and his family tribe. But to conquer this enemy, Lazarus must first fight his own demons including a sacred heritage descended of fallen angels. Amid this strife, Lazarus learns his only true hope rests within the heart and soul of a mortal tracker - his wife - a woman born to hunt his breed. Keywords: Romance/ Novels ---. The Blood Ruby. Amber Quill Press , 2003. Abstract: From the publisher: When the ancient line of Dracolian princes falls in battle to an evil enemy, Quentin Moore is taken prisoner and sentenced to death by beheading. But when the mighty sword known as the Blood Ruby shatters at his neck, leaving his body intact and very much alive, Quentin is sent to the realm of the Sidhe-home of Lhiannan Sidhe, the beguiling Irish vampyre fairy. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Armstrong, F. W. Devouring . New York: Tor, 1987. Abstract: From: This novel shows a world in which a plague is unleashed on humanity, causing those who are afflicted to turn into vampires or other monsters. Lots of graphic gore. Not for the squeamish. PA Keywords: Novels Arthur, Keri. Hearts in Darkness . ImaJinn Books, 2000. Abstract: From the publisher: Life has never been so insane for Nikki James. There's another teenager missing. She has another vampire to contend with. Her partner and best friend Jake is in the hospital dying. And a madman is kidnapping the wealthy... Keywords: Novels/ Mystery/ Romance ---. Dancing with the Devil. ImaJinn Books, 2001. Abstract: From the publisher: Private Investigator Nikki James grew up on the tough streets of Lyndhurst and believes there's nothing left to surprise her. All that changes the night she follows teenager Monica Trevgard into the shadows-and becomes a pawn caught in a war between two very different men... Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Mystery ---. Chasing the Shadows. ImaJinn, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: Nikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend, Jake. The wife of Jake's old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her, whatever the cost. While the authorities believe the kidnappings are the work of a sick mind, Nikki knows it is something much worse. Vampires. Six of them. And they know who she is, and why she is there. Michael Kelly has just returned from a vampire hunting expedition in his homeland and wants to spend some much-needed relaxation time with Nikki. But when he discovers she has gone to San Francisco to pursue the vampire gang currently terrorizing the city, he has no choice except to follow... Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Mystery ---. KISS THE NIGHT GOOD-BYE. Imajinn, 2004. Book four in the Nikki & Michael Series. From the publisher: Sometimes the past not only haunts, but destroys. One hundred years ago, Michael Kelly hunted down and killed the sorcerer responsible for murdering his lover. Now the brother of that man is out for revenge, and he intends to destroy all that Michael holds dear in the process. Nikki James wants nothing more than to pass the Circle's strict entry exams so she can get on with the business of planning her wedding to Michael. But when one of the testers attempts to kill her, she realises buying a wedding dress is the least of her worries. Especially when Michael is shot and kidnapped. The trail leads her to the ghost town where Michael had once killed a madman. She's not surprised to discover that Weylin Dunleavy, the brother of that long ago murderer, has set in place events that will mirror the past in order to raise his brother's spirit from hell. Nor is she truly surprised to discover that a barrier of magic surrounds the old town, leaving her to battle Weylin with only her wits, strength and the one psychic gift she cannot fully control. The one thing that does surprise, the one thing she cannot accept, is the fact that Michael no longer remembers who she is. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Arthur, Keri. Full Moon Rising (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 1). Bantam Dell, 2006. From the publisher: A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races - and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker - until her brother goes missing on one of his missions. The timing couldn't be worse. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is vulnerable to the moon heat, the weeklong period before the full moon, when he r need to mate becomes all-consuming... Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Werewolves Arthur, Keri. Kissing Sin (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 2). Dell, 2007. From the publisher: From Melbourne's gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson's world is raging with danger and desire. A drop-dead-gorgeous werewolf - with a touch of vamp coursing in her blood - Riley works for an organization created to police the supernatural races. But when she wakes up naked and bruised in a barren alley, she knows only that she must run for her life. Within moments Riley collides with the sexiest man she's ever seen: steely, seductive Kade, who is fighting a life-and-death battle of his own. With old lovers and enemies gathering around her, Riley knows she is being pursued by a new kind of criminal. Because in Riley's blood is a secret that could create the ultimate warrior - if only she can survive her own dangerous desires... Keywords: Romance Arthur, Keri.Tempting Evil (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 3). Dell, 2007. From the publisher: In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her ownÐhalf werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races. Trusting her superiors and lovers barely more than she trusts her worst enemies, Riley plays by her own set of rules. Her latest mission: to enter the heavily guarded pleasure palace of a criminal named Deshon Starr - a madman-scientist who's been messing around in the gene pool for decades. With two sexy men - a cool, seductive vampire and an irresistibly hot wolf - vying for her attention, Riley must keep focused. Because saving the world from Deshon Starr will mean saving herselfÐfrom the trap that's closing in around her... Keywords: Romance Arthur, Keri. Dangerous Games (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 4). Dell, 2007. From the publisher: In Melbourne's urban underworld, there's a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession. Riley, a rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, hasn't come in pursuit of pleasure but of an unknown killer who's been using the steamy nightspot as his hunting grounds. Leave it to Riley to find the only ticket into the heavily guarded club: Jin, a deliciously hot-bodied bartender who might just provide the key to unmasking a killer unlike any other in the Directorate's experience. Taunted by a former colleague turned rogue, distracted by an ex-lover's attentions, Riley follows Jin into a realm of pleasure she could never have imagined. And as danger and passion ignite, a shocking mystery begins to unravel - one where Riley herself becomes the ultimate object of desire.... Keywords: Romance Arthur, Keri. Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 5). Dell, 2007. From the publisher: Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it's her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family's alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die. Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on...and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix - at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has only just begun.... Keywords: Romance Ashley, Amanda. After Sundown . New York: Zebra, 2003. Keywords: Romance/ Novels Ashley, Amanda A Darker Dream . New York: Love Spell, 1997. Abstract: Lord Rayven is condemned to the dark, lonely existence of the vampire, but when he gazes into the beutiful eyes of Rhianna McLeod he sees hope for his salvation. PA Keywords: Romance/ Novels Ashley, Amanda. Deeper Than the Night . New York: Love Spell, 1996. Abstract: Alexander Claybourne is a bestselling writer of horror tales, most often concerning vampires. The woman he loves, Kara Crawford, begins to wonder if Alex might indeed be one of the undead. PA (This novel falls in the realm of pseudo-vampire and is mentioned here because of the other vampire titles by the author.) Keywords: Romance/ Novels/ Science Fiction - Fantasy Ashley, Amanda. Desire After Dark. Zebra, 2006. From the publisher: Vicki Cavendish knows she should be careful. After all, there's a killer loose in town - one who drains women of blood, women with red hair and green eyes just like her. She knows she should tell police about the dark, gorgeous man who comes into the diner every night, the one who makes her feel a longing she's never felt before. The last thing she should do is invite the beautiful stranger into her house... Keywords: Novels /Romance Ashley, Amanda. Embrace the Night . New York: Love Spell, 1995. Abstract: The vampire Gabriel finds his soulmate in Sara Jayne, but although she loves him deeply, she refuses to become a vampire. Years later her soul is reincarnated as Sarah. Now she and Gabriel vow to find a way to spend eternity together either through death or as immortals. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance Ashley, Amanda.Masquerade In: After Twilight. Love Spell, 2001. Abstract: From the publisher: Jason, the darkly beautiful vampiric hero of the story, is captivated by the lovely mortal, Leanne, who is the image of his first love. In a way, their story is a reflection of the one she participates in on stage. After they meet and fall in love, Jason realizes that to love her, he must leave her lest one of them be destroyed... With the author writing as Madeline Baker this story can also be found in: Topaz Man Favorites: Secrets of the Heart. New York: Topaz, 1994. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies/ Romance Ashley, Amanda. Midnight Embrace . New York: Love Spell, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: ANALISA . . . He whispered her name, and it echoed back to him on the wings of the night. One kiss, he thought, one kiss would do no harm. She was so young, so alive. She radiated warmth and goodness, chasing the coldness from his being, banishing the loneliness from his soul. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Ashley, Amanda. Night's Kiss. Zebra, 2005. From the publisher: Enter the lush, sensual world of bestselling author Amanda Ashley.a place where vampires indulge their appetites, but find they can fall prey to love and desire. Now, an everlasting devotion is sparked across time and space, igniting a passionate affair.and a deadly new threat. HE HAS FOUND HIS SOUL'S DESIRE. The Dark Gift has brought Roshan DeLongpre a lifetime of bitterloneliness-until, by chance, he comes across a picture of BrennaFlanagan. There is something hauntingly familiar in Brenna's fiery red mane and sensual body, something that compels him to travel into the past, save the beautiful witch from the stake, and bring her safely to his own time. Now, in the modern world, Brenna's seductive innocence and sense of wonder are utterly bewitching the once-weary vampire, blinding him to a growing danger. For there is one whose dark magick is strong.one who knows who they both are and won't stop till their powers are his. and they are nothing more than shadows through time. Keywored: Novels/ Romance Ashley, Amanda. Shades of Gray . New York: Love Spell, 1998. Abstract: At a seedy carnival Marisa Richards sees a side show attraction which supposedly holds the body of a real vampire, Count Kristov. She is skeptical until the carnival owner is found dead, drained of all his blood. Others in the area suffer a similar fate. Then another vampire enters the scene, the handsome Grigori Chiavari Keywords: Romance/ Novels Ashley, Amanda. Sunlight Moonlight . New York: Love Spell, 1997. Abstract: There are two novels in this volume, both in the genre of romantic fantasy, but it is the second story, Moonlight, that has a vampire theme. Two thousand years ago Navarre was made into a vampire by the beautiful Shaylyn. This change did not please Navarre and he rebuffed his maker. Now in the present, Navarre has found a mortal he can love, Adrianna. Needless to say, this does not please Shaylyn. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Ashley, Amanda. A Whisper of Eternity. Zebra, 2004. Abstract: From the back cover: When artist Tracy Warner purchases the rambling seaside house built above Dominic St. John's hidden lair, he recognizes in her spirit the woman he has loved countless times over the centuries. Drawing her into the fascinating, seductive world of the vampire, he aches to believe that this time she will not refuse his Dark Gift. But when Dominic's ancient rival appears in Sea Cliff, hungry for territory and power, Tracy becomes a pawn in a deadly game. To save her-and the passion that burns between them-Dominic must offer...A WHISPER OF ETERNITY. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Ashley, Amanda, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson. After Twilight . Love Spell, 2001. Abstract: Three paranormal romance stories: Masquerade by Amanda Ashley and Dark Dream by Christine Feehan are vampire tales while Midnight Serenade by Ronda Thompson is a werewolf story. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas and Anthologies/ Romance Ashley, Leonard R. N. The Complete Book of Vampires . Barricade Books, 1998. Abstract: From the publisher: Dr. Ashley's work covers everything from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This book provides insight into the role of the vampire in history, literature and folklore, as well as serving as an anthology of hard-to-find vampire tales. Keywords: Nonfiction Atkins, Peter. Morningstar . New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1992. Abstract: New hardcover edition by Stealth Press, 2000. A serial killer called Morningstar by the police and press has maimed and disfigured his many victims. Reporter Donovan Moon gets an exclusive interview with this murderer, who justifies his actions by claiming to be a vampire hunter. Keywords: Novels Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Demon in My View . Delacorte Press, 2000. Abstract: High school student Jessica has just published a vampire novel and now it seems one of her characters has sprung to life. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels ---. In the Forests of the Night . New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. Abstract: From the publisher: By Day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, MA. by night, she hunts the streets of New York City. Three hundred years ago Risika was human. Now she is a vampire, a powerful one. Special note: The author was 14 at the time she wrote this novel. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels ---. Midnight Predator . Delacorte Press, 2002. Abstract: Teenager Turquoise Draka, a vampire hunter, must track down and kill Jeshikah, one of the cruelest vampires in history. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels ---. Shattered Mirror . Delacorte Press, 2001. Abstract: Sarah Tigress Vida, teen witch and vampire hunter, begins to doubt her feelings about the undead when she meets two charming vampires. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Abstract: In her introduction Professor Auerbach notes that 'vampires go where power is'. Thus, she begins her analysis of vampire fiction with stories which sprang from writers of nineteenth century Britain and then moves on to vampires as seen through America's twentieth century prism. This is an academic approach to literature and films, but one that will interest all aficionados of the genre. Keywords: Nonfiction Auerbach, Nina, David J. Skal, and Gregory A. Waller, editors. Dracula: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Reviews and Reactions, Dramatic and Film Variations, Criticism . New York: Norton, 1997. Abstract: From the publisher: When it was published in 1897, Dracula became one of many tales available to readers that pitted humans against monsters. Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, and H.G. Wells, among others, all published in the same genre at about the same time. Yet it is Dracula that twentieth-century readers cannot forget. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the 1897 first edition; it is fully annotated. A rich selection of background and source materials is provided in three areas "Contexts" includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcom Tymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and Dracula’s Guest, the original opening chapter to Dracula. "Reviews and Reactions" reprints five early reviews of the novel. ":Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula,two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included. Keywords: Nonfiction/ Dracula Aycliffe, Jonathan. The Lost . New York: HarperPrism, 1996. Abstract: From the publisher: Jonathan Aycliffe's hardcover debut features prep school teacher, Michael Feraru, tired of his life, tired of his job, tired of dreary England. And though he doesn't know it yet tired of his fiancee and her safe, undemanding love. When Michael takes a sabbatical and travels to Romania, he finds he is a titled lord, and more the owner of an ancient stronghold in the Transylvanian Alps. At Castle Viacom, Michael becomes Count Mihas Vlahos ... and discovers an evil far worse than mere vampires. And far, far more seductive. Keywords: Novels Top B Babener, Liahna Klenman. "Predators of the Spirit: The Vampire Theme in Nineteenth-Century Literature." UCLA, 1975. Keywords: Nonfiction/ Doctoral Dissertation Baker, Nancy. Blood and Chrysanthemums : A Vampire... . Canada: Penguin, 1995. Abstract: A sequel to The Night Inside. Ardeth is back and this time she is a vampire. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. The Night Inside: A Vampire Thriller . New York: FawcettColumbine, 1994. Abstract: Retitled Kiss of the Vampire, NY: Fawcett, 1995. In modern day Toronto, the vampire Dimitri Rozokov ill and weak from the long sleep of the undead, is captured by a group of gangsters specializing in snuff movies. To feed their captive, they kidnap Ardeth Alexander, a young graduate student. She soon realizes that her captors are more beastly than the crazed being who needs her blood. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Terrible Beauty. Canada: Penguin, 1996. Abstract: Sidonie longs to find a way to cure her vampirism and become human again. Keywords: Romance/ Novels Baker, Scott. Ancestral Hungers. New York: Tor, 1996. Abstract: From Ingram: Young David Bathory, heir to the vampire throne, returns to his ancestral home with two choices; either claim his birthright at the cost of his immortal soul--or suffer the immediate torments of hell. It's Hades one way or the other. Keywords: Novels/ Dracula/ Romance ---. Dhampire . New York: Pocket Books, 1982. Abstract: The dhampire are children of vampires. They even have certain powers over the undead. This story has been expanded and published as Ancestral Hungers. Keywords: Novels Baker, Trisha. Crimson Kiss . Pinnacle, 2001. Abstract: From the publisher: My name is Meghann O'Neill. I am a psychologist who specializes in treating victims of abusive relationships - particularly women and children. I am also a vampire, and for years I suffered the cruelty of the man who seduced and turned me into this immortal creature. Keywords: Novels ---. Crimson Night . Pinnacle, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: My name is Meghann O'Neill, and I am running for my life. Simon Baldevar, the creature responsible for my immortality, recently found me after I left him for dead over forty years ago... I thought I was strong enough to defy him, having survived and persevered without his influence. (I was wrong). Now I am pregnant with his child. Once he learns he has sired a "child of the night", he'll stop at nothing to possess it. But Simon cannot comprehend maternal love - much less the protective instincts of a vampire mother. If he comes near my baby, he'll learn first hand, as I savor every last drop of his treacherous blood... Keywords: Novels ---. Crimson Shadows. Pinnacle, 2003. Abstract: From the publisher: Decades have passed since Meghann O’Neill fell in love with Simon Baldevar, a vampire who bestowed upon her his gift of immortality - and bound her to him with the birth of their twin children. My name is Elizabeth, and I have had an unusual upbringing as a mortal child of vampire parents. My mother thought it best to keep me separate from my twin brother - who inherited my parents’ unquenchable thirst and everlasting life - and give me the most "normal" childhood possible. I am Mikal, a vampire raised in isolation by my father, trained to hunt and feed with a ruthless precision - a passion I have honed to perfection. Now, even he fears my growing power - including the ability to walk in daylight - while I tire of this life away from others of my kind, especially the mother and sister who abandoned me. Kewords: Novels/ Romance Ballou, Mardi. Young Vampires in Love. Ellora's Cave, 2004. Book One in the Young Vampires series. When their mentor, the Comte, delivers their nomination for Most Dull and Boring Vampires, Lynette Loring and Darlene DeMars realize they're in trouble. The Comte challenges Lynette and Darlene to "get a life" - the only way to avoid the prize. At San Francisco's Happy Humping, a full-range sex boutique, Lynette checks out the toys and meets Nick LaStrada. Elsewhere, sparks fly when Darlene and Jon Torrance both reach for the same whip. Each couple is on the fast track to love. But cross-cultural differences between vampires and humans threaten to derail the new romancesÉ These young vampires must avert the award from hell and get the guys before they succumb to the Comte's predictions of disaster all around. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Bangs, Nina. Master of Ecstasy. Dorchester Love Spell, 2004. From the publisher: Her trip back in time to 1785 Scotland was supposed to be a vacation, so why did Blythe feel that her stay at the MacKenzie castle would be anything but? The gloomy old pile of stones had her imagination working overtime, making helpful suggestions about every bump in the night. So she wasn't at all surprised when the first hunk she met turned out to be Mr. Dark-Evil-and-Deadly himself, an honest-to goodness vampire. His voice was a tempting slide of sin, and his body raised her temperature way above 98.6F, but when Darach whispered, "To waste a neck such as yours would be a terrible thing," she decided his pillow talk left a lot to be desires. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Night Bites (Paranormal Romance). Love Spell, 2005. From the author: Cindy Harper had an ice-cream flavor for every emotion. Vanilla caramel fudge eased the stress of dealing with her weird and wacky guests at the Woo Woo Inn. But no sweet treat from her freezer was smooth, creamy, or tempting enough to cool down her sensual fantasies about uber alpha male Thrain Davis. This was a man to be enjoyed on a strictly primitive level. Every woman who ever saw him smile would wonder about the pleasure his mouth could give her and recognize the secrets in his hard blue gaze. Too late she realized the danger of inviting an ancient vampire into her inn. The concept of fanged creatures of the night scared her witless. Besides, he forced her to examine her past when she was just fine with her present. He did have an up side, though. Who needed ice cream when you had a hot and yummy dark immortal in your bed? Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Wicked Nights. Berkley, 2005. From the author: Wicked Nights is the first book in a sizzling new trilogy about three extraordinary brothers. Each man promises ultimate fulfillment for the special woman bold enough to accept his sensual challenge. Welcome to the Castle of Dark Dreams. It's the yummiest attraction in Live the Fantasy, an adult theme park where women who dare can take sexy role - playing to new erotic heights. Just by looking at the castle you know that only dangerously tempting men would play here. Three brothers - Eric, Brynn, and Conall McNair - run the castle. Okay, so they're not quite human, but that's a secret. This night Eric, the castle's resident vampire, will prove that he's everything bad should be. Talk-show host Donna Nolan is on the trail of the weird and wacky in the Castle of Dark Dreams. But thoughts of a juicy interview to enthrall her listeners disappear when she meets Eric. With the coldest blue eyes and the hottest mouth she's ever seen, he's a primitive call to the wild in every woman. Love between a talk - show host and a vampire shouldn't be possible, but then, strange things happen in the Castle of Dark Dreams. Kewwords: Novels/ Romance Banks, L. A. Minion: A Vampire Huntress Legend. St. Martin's, 2003. Abstract: From the author: The story is about a young hip hop artist who finds herself immersed in the word of vampires. She’s "the slayer" and unwittingly surrounded by a team of Guardians. This is book one in a trilogy. Keywords: Novels Banks, L. A. The Awakening : A Vampire Huntress Legend. St. Martin's Griffin, 2004. Abstract: Second in the Vampire Huntress series. From the publisher: There is a vampire war brewing in the underworld and at the center of it all is Damali Richards, spoken word artist and Vampire Huntress. But she is not just any Vampire Huntress, she is the millennium Neteru. A woman so potentially powerful that the vampire world is about to invoke a bloody battle that threatens to spill over onto her streets in order to posses her. It’s just a matter of who will get to her first. Fallon Nuit, a rogue vampire, is one of the most powerful Damali has ever encountered and he has allied himself with the deadly Amanrath demons in order to claim her. But the Vampire Council has plans for her as well. And now an unlikely variable has entered into the equation, an ex-lover now turned vampire with an agenda of his own. And she must risk trusting him once more if they are to survive. Keywords: Novels Banks, L. A. The Hunted : A Vampire Huntress Legend. St. Martin's Griffin, 2004. Abstract: From the publisher: A Neteru - a hunter or a huntress - is born every thousand years in favor of the Warriors of Light as they fight against the Dark Realms. But Damali Richards is the Millennium Neteru. The one who will play a pivotal role in the Final War. The Warriors of Light had been waiting for her and the Dark Realms will do anything to either possess or destroy her. What they did not account for was the man who would love her. Keywords: Novels Banks, L. A. The Bitten : A Vampire Huntress Legend. St. Martin's, 2005. Keywords: Novels Banks, L. A. The Forbidden : A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legend). St. Martin's Griffin, 2005. From the publisher: After the destruction of all the topside master vampires and the death and resurrection of her council-level vampire lover, Damali is called before the Council of the Neterus to answer for her actions. It is there that she discovers there are consequences even she could not foresee. She also learns that the consort of the Un-Named One, Lilith, has come up from the seventh level to set the affairs of the Dark Realms in order. However, Lilith has a hidden agenda of her own and it involves the unborn child Damali thought had been taken from her. The news devastates Damali until a cold and deadly determination leads her to map out a plan for Lilith's destruction. An evil force beyond recognition, Damali's newest nemesis literally brings men to their knees. But Damali will not be stopped -- not even by someone as dangerously powerful as Lilith. It is a battle that spills over into the streets and involves the people Damali has sworn to protect, leaving fewer standing before it's all over. Keywords: Novels Banks, L. A. The Damned: A Vampire Huntress Legend. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 Keywords: Novels Banks, L. A. The Foresaken: Vampire Huntress Legend. St. Martin's Griffin 2006. From the publisher: The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed. There is only one entity who can best Damali, send Carlos packing, and put the Guardian team at mortal risk. This powerful being was once banished into a forsaken land and possesses everything that would bring a Neteru to his or her knees. This time the fight is not so clear-cut, and it is not only DamaliÕs soul in the balance but her body and heart as well. Keywords: Novels /Romance Barber, Paul. Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality . New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. Abstract: Reprint edition. Originally published in 1988 by Yale Univ. Press. An indepth study of the vampire myth. Keywords: Nonfiction Baron, Nick. Castle of the Undead (Endless Quest... . TSR, 1994. Abstract: Series: Endless Quest Ravenloft. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels Barone, Jessica. Eternal Night. PublishAmerica, 2001. Abstract: From the author: Julia Anderson was a struggling young author at the age of 16. Forced to move with her family to a darkly backwards township in rural Vermont, she must face seclusion and loneliness - until she falls in love with a man who seems to have stepped right off the pages of her books; Jonathan is a vampire. Julia soon must decide between a normal, human life with what family she has, or the allure of a vampire's existence. Eternal Night is a modern Gothic tale of a vampire's coming of age. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. The Requiem: Book Two of the Dream Series. PublishAmerica, 2002. Abstract: From the author: Discover the confessional journal of the vampire, Jason Maura. It is the story of how he was made a vampire; the conflicts he had to face which sculpted him into what he became. It is a tale which spans across continents and time, from Europe to America, from the year 1677 to 1995. Excitingly frightening and filled with vampiric seduction. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. The Legendary : Book Three Of The Dream Series . PublishAmerica, 2004. Abstract: From the author: This novel breathes new life into the vampire saga which was begun with Eternal Night and continued in The Requiem: Book Two of the Dream Series. The Legendary is the pivotal third novel in The Dream Series, set on the eve of the Millennium. It presses the main character, Jason Maura, even further into discovering dark secrets, those which stood between him and whatever lies ahead. Spanning through time and place, from Ireland to Iraq, he searches for answers which have remained until now...undiscovered. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Bassingthwaite, Don, and Nancy Kilpatrick. As One Dead (Vampire - The Masquerade). Clarkson, GA: White Wolf, 1996. Keywords: Novels Basso, Adrienne. "His Eternal Bride." Highland Vampire. Brava, 2005. From the publisher: Suspecting her of murdering her husband, Callum, on their wedding night, Maev McCloskey's clan has banished her to a remote tower. There, she dreams of her dead love - and the passion they never knew in life. But soon she wonders if the seductive, mysterious Callum of her sleeping mind is real - and, if he is, whether joining him in his world would be an act of courageÉor of madness... Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies/ Romance Bast, Anya. Blood of the Raven: The Embraced. Ellora's Cave, 2004. From the publisher: Gabriel Letourneau, a four-hundred-year-old Vampir, has been guarding Fate Harding from the dark forces that swirl around her for a very long time. On the night Gabriel's period of watching comes to an end, when he finally believes she's safe, Fate is violently attacked, Embraced, and left on his doorstep. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) ---. Blood Of The Rose Ellora's Cave, 2004. From the publisher: Behind an illusion of folklore, the Embraced create a barrier between the Dominion and humankind. Penelope Coddington, wealthy daughter of upper class England, was marked at birth to take her rightful place within the ranks of the fully Embraced Vampir. Aidan O'Shea, a working class Irishman on the Coddington Estate, is also marked. Class difference has kept Aidan and Penelope apart, but soon that will change. The Vampir will realize their birthrights and they will both belong to the same noble, blood-drenched line. And that's good, because unless these two can come together, it's going to be hell on Earth. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Bates, Andrew. Dark Ages Cappadocian. White Wolf, 2002. Abstract: Series: Clan Novel #3. From the publisher: The chaotic winds of fate have swept away the mighty Byzantine Empire. Now they threaten to eradicate the Cappadocians, one of the ancient clans of vampires. Keywords: Novels Battis, Jes. Blood Relations: Chosen Families In Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Angel. McFarland, 2005. From the publisher: The television series Buffy and Angel revolve around radical conceptions of family. Indeed, their coherence depends on the establishment of nontraditional families that admit vampires, demons, witches, werewolves, and other bizarre characters without censuring them for their peculiarities. This work argues that what makes these characters enduring and engaging is their critical family connectionsÑfor their most involved struggles occur not within the graveyard, but around the dinner table, just as the most challenging adversarial forces that they must face are not demons or vampires but the stuff of everyday life. What does "family" encompass within these two series? How does it relate to concepts of gender, sexuality, power and the supernatural as they emerge from the showsÕ complex narratives? This book explores such questions. It also examines the "chosen family" (an idea marketed specifically by successful programs such as Friends and Sex in the City within the past ten years), juxtaposing it against various images of the fractured biological family displayed in both Buffy and Angel. Through eight chapters addressing various family-related aspects within both shows, this work plots the trajectory of this unstable notion of family, even as it is transformed, remediated, and rendered unrecognizable from a "family values" perspective by the unique and supernatural relationships that proliferate in Buffy and Angel. Keywords: Nonfiction Baugh, Bruce. Sacrifices (The Clan Lasombra Trilogy,.... White Wolf, 2002. Abstract: Series: Lasombra #3 From the publisher: A circle of maddened mystics attempts to raise the dread founder of Clan Lasombra from the depths of the otherworldly Abyss. Keywords: Novels ---. Vampire: Shadows (Lasombra, #2). White Wolf, 2002. Abstract: Series Lasombra, #2 From the publisher: "The vampire Lucita is a prisoner to the fanatical monsters of the Sabbat, who are forcing her to hunt for a hidden enemy and powerful shadow-caster. Keywords: Novels Beahm, George. The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion . Andrews & McMeel, 1996. Abstract: From Ingram: Nearly seventy articles, interviews, profiles, sidebars, and photographs--organized thematically in five sections, make up a combination general-interest reader, resource guide, and reference to Anne Rice's haunted world. By the editor of The Stephen King Companion. Keywords: Nonfiction Beath, Warren Newton. Bloodletter . New York: Tor, 1996. Abstract: Novelist Stephen Albright is convinced that the vampiric creature of his popular Bloodletter series has come to life in the form of the serial killer Diver Dan. Keywords: Novels Bedwell-Grime, Stephanie. The Bleeding Sun. New Concepts, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: Waking in a strange bed, drenched with blood, Melinda is horrified to discover she is held captive by darkly seductive Valdemar. But as she soon finds out, there are greater horrors than Valdemar in the world of the night. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Belford, Barbara. Bram Stoker and the Man Who Was Dracula . Da Capo, 2002. Abstract: A reprint of Belford's 1996 book, Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula. Keywords: Nonfiction Bell, Michael E. Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires. Carroll & Graf, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: Close your eyes and imagine a vampire: Your mind's eye may conjure up Count Dracula with bared teeth and a shiny tuxedo. But another kind of vampire was believed to live in rural New England long ago. Author and folklorist Michael E. Bell has spent twenty years pursuing this other vampire tradition, and the discoveries he reveals in this volume will surprise and enthrall skeptics and believers, and all readers of his beguiling book. Bell's odyssey began in 1981 when Rhode Islander Everett Peck told him a family story passed down for generations. In 1892, months after young Mercy Brown succumbed to tuberculosis, her body was exhumed from a local graveyard. Relatives cut out her heart, burned it on a nearby rock, and fed the ashes to her dying brother, hoping to cure him of the wasting disease. They feared that Mercy had become a vampire, sapping her sibling's vitality to provide sustenance for her own spectral existence. Keywords: Nonfiction Bennett, Janice, Sara Blayne, and Monique Ellis. Lords of the Night . Kensington, 2001. Abstract: Originally printed in 1997 by Zebra. Three tales of supernatural romance in Regency London include Dark Shadows by Sara Blayne, The Full of the Moon by Janice Bennett, and The DeVille Inheritance by Monique Ellis. Keywords: Romance/ Short Stories, Novellas and Anthologies Bennett, Nigel, and P. N. Elrod. His Father's Son . Baen, 2002. Abstract: In this is a sequel to Keeper of the King vampire Richard Dunn (once known as Lancelot) vows to protect the family of a woman he loves. Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy ---. Keeper of the King . New York: Baen, 1997. Abstract: From Ingram: In Gaul at the dawn of the Middle Ages, Lord Richard was his family's fighting man, its invincible champion--until some force twisted his blade from his hand. And then he met the Lady Sabra, who soothed his wounds, healed his pride--and turned him into a vampire under her tutelage. His new job: Keeper of the King of England. True to Sabra's wishes, the English king was keeping civilization alive. Richard's object in unlife: keep the king alive at all costs. But that was then--now it's the 1990s and Richard's job isn't over. Keywords: Science Fiction - Fantasy / Novels/ Romance ---. Siege Perilous (The Lord Richard, Vampire). Baen, 2004 (Oct). Abstract: From the publisher: Vampire hero Richard Dun, once called Lancelot, is back in the latest book in this exciting, critically acclaimed fantasy series by award-winning actor Nigel Bennett and award-winning writer P.N. Elrod. An old enemy from Richard's past, Charon the Assassin, returns and is literally hell-bent on bloody revenge. He's acquired deadly new powers that are annihilating the nebulous plane of Otherside and threaten the very existence of the Realside plane. Unless balance is restored both will be destroyed. From the sultry Yucatan forests to the chill green fields of ancient Glastonbury, Richard Dun marshals his mortal and immortal allies for a fight that will span dimensions and centuries of time. He is no stranger at battling to the death, but how can one earth-bound vampire stand up to a being able to destroy the gods themselves? Keywords: Science Fiction - Fantasy / Novels/ Romance Bergstrom, Elaine. Series: Austra Family. Abstract: Elaine Bergstrom also writes as Marie Kiraly. From: Besides being wealthy artisans, the Austras are an ancient family of vampires. They are aliens who resemble humans, but definitely are not, nor ever were, members of the human race. These vampires drink human blood but can also subsist on that of animals. Additionally they have at their disposal a special, secret formula that allows them to survive without sanguinary substance for long periods. There are several family members introduced throughout the four novels that currently comprise the series. The Austra character who appears in each novel is the handsome, magnetic Stephen. Because various family members are introduced in each novel reading the book in order of publication will provide the reader with a greater appreciation of this epic story. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy ---. Shattered Glass. New York: Jove, 1989. Abstract: Series: AUSTRA FAMILY. Reprinted by Ace in 1994. From: In 1955. Stephen Austra goes to Cleveland to renovate the stained glass windows of St. John's Cathedral. He falls in love with Helen, a neighbor and artist who also happens to have inherited some Austra blood from a grandfather. Charles, Stephen's dark twin, lurks about, looking for a way to die and end his personal anguish. In the meantime, Charles causes many grisly deaths. Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy ---. Blood Alone . New York: Jove, 1990. Abstract: Reprinted by Ace in 1994. Series: AUSTRA FAMILY. From: The story begins in the years just prior to World War II. The Austra family business is headquartered in Portugal and managed by Stephen. He hires a new employee, Paul Stoddard, a mortal who becomes a trusted friend. Because of their wealth and extensive holdings throughout Europe, the Austras become targets of Nazi spies and saboteurs. The love life of Stephen's nephew Laurence and Paul's own strong feelings for an Austra woman play important roles in this complex tale. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy ---. Blood Rites . New York: Jove, 1991. Abstract: Reprinted by Ace 1994. Series: AUSTRA FAMILY. Helen and Stephen marry and move to an isolated area of the Canadian wilderness. Here their sons, Patrick and Dickie, are born. But danger arrives when the mob tracks Helen's uncle, Richard Wells, to their home. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy ---. Daughter of the Night . New York: Jove, 1992. Abstract: Reprinted by Ace 1994. Series: AUSTRA FAMILY. From: Sixteenth century Europe saw much cruelty, but even for those times Elizabeth Bathory stood out as unusually sadistic. In this story Elizabeth finds a kindred spirit in the Austra family rebel and outcast -- Catherine. Elizabeth not only revels in blood and torture but also seeks the kind of immortality reserved for beings like her friend Catherine. Stephen, called Steffen in this book, along with several other members of the family, plays a prominent role in the denouement. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy ---.Nocturne. Ace, 2003. Abstract: Series: AUSTRA FAMILY In Shattered Glass we met Stephen and Helen Austra who are now the parents of twin sons Richard and Patrick. Nocturne is Richard’s story. Like his father he has the physical appearance and powers of the Old Ones - vampires. He learns to adapt his physical attributes in order to pass for human in the world in which he must live. One evening he stumbles upon a murderous group which has, he soon discovers, knowledge of the Old Ones. Now his life and those like him are in danger. Worse, the life of the woman he loves is directly threatened, and he must travel to Romania, the land where his ancestors first arrived from space, in order to save her. While the romance element is important to this story it is only one element in a complex tale of adventure. PA Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Mina . New York: Berkley, 1994. Abstract: Earlier editions were published under the pseudonym Marie Kiraly. From: Dracula's dark kiss awakened a passion in Mina only hinted at in Stoker's novel. This story explores the erotic feelings that consume the new Mrs. Harker. It leads her on a search for the lover who may have survived Van Helsing's stake. PA The sequel to this book is entitled Blood to Blood by Elaine Bergstrom. Keywords: Romance/ Novels/ Dracula ---. Blood to Blood: The Dracula Story... . New York: Ace, 2000. Abstract:Reprinted by Ace, 2000. This novel is a sequel to Mina first published in 1994 under Bergstrom's pseudonym Marie Kiraly. Mina and Jonathan Harker live separately as this novel begins. Mina's love affair with Lord Gance has ended with his death in Transylvania. She returns to London for the reading of his will. To her astonishment she finds that he has left her his home in Essex and thus given her a degree of independence known to few women of this era. Her love for Jonathan, however, has not died. Both have had sexual exploits associated with the erotic pull of the vampires. And so they have a certain understanding and sympathy for each other but is it enough to save their marriage? Keywords: Dracula/ Novels/ Romance ---. Tapestry of Dark Souls (Ravenloft... . Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993. Abstract:Series: RAVENLOFT. From Ingram: Jonathan must destroy the Gathering Cloth, a web in which the darkest evils of Ravenloft are trapped, before the evil breaks him and dooms him to eternal darkness. Keywords: Romance/ Novels ---. Baroness of Blood (Ravenloft) . TSR, 1995. Abstract: Series: RAVENLOFT. From the publisher: Witnessing the beheading of her father by a conquering overlord, a young baroness pledges revenge despite the new ruler's just ways, and ingratiates herself to a high position while devising evil plans as a vampire of souls. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Bishop, David. Fiends of the Eastern Front 1: Operation Vampyr. Games Workshop, 2005. From the publisher: The first Fiends of the Eastern Front novel for Black Flame. It is the beginning of the German assault of Russia in 1941. The mighty German air and ground forces smashes its way through the crippled Russian infrastructure and are united with axis Romanian soldiers. One such Romanian platoon is led by Constanta and his men. However, one of the German soldiers came to realise that the Romanians were also vampires! When Romania switched sides and joined the allies, the young soldier had the fight of his life trying to survive as Constanta and his vampires try to protect their dark secret. First of a bloody trilogy, Fiends of the Eastern Front will be based on fictional battles as well as all-out blood-sucking action! Keywords: Novels Bishop, David. Blood Red Army. Games Workshop, 2006. From the publisher: 1942: winter has halted the Nazi invasion of Russia, but the city of Leningrad is still besieged by German troops. Red Army soldiers and civilians are starving to death, but they refuse to surrender. Now the Nazis are unleashing a terrifying new weapon against the city - a cadre of vampire warriors, hungry for blood. Novels Bishop, David. Fiends of the Eastern Front #3: Twilight of the Dead. Games Workshop, 2006 (August). From the publisher: April 1945: The war's end is close as German and Russian troops fight desperate battles through the streets of Berlin. But a new threat rises from the forbidding mountains of Transylvania, an undead army of Vampyr warriors. As the war in Europe reaches its brutal climax, the bloody fight for mankind's future begins! Novels Bishop, Rosemarie E. Search for a Soul (The Moral Vampire... . Xlibris, 1999. Abstract: Series: The Moral Vampire Book 1. Keywords: Novels ---. A Matter of Conscience (The Moral... . Xlibris, 1999. Abstract: Series: The Moral Vampire Book 2. Keywords: Novels ---. Spiritual Vengeance (The Moral Vampire... . Xlibris, 2001. Abstract: Series: The Moral Vampire Book 3. Keywords: Novels Blake, Kathryn R. Mortal Illusions. New Concepts Publishing, 2003. Abstract: e-book. Paperback will be available in March 2004. From the author: To save her brother's life, Claire was willing to do almost anything, even give herself to a vampire. Except he wasn't biting. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Blayne, Sara. "Stranger in the Night." In: His Immortal Embrace. Kensington, 2003. Keyword: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies/ Romance Blayne, Sara - See also entry under Bennett Janice for Lords of the Night. Bloom, Harold editor. Bram Stoker's Dracula (Modern Critical Interpretations . Chelsea House, 2002. Abstract: Essays about this classic vampire novel. Keywords: Nonfiction Bodner, Hal. Bite Club : A West Hollywood Vampire Novel. Alyson, 2005. From the publisher: The bars of West Hollywood, California, have always played host to a fair share of life-sucking monsters, but until now that's been mostly metaphoric. After three prime cuts of gay male beef turn up filleted and drained of blood, Sheriff Clive Anderson, Coroner Becky O'Brien and City Manager Pamela Burman are forced to the realization that something possibly not human has taken up residence in Boys' Town- something with more than the usual taste for male flesh. Fortunately, Becky's college pal Chris Driscoll is something of an expert on serial killers, but when she calls him in for a consult, she is startled to find that he hasn't aged a day in 10 years. When she accidentally stumbles over him napping in his coffin, he lets her in on his little secret: "Yep, I'm a vampire!" He also informs her that the serial killer is a rogue vampire and that she and Sheriff Anderson are going to need to think about some unorthodox crime-fighting techniques. Exciting and very, very funny, Bite Club is a rollicking black comedy in which the crime-fighting community and the undead community create an uneasy alliance to stop a monster! Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Gay) Bonnefoux, Melanie. Blood and Mind. PublishAmerica, 2003. A string of grisly murders is decimating the local vampire community. Desperate for answers, Lucien, the local vampire "Holder" seeks the PSI abilities of University student Holly-Anne feather. Holly, who, for many years has ignored her natural talents, is reluctant to help. But fate conspires against her, and soon she is wrapped up in a gruesome murder investigation where the primary suspect is a Demon hell-bent on destroying both vampires and humans. Tangled up in situations not of her making and involved with more men than she can handle, Holly's dream of a "normal" life has vanished. Now there is only one thing on her mind-survival but in this sinister world can she survive without getting bitten, bled, or dead. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Tainted Blood. PublishAmerica, 2004. From publisher: Holly-Anne Feather just wants to lead a normal life, but the fates have a different plan for the powerful college student-and normal is not in the curriculum. Holly, a determined young lady, has put the preternatural behind her-or so she thinks. But a trip to Charlotte, North Carolina and a meeting with its charismatic Holder, Michele, changes everything and puts Holly right back into the hot seat. It seems that war has broken out in Charlotte-a war between the elves and the vampires. With neither side giving an inch, Charlotte has become a battlefield for the dead. Holly, blood-tied to Lucien, has been recruited to join the ranks. And the vampires will have her - kicking and screaming if need be. Her empathic powers will be tested like never before and Holly knows in this otherworldly battle escaping with your life will be the true prize. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Boulle, Philippe. A Morbid Initiation (Victorian Age Book 1. White Wolf, 2002. Abstract: Series: Victorian Age Book 1 of 3. From the publisher: Regina Blake believes her mother to be the victim of murder and conspiracy. Forgoing caution and propriety, she tries to uncover the truth and bring the culprits to justice. With every step, however, she uncovers more and more evidence of a secret world of danger, sensuality and sin. With the beautiful Victoria Ash as her guide, she peels back layer after layer of this benighted world, until the true horror of it all stands exposed... Keywords: Novels ---. Vampire: Madness of Priests (Victorian Age Book 2). White Wolf, 2003. Abstract: Series: World of Darkness. Keywords: Novels ---. Vampire: The Wounded King. White Wolf, 2003. Abstract: Series: World of Darkness. Keywords: Novels Boyett-Compo, Charlotte. Bloodwind. Romance Foretold, 1999. Abstract: Reprinted by Hard Shell Word Factory, 2003. From the publisher: On frontier station Khamsin-14, Prime Reaper Kamerone Cree is a man to be feared. When the shapeshifting assassin comes on board, women lock their doors and warriors shiver in fear as he passes. Garnering his notice is something no one wants, but one woman has caught the vampire warrior's eye. Dr. Bridget Dunne is terrified of the man they call the Iceman, but it is her job to seduce him and bring Cree over to the Resistance. Will she be able to control the Reaper's dark passions or will they destroy her? Keywords: Novels/ Romance/ Science Fiction - Fantasy Bradbury, Ray. From the Dust Returned . Avon, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: An eternal family has lived for centuries in a house of legend and mystery in upper Illinois -- and they are not like other midwesterners. Rarely encountered in daylight hours, their children are curious and wild; their old ones have survived since before the Sphinx first sank its paws deep in Egyptian sands. And some sleep in beds with lids. Keywords: Novels Brand, Rebecca aka Charnas, Suzy McKee. The Ruby Tear . New York: Forge (Tom Doherty), 1997. Abstract: From: A family curse hangs over the Griffins and the enormity of it falls on the eldest son of each generation. The last of the Griffins is the wealthy playwright Nicolas who decides to confront the enemy who has haunted his family for centuries by writing a play that in certain ways parallels his family's battle with this demon. The creature that has haunted the Griffins is Ivo Cragga, a vampire who made a pact with the Blood Angel that haunts the Balkans and its violent past. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Brandewyne, Rebecca. Devil's Keep: In: Avon Books Presents: Bewitching Love Stories. Avon, 1992. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas and Anthologies/ Romance Brandt, Jenn. "Sex, Drugs, and Frightened Females: An Analysis of the Adolescent Horror Novels of Christopher Pike." Drew University 2002. Keywords: Nonfiction/ Thesis Briggs, Patricia. Moon Called. Ace, 2006. From the author: Moon Called is the beginning of the story of Mercedes Thompson a coyote shapeshifter who is also a pretty decent mechanic. Mercy's world looks a lot like ours except that the Otherworld is begining to be forced out of hiding by our modern technologies. Mercy shares her back fence with the local Alpha werewolf and works evenings on the vampire Stefan's VW bus. She's safe and content - which doesn't make a very story, does it? So, of course, matters begin to change on the first page. In this book Mercy faces trolls and gremlins, old boyfriends and older vampires. I hope you enjoy her story. Keywords: Novels/ Romance Brinson-Untiet, J.C. Blood Red A Vampires Love Story. PublishAmerica, 2004. From the publisher: This is the story of a spirited Irish lass named Kathleen O'Brien who lives in a village full of dark intrigue. Death seems to come on a dark wing. When she is but 13 her family, fearing for her life, sends her to Dublin to Saint Bridgett's Convent, hoping to keep her safe. But Kathleen, being a girl of spirit, takes it upon herself to retuen after securing a position as a governess with a newly arrived English couple. Kathleen arrives in all her splendor. She has a plan: to marry the local handsome prince with or without his permission. After her arrival, the lady of the house and two daughters are found slain; then another murder takes place shortly thereafter. Is it true? Do vampires roam the hills? When Kathleen's mother and a visiting Scotland Yard detective are taken hostage, Kathleen must turn to the handsome prince and his family for help. But are the rumors true? Are the prince and his family vampires? Keywords: Novels/ Romance Bunson, Matthew E. The Vampire Encyclopedia . Crown, 1993. Reprinted by Gramercy, 2000. Abstract: An A-to-Z compendium on vampires and vampiric lore. Keywords: Nonfiction Burbank, L. G. The Soulless: Book One in the Lords of Darkness Series (Lords of Darkness, 1) (Lords of Darkness, 1). Medallion Press, 2004. From the publisher: The Soulless:Ê Book One in the Lords of Darkness Series. An unlikely hero. Mordred Soulis is the chosen one, the man ancient legends claim will save the world from great evil. There's only one problem. Before Mordred can become the hero of mankind, he must first learn to embrace the vampyre within. A forgotten race. With the help of a mysterious order, a king of immortals and a shape-shifting companion, Mordred is set on a dangerous course that will either save the human race or destroy it. A timeless struggle. Journeying across the sands of the Byzantine Empire; in the time of the Second Crusade, to the great Pyramids of Egypt and then on to the Highlands of Scotland, Mordred will face the Dark One. This evil entity is both Mordred's creator and the Soul Stealer he has become. As champion of mortals, Mordred must accept his vampyre-self. something he has vowed never to do. Keywords: Novels ---.The Ruthless . Palm Beach, FL: Medallion Press, 2005. From the publisher: Mordred Soulis, the Chosen One, has awakened from his healing slumber and must now continue his mission to save mankind. It is time to journey to the land of ice and snow, to the place where earth and heaven meet. It is time to enlist the aid of the second of the Vampyre Kings, the mighty Lir. It takes all the strength of Mordred's tortured soul to convince Lir to aid him on his quest to save humanity. For the blood of all Norse flows through Lir's steely veins, including that of Odin's battle maidens, the Valkyries. Together at last, the two sail across dangerous seas, discovering a new continent where Mordred seeks what he needs to defeat his nemesis, Vlad. The task is daunting. Mordred finds himself the victim of the Spanish Inquisition. Once again, he is forced to reconcile the evil men do with that of his creator. Once again, he must question his own existence, and the once clear vision of his quest blurs and wavers. And always, as time ticks slowly by, the destruction of mortals grows ever nearer... Keywords: Novels Burke, Stephanie. Lucavarious. Ellora's Cave, 2002. Abstract: E-book. From the publisher: Lucavarious. Leader of the Vampesi. Sexy. Erotic. Dangerous. Only he can ignite the passions in his promised mate, Dark. Dark. Leader of the Wolfen Clans. Innocent. Exotic. Frightened. Only she can ease the passions in her promised mate, Lucavarious. Vampesi. The word alone strikes terror into the hearts of the beings left on earth after the war of the Supernatural. They are the legendary monsters, the creatures of legend, and Dark's only hope. Wolfen. The name alone sends what remaining Humans are left on earth racing for protection and the Vampesi preparing for war. The Contract. A plan to unite the two warring races. Through Dark's marriage to... Lucavarious. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) ---. The Slayer. Ellora's Cave, 2002. Abstract: E-book. Born from evil, sustained by hate. Revenge is his goal. Kye will not let anyone or anything stand in the way for his quest for vengeance. A woman without a past, fighting for a future. Tali was determined to bring down the man who had stolen her life and her very identity. Their meeting was by chance, their attraction instantaneous. But can there really be a future between a trained soldier with everything to gain and a woman with nothing to lose? Can there be a future with the man known as... The Slayer. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Burns, Laura J., and Melinda Metz. Apocalypse Memories (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).Simon Pulse, March 2004. . Siimon Pulse, 2004. Abstract: From the publisher: Willow is back in Sunnydale, but she’s terrified: She knows her powers will be needed soon, but she’s afraid that if she uses them, it’s back to being the Big Bad. She can feel something strange happening, but the other Scoobies don’t seem to notice. Everybody’s dealing with their own issues -- Buffy’s got a new crush, Dawn and Buffy have been bickering, and Xander’s intent on getting Willow to use her magic again. Keywords: Novels/ Young Adult/ Buffy and Angel Stories Burton, Jaci. Bite Me. Ellora's Cave, 2004. From the publisher: Gina Capelli is approaching 30 and still a virgin. Well technically anyway, since vibrators don't count as lovers. She's always been a bit shy around men, and being a bit overweight hasn't helped at all. Men just don't see past the appearance to the fabulous woman she is underneath. Although her friends say she's vibrant, full of life and pulsing energy, and cute. Cute. Yuk. She hates being cute. She wants to be vampy, alluring, mysterious. And that's exactly what she's going to be. A huge fan of BITE ME, the nighttime soap opera about vampires, she's decided to treat herself to an early birthday present and attend the convention in Las Vegas. She wins a contest that gifts her with a ticket to the black tie ball showcasing the new season of BITE ME. Bound and determined that she's going to get laid tonight, she decides the first guy who approaches her is 'the one'. And wouldn't it be nice if it could be Deacon Black, the sexy star of BITE ME. Of course, hot, desirable vampire was just a role Deacon played on television. Then again, maybe it wasn't. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Butcher, Jim. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1). Roc, 2000. Abstract: A minor female vampire character appears in this novel, but she's a doozie! From the publisher: Harry Dresden--Wizard Lost items found. Paranormal investigations. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things--and most of them don't play too well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a--well, whatever. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get... interesting. Keywords: Novels/ Mystery ---.Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2). Roc, 2001. Abstract: From the publisher: Could a werewolf be loose in Chicago? Common sense says no. The grisly evidence says yes. So does Harry Dresden. And with his weird connections, he should know.... Keywords: Novels/ Mystery ---. Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3). Roc, 2001. Abstract: From the publisher: Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Over-sexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book. But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble--and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone--or something--is stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself . . . Keywords: Novels/ Mystery ---. Summer Knight (Dresden Files, Book 4). Roc, 2002. Abstract: Dresden Files, Book 4. From the publisher: Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago... and just when it seems things can't get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie. She has an offer Harry can't refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him - and hopefully end his run of bad luck. Keywords: Novels/ Mystery ---Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5). Roc, 2003. Abstract: Book Five of the Dresden Files. From the publisher: Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for. A duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards... Professional hit men using Harry for target practice... The missing Shroud of Turin... A handless and headless corpse the Chicago police need identified... Not to mention the return of Harry's ex-girlfriend Susan, who's still struggling with her semivampiric nature. And who seems to have a new man in her life. Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No matter how much you're charging. Keywords: Mystery/ Novels ---. Blood Rites. ROC, 2004 (August). Abstract: Book six of the Dresden Files. Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, takes on a case as a favor to his friend Thomas-a vampire of dubious integrity-only to become the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders. Keywords: Novels/ Mystery ---. Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7) Roc, 2005. From the publisher: Karrin Murphy is the head of SI and a good friend of Harry's. So when a deadly vampire threatens to destory Murphy's reputation unless Harry helps her, he has no choice. The vampire wants the Word of Kemmler and all the power that comes with it - but first Harry has to determine what the Word of Kemmler is. Now Harry is in a race against time - and six necromancers - to find the Word before Chicago experiences a Halloween night to wake the dead. Keywords: Novels/ Mystery Butcher, Jim. Proven Guilty (the Dresden Files, Book 8) Roc, 2006. From the publisher: Harry, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, is drafted to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City. And if that wasn't enough, he must help the daughter of an old friend, whose boyfriend was the only one in a room where an old man was attacked. He insists he didn't do it. And what looks like a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film turns out to be-well, something quite close to that, as Harry discovers that malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in Chicago. Keywords: Novels, Mystery/ Wizards Butler, Octavia. Fledgling. Seven Stories Press 2005. From the publisher: Shori is an apparently young amnesiac girl whose alarming needs and abilitites lead her to a startling discovery: she is in fact a 53-year-old vampire, genetically modified to walk in the light of day. The only survivor of a vicious attack on her community, with no memory of her past life, Shori must now struggle to rebuild her family and learn who would want - and still wants - to destroy her. This is a captivating novel that tests the limits of otherness and questions what it means to be human. Keywords: Novels/ Science Fiction/Fantasy Byron, Glennis, editor. Dracula : Bram Stoker. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. From the publisher: The popular appeal of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, now over a hundred years old, shows little sign of waning. No other monster has endured and proliferated in quite the same way--even if we now seem to prefer interviewing, rather than staking, our vampires. It is only over the last twenty years, however, that Dracula has begun to receive much serious critical attention. The essays in this book represent the most significant contemporary work on the novel from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including Marxist, psychoanalytical, historicist, and feminist, forming a unique collection which engages questions about the psychological and social significance of this highly transgressive and enduringly popular text. Nonfiction/ Dracula Top C Cacek, P. D. Night Players . Design Image Group, 2001. Abstract: From the publisher: Meet Allison Garrett, the unluckiest gal who ever became a vampire, with an irreverently sharp tongue to go along with her sharp teeth. Meet her sidekick, Mica, a Bible-thumping street corner preacher. Both of them are on the run from the catty coven of L.A. strip-club vampire vixens they narrowly escaped from in P.D. Cacek's Stoker Award nominated debut novel Night Prayers... Keywords: Novels ---. Night Prayers: A Vampire Novel. Darien, IL: Design Images Group, 1998. Abstract: From the publisher: Stoker Award-winning author P. D. Cacek's wryly-witty romp introduces Allison Garrett -- thirtysomething, biological clock loudly ticking and perpetually unlucky in life and love. But it will take more than luck when she wakes up in a seedy motel room.. as a vampire! In a rollicking tour of the seamy underbelly of L.A., Allison hooks up with a young Bible-thumping street corner preacher, but they'll both need more than a night full of prayers to escape the clutches of a catty coven of strip club vampires out for blood. Keywords: Novels Caldwell, Christopher. Vampire Annihilation Methods Project. DynaTainment, 2002. Abstract: From the publisher: Vampirism is epidemic. Master vampire Andre Nevindoss has broken the cardinal rule by letting the spread of the undead go unchecked and revealing the existence of vampires to humans. Liz Roth, a rogue bloodsucker involved in distributing a popular narcotic laced with the vampire virus, is working on her own plan to reduce the human population. With a quarter of LA's residents either dead or undead, the Vampire Annihilation Methods Project has been assembled to save the remaining citizens and permanently remove the vampire threat. Keywords: Novels Califia, Patrick. Mortal Companion: an erotic tale of love and vegeance. Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004. From the publisher: For Ulric, a pagan warrior who was turned into a vampire by a Christian crusader in the 14th century, immortality has come at the price of a deep and abiding loneliness. He cannot seek companionship from one of his own kind, because vampiresâ like many other predators, cannot tolerate one another's presence. The only person who shares his memories of home is his half-sister Adulfa, but she has spent the centuries sharpening her hatred of Ulric, for it was he who forced her to become a blood-drinker. It matters not to Adulfa that Ulric was also under duress when this tragedy occurred. Now Ulric has found his soulmate, a woman who loves him despite her own turmoil about the things that he must do to survive. Their passion for one another is tragically heightened by the fact that she cannot live forever. And she refuses to accept life everlasting, because becoming a vampire herself will force her to leave Ulric's side to establish her own hunting ground, where she would reign supreme, but alone... Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Carrington, Rachel. Sin's Touch. Ellora's Cave, 2005. From the publisher: Vampire Gray Devereaux senses Madison long before he sees her and his body responds to her instantly in erotic ways. Instincts tell him to send her away, that helping her could be dangerous, but the second she glides into his apartment, he knows he'll do whatever it takes to save her life. Then she drops the bomb. She's been poisoned and needs him to save her so she can eliminate the men who killed her father. Gray has only has one option. Take her blood and with it, the poison. As their passion grows, she may take his heart. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Carter, Margaret L. Child of Twilight. Hardshell Word Factory, 2003. Abstract: Sequel to Dark Changeling. From the publisher: Gillian, a vampire-human hybrid in the throes of adolescence, panics at the unfamiliar urges and powers surging through her. Overwhelmed, she runs to the half-human father she has never known. Psychiatrist Roger Darvell has come to terms with his vampire half and built a good life, with a satisfying career and his human partner, Dr. Britt Loren, who is also his lover. Gillian's sudden appearance out of a December night throws him into turmoil. Can he teach her how to live as an ethical vampire without violating either side of her nature? Before they have much time to learn to trust each other, a specialist in folklore kidnaps Gillian to study her. She is soon rescued -- not by Roger, but by Camille, a vampire woman determined to avenge her brother, whom Roger killed in self-defense thirteen years earlier. Camille's wild, fierce lifestyle proves seductive to Gillian. Can she resist Camille's attempt to make her a "real" vampire -- one who treats ordinary mortals as mere prey? Can Roger save Gillian before her human side becomes completely submerged in lust for the kill. Keywords: Novels --- Dark Changeling . Hard Shell Word Factory , 1999. Abstract: Psychiatrist Roger Darvell has a very strange midlife crisis. He discovers that vampires are real, that he's one of them, and that a renegade vampire is stalking him and his newfound lover. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Embracing Darkness (Intimate Moments). Harlequin/Silhouette, 2005. From the publisher: Linnet can't convince the police that her sister and her sister's lover were murdered by the strange woman whose blood cult the two young people belonged to. So she decides to investigate on her own. She becomes entangled with Max, the murdered boy's brother. Little does she suspect that the woman they're pursuing is a real vampire, and so is Max. Can Linnet and Max find love across the barrier between their two species? Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Heart's Desires And Dark Embraces. Amber Quill, 2003. Abstract: From the author: The tales in this collection span the past ten years of my writing career. Most can be described as romances, and all involve love and passion in some form. Here you will encounter vampires, elves, ghosts, and at least one human-monster hybrid. The vampire stories in the first half of the book belong to an ongoing series based on ":Vanishing Breed," a story by my husband in my first anthology, Curse of the Undead (1970). "Vanishing Breed" (which also appears in Tomorrow Sucks , edited by Greg Cox, still in print) postulates that the creatures we know as vampires belong to an alien species secretly living among us. You can get better acquainted with them in my novels, Dark Changeling, Sealed in Blood, and Crimson Dreams , and two novellas, "Night Flight" and "Tall, Dark, and Deadly" (which stars Claude from "Voice from the Void"). Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies ---. Sealed in Blood. Amber Quill 2003. Abstract: Nigel Jameson, professor of psychology at Berkeley and vampire, is a man on a mission. The existence of his kind may be reveled to humans if he does not retrieve some very graphic photos from a loser named Keith Brewster. Brewster is at a Science Fiction convention, Sequoiacon IV, and has advertised that he will be showing authentic photos of a winged alien to a convention discussion group. Nigel needs the help of someone to get those pictures and he concludes that another attendee, Sherri Hudson, an attractive 31 year-old librarian, is just that person. Keywords: Novel/ Romance/ Mystery ---. Night Flight . Ellora's Cave, 2002 Abstract: E-book. From Margaret Carter: This novella features a young female vampire entering her first estrus. Rejecting the male of her own species whom her mentor tries to foist on her as a mate, she flees for refuge to her human best friend. When passion sparks between them, can she find not only satisfaction but love with a mere human male? This story belongs to the same naturally evolved vampire universe as Dark Changeling and Sealed In Blood. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---.Virgin Blood. Ellora's Cave, 2005. From the publisher: Locked in the witch's tower from childhood, Rapunzel has never touched a man until the enigmatic, ravishing Alaric materializes out of the night. He takes her lifeblood - but gives her heartrending ecstasy in return. Now they must defy the odds and escape Rapunzel's tower...together. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Different Blood: The Vampire As Alien . Amber Quill, 2004. Abstract: In Different Blood Carter explores a variety of stories in which the vampire has a natural, science fictional rather than supernatural explanation, thus the term alien in the subtitle. Keywords: Nonfiction Carter, Margaret L. editor. Dracula: The Vampire and the Critics... . Ann Arbor : UMI Research Press, 1988. Keywords: Nonfiction ---. The Vampire in Literature: A Critical Bibliography . Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1989. Abstract: The initial chapters give a survey of vampire literature and explore the legends behind the stories. The remaining chapters are bibliographic listings under the following headings: Vampire Fiction in English (the largest section); Non-English Vampire Fiction in Translation; Dramatic Works on Vampires in English; Nonfiction: Books; Nonfiction: Articles. The fiction entries have abbreviations that designate what sort of vampiric creature the reader may expect to encounter. For example AlH means a vampire who is Alien, Humanoid. Annual updates are available from the editor. Keywords: Nonfiction Cary, Kate. Bloodline. Razorbill, 2005. From the publisher: Thirty-five years have passed since the demise of the Master. But now, the world is at war and a new evil walks among the living... When nineteen-year-old John Shaw returns from World War I, he is haunted by nightmares - not only of the ravages of war, but of the brutal feats of his regiment's commander, Quincey Harker, whose ferocity in battle seems almost superhuman. At first John blames his bloody nightmares on trench fever. But when Harker appears in England and begins wooing John's sister, John must confront the truth - and stop Harker from continuing Dracula's bloodline. Keywords: Novels/ Young Adult Cassidy, Dakota. Blood Lite. Ellora's Cave, 2004. Chicken wings, cheese fries, maybe a slice of pizza or two - this is where Leah's trouble begins. When she gets on the scale, she realizes her fondness for all things fried, dipped in chocolate, or smothered in cheese has become a hazard to her thighs. It's time to take matters into her own hands and feel the burn, or at the very least find someone who can help her to "find" the burn she can't seem to locate. Leah hires a personal trainer and she's not at all worried about him seeing her flabby thighs, because all personal trainers are gay - or at least that's what she thinks until Erik comes to give her the workout of her lifetime. All four hundred and twenty years of that lifetime, that is. Erik and Leah fall wildly in lust with each other. The chubby vampire is having the romp of the millennium, except for one small problem. She's falling in love with the very human Erik. And Leah's daddy hates humansÉ Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) ---. It's a Vampire Thing. Liquid Silver Books, 2003. From the publisher: Claire Treemont lives a quiet, mundane life, until she meets Zachariah.he's tall, dark, fabulous and very dead! He's also a vampire with a quirky medical issue and an enlightened view on vampires in modern day society. Zach is exciting and campy and he claims Claire is his life mate. Claire sure won't argue with this hunk of a blood sucker, not after the wild lust he evokes in her with just a dimpled grin. The hunky Zach is everything to rival a girls wildest fantasies and more. His voracious appetite for Claire makes her a ready and willing participant in this vampire thing but there's one small problem.and it shows up in the way of fate and a nasty villain or two. Keywords: Novels/ Romance (Erotica) Cavelos, Jeanne (editor). The Many Faces of Van Helsing. Ace, 2004. Abstract: From publisher: An all-new anthology of stories featuring THE ORIGINAL VAMPIRE HUNTER. Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of the most famous novels in history. Both Dracula and Van Helsing have become icons: the vampire and the vampire hunter. Yet while the character of Dracula has been endlessly examined, Van Helsing is arguably one of the most well-known yet least explored characters in literature. Now, Van Helsing gets his due as the stellar masters of horror and fantasy contribute their own unique take on the original vampire hunter. The list of original stories featured in this unique anthology include such authors as: Tanith Lee, Christopher Golden, Kathe Koja, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. and more. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies/ Dracula Cecilione, Michael. Thirst. Pinnacle, 2003. Abstract: From the publisher: They meet at a Greenwich Village poetry reading. Sex with him is like nothing she's ever experienced. He introduces her to his glittering nighttime world: an exclusive demimonde of private pleasure clubs. But Cassandra Hall's new lover has a secret he wants her to share... In a shattering moment of bloodletting, Cassandra will be transformed. Hunted by the mortal and undying alike, caught up in an erotic triangle that could damn her forever, she is about to break the one taboo no woman - human or vampire - has ever dared break. Keywords: Novels Charnas, Suzy McKee. Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms.: Tachyon Publications, 2004. Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies Charnas, Suzy McKee. The Vampire Tapestry . New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Abstract: Trade paperback published by Living Batch Press, Albuquerque, NM 1993. Edward Weyland is a popular professor of anthropology and a vampire who secretly feeds on those whose trust he has gained. A truly unique twist on the vampire theme and a skillful look at a vampire's psychological profile. Keywords: Novels Charnas, Suzy McKee also see Brand, Rebecca. Christian, M., and Todd Gregory (editors). Blood Lust : Erotic Vampire Tales. Alyson Books, 2005. From the publisher: Some vampires have more on their mind than blood. This collection presents an array of stories that celebrate the sexy, forbidden side of the children of the night! Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies/ Romance (Gay) Ciencin, Scott. The Vampire Odyssey . New York: Zebra, 1992. Abstract: Series: Danielle Walthers No.1 Raised as a human, Danielle discovers she is really an Initiate - the child of a human mother and vampire father. Keywords: Novels ---. The Wildlings. New York: Zebra, 1992. Abstract: Series: Danielle Walthers No. 2 Keywords: Novels ---. Parliament of Blood . New York: Zebra, 1992. Series: Danielle Walthers No. 3. Keywords: Novels ---. Sweet Sixteen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) . Pocket Books, 2002. Abstract: Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels/ Buffy and Angel Stories Ciencin, Scott, and Dan Jolley. Vengeance (Angel, 14) . Pocket Books, 2002. Abstract: Series: Angel Book 14. Motivational speaker Cordelia promises her audience a perfect world; unfortunately she hides an evil secret. Keywords: Young Adult/ Novels/ Buffy and Angel Stories Ciencin, Scott, and Denise Ciencin. Nemesis (Angel). Simon Spotlight, 2004. Abstract: From the publisher: When an old friend from graduate school contacts Fred for help with her job at a top scientific facility, Fred feels a mixture of dread about renewing ties to her past and wistfulness for the quiet life she might have led entrenched in her research. But the night they are supposed to meet, her friend is gunned down, the seemingly innocent victim of a mob hit gone wrong. Fred is inconsolable. Although Angel and the others want to help, they have been called upon to solve a rash of murders among a group of wizards. These wizards are the only ones preventing an apocalyptic breach of the walls separating our reality from other, more-deadly worlds. Fred decides to leave the investigation and take her friend’s place as a researcher in order to uncover the truth behind her murder. But when the worlds of scientific research and the supernatural collide, Fred may be the only one who can solve the case and stop the coming apocalypse. Keywords: Novels/ Young Adult/ Buffy and Angel Stories Clark, Simon. Vampyrrhic . Leisure, 2002. Originally printed in 1998. From the publisher: Leppington is a small town, quiet and unassuming. Yet beneath its streets terrifying creatures stir. Driven by an ancient need, united in their burning hunger, they share an unending craving. They are vampires. They lurk in the dark, in tunnels and sewers... but they come out to feed. For untold years they have remained hidden, seen only by their unfortunate victims. Now the truth of their vile existence is about to be revealed - but will anyone believe it? And is it already too late? Keywords: Novels Clegg, Douglas. The Priest of Blood (The Vampyricon). Ace, 2005. The man known as Falconer was born the bastard son of a whore, served the royal court as a predator trainer, and warred against the infidel Saracens as a conscripted soldier in the Holy Land. But it wasn't until he found himself in the arms of a creature called Pythia that he found his destiny-as a vampire. Keywords: Novels/ Science Fiction/ Fantasy Coburn, Sarah E. "Anne Rice's Vampires: New Vampires for a New Age." Coburn, Sarah E., 1987. Keywords: Nonfiction/ Masters Thesis Cole, Kresley. A Hunger Like No Other. Pocket Star, 2006. After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him. Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents -- until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae -- and their notorious dark desires - ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings. Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be? Novels/ Romance Collins, Nancy A. A Dozen Black Roses (Vampire - The... . Clarkston, GA: White Wolf, 1996. Abstract: A Sonja Blue enters the World of Darkness universe - a series created by the publisher White Wolf. Keywords: Novels ---. Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection . Stone Mountain, GA: White Wolf, 1995. Abstract: The acclaimed Sonja Blue trilogy in one volume: Sunglasses After Dark, In the Blood, and Paint It Black. Sonja Blue is a vampire and a vampire killer. Filled with rage for what she has become she seeks the one who caused her transformation. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Sunglasses After Dark . Stone Mountain, GA: White Wolf, 1995. Abstract: New edition printed by White Wolf in 2000. Book One of the highly acclaimed Sonja Blue trilogy. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. In the Blood . New American Library, 1992. Abstract: Book 2 of the acclaimed Sonja Blue trilogy. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Paint It Black. Stone Mountain, GA: White Wolf, 1995. Abstract: Book 3 of the acclaimed Sonja Blue trilogy. Keywords: Novels/ Romance ---. Darkest Heart. White Wolf, 2002. Abstract:A Sonja Blue novel. Keywords: Novels ---. Dead Roses for a Blue Lady. White Wolf, 2003. Abstract: From the publisher: (This book) is a comprehensive collection of Ms. Collins’ novellas and short stories featuring her signature character, vampire-cum-vampire-hunter Sonja Blue. In addition to many hard-to-find stories, Dead Roses features four new tales of the character reviewer J. L. Comeau calls "the ultimate leather-clad, night-striding, predatory vamp-grrrl and vamp hunter." Keywords: Short Stories, Novellas & Anthologies Combs, David. The Intrusion. New York: Avon, 1981. Keywords: Novels Condenzio, John. The Shadow of the Succubus / The Eternal Thirst: Two Novels of Horror 1stBooks Library, 2004. The Shadow of the Succubus A writer is seduced by the ghost of a woman from the prohibition era; this leads him to a horror-filled experience that threatens his sanity and then his life. The Eternal Thirst A vampire hunter named Montresor is obsessed with the destruction of a centuries-old French duchess, and pursues her through the streets and tombs of New Orleans. Keywords: Novels Conner, Michael. Arkangel. Tor, 1996. Abstract: From the publisher: Nebula-award winning author Mike Conner presents a novel about a world that all of us can recognize, a world of what might have been. In Minneapolis in the 1930's, the deadly plague that ended the First World War is decimating the population. The only people who seem to be immune to its effects are black people. What does this mean for the future of the city and of the nation? Young newsman Danny Constantine finds that not everyone is dying from the plague. He has discovered a series of bizarre deaths and murders that look like the work of a vampire. In these times of bad news, his own paper refuses to print the story and Danny must search for the truth on his own, except for a mysterious woman known only as archangel, who always seems to appear when needed most. Keywords: Novels Cox, Greg. The Transylvanian Library: A Consumer's Guide to Vampire Fiction . San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1993. Abstract: In this bibliography of vampire fiction, witty annotations by Greg Cox make for lively reading about the undead. PA Keywords: Nonfiction ---. Underworld : Book 1. Pocket Star, 2003. Abstract: Novelization of film. From the publisher: Vampires and werewolves. Sworn enemies for over nine hundred years, they have fought a secret war in the darkest shadows of the mortal world, pitting undead strength and cunning against feral rage and savagery. Now, in the hip Gothic streets of modern-day Budapest, the ancient conflict takes an unexpected new twist. Selene is a Death Dealer, a vampire warrior dedicated to the destruction of the hated lycans. Michael is a werewolf, an innocent American newly infected with the lupine curse. Against all reason and history, they find themselves drawn together even as the grisly inhuman war rushes toward its nightmarish climax. They have no idea of the power their unlikely union can unleash -- and of the terrifying secrets that will be revealed in the unearthly realm of - UNDERWORLD Keywords: Novels ---. Blood Enemy : Underworld Book 2. Pocket Star, 2004 (August). Abstract: Sequel to Underworld : Book 1. Keywords: Novels Cross, Michael. After Human. Pinnacle, 2004. Keywords: Novels Curran, Bob. Vampires : A Field Guide to the Creatures That Stalk the Night. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books, 2005. From the publisher: "Vampire!" The very word conjures up visions of ruined castles, of enigmatic, pale-skinned noblemen shrouded in dark cloaks, of slumbering beauties being bloodily ravished by supernatural, nocturnal creatures