"Beautiful and independent, writer Yvonne Dupuis is used to taking care of herself. But when she moves into her new apartment and senses a demon watching her every move, stalking her at every turn, she has no choice but to put her life in the hands of a dangerously sexy vampire. From the first whiff of Yvonne's intoxicating scent, Investigator Creed Preston knows his client has something to fear. Under Creed's protection, she will be drawn irresistibly in by his secrets and experience the sheer force of immortal desire. And not a moment too soon. For the evil hunting her isn't acting alone--and he won't stop until he claims her for his very own..."--Publisher.
In a riveting collaboration, two titans of dark fantasy, New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 Dark Fantasy bestselling authors, merge their styles to craft a tale of dark paranormal romance and dystopian grit. Readers find themselves ensnared, unable to resist the magnetic pull of this immersive world written by Tamara Rose Blodgett and Marata Eros. Experience the ultimate blend of dark paranormal romance and dystopian grit with this electrifying box set from two New York Times bestselling authors. Spanning three gripping novels, this collection transports readers to a near-future world where vampires, hunters, and hybrids collide in a race against time. Included in this compilation: PUNISHED: Follow Narah Adrienne, a bounty enforcer navigating a dangerous underworld, as she becomes entangled in a web of conflicting choices and hidden agendas. With her fate hanging in the balance, Narah must rely on allies both human and supernatural to reclaim her old life and confront the forces determined to control her destiny. BOUND: Join Talyn Phisher, a counselor navigating a world where vampires walk among humans, as she discovers her own unexpected connections to the supernatural realm. As Talyn's life is threatened by a relentless stalker, she must unravel the mysteries of her past and trust in unexpected allies to survive. VENDETTA: Enter the thrilling world of Alpha Claim, where vampire bounty hunter Murphy battles brutal criminals alongside his hybrid co-worker. When duty leads Murphy to Grace, a woman hunted for her rare genetics, he must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting allegiances and hidden dangers to protect her from those who seek to exploit her power. Praise for the Series: "Fabulous box set and series..." ~ BevHarro "Unputdownable from Start to Finish!" ~ Tena Barnes "...erotic and suspenseful...!" ~ Annie Cohen "LOVE this whole series" ~ Sugar B Don't miss out on this pulse-pounding collection of dark fantasy and romance. With over 1000 paperback pages and 214,000 words of heart-pounding action, this box set is a must-read for fans of supernatural thrillers. Start reading today! Troupes: Abduction, Adult Romance, Alpha Hero, Angsty, Anti-Hero, Band of Brothers, Bully, Captivity, Dark Romance, Enemies-to-lovers, First Love, Forbidden Love, Forced Proximity, Poly (3+ people), Protector, Romantic Suspense, Scars, Slow Burn, Stalker, Survival, Taboo, Tortured Past, Touch Her And Die, Tragic, Vengeance, Why Choose, dark fantasy, paranormal romance, dystopian, underworld, True Blood, Blade, bounty enforcer, near-future world, elite vampire Turner, dangerous underworld, unexpected alliances, survival, unputdownable journey, riveting collaboration, conflicting choices, complex game, opposing forces, gripping narrative, danger lurks, unexpected alliances, key to survival
A vampire mage and a modern cop team up to battle evil magic… When police sergeant Caro Hamilton witnesses a man being killed by an invisible assailant, she suspects a detective agency with a reputation for solving "weird cases" might be her only hope. Especially now that she senses someone has been watching her ever since she saw the murder. But when Caro walks in the door, her own uncanny skills tell her these aren't ordinary men…especially Damien Keller, who, surprisingly enough, is the first person to believe her. Once a Persian mage, Damien is drawn to Caro in a way that no woman has ever attracted him. The magic glimmering within this mortal witch calls to his own, and the need to possess Caro drives him, until it's all-consuming. The vampire can fight it…or he can save her, teach her and damn himself.
Earn your Black Card with vampire Christian Stewart... Maggie Jarrett is innocent. She runs her mouth every now and then but she's never really been kissed. Scratch that. She's been kissed, but not in that heart-pounding, mind-numbing, pelvis-shocking way her friends keep talking about. And now, with her new job as a feeder for a brooding billionaire vampire, she doubts she'll ever get swept away. Not when she's tainted. But Christian Stewart doesn't see her that way. To him, she's effing perfect. He has to have her. He has to be the one to claim her. This whole love at first sight thing doesn't fly in the vampire world. Now that he's tasted her, he can't get enough. There's something about her blood that makes him addicted to her. It's different. It tastes like sunshine. It tastes like something he's never had before. Something supernatural. But Maggie is as human as she is innocent. Or is there more to her than either of them realize? And is it her blood that gives Christian these feelings or is it more than just physical?
The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the blood thirsty predator. Death and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. J. Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more.
Even before Bram Stoker immortalized Transylvania as the homeland of his fictional Count Dracula, the figure of the vampire was inextricably tied to Eastern Europe in the popular imagination. Drawing on a wealth of previously neglected sources, this book offers a fascinating account of how vampires—whose various incarnations originally emerged from folk traditions from all over the world—became so strongly identified with Eastern Europe. It demonstrates that the modern conception of the vampire was born in the crucible of the Enlightenment, embodying a mysterious, Eastern otherness that stood opposed to Western rationality. From the Prologue: From Original Sin to Eternal Life For a broad contemporary public, the vampire has become a star, a media sensation from Hollywood. Bestselling authors such as Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and Stephenie Meyer continue to fire the imaginations of young and old alike, and bloodsuckers have achieved immortality through films like Dracula, Interview with a Vampireand Twilight. It is no wonder that, in the teenage bedrooms of our globalized world, vampires even steal the show from Harry Potter. They have long since been assigned individual personalities and treated with sympathy. They may possess superhuman powers, but they are also burdened by their immortality and have to learn to come to terms with their craving for blood. Whereas the Southeast European vampire, discovered in the 1730s, underwent an Americanization and domestication in the media landscape of the twentieth century, the creole zombies that first became known through the cheap novels and horror films of the 1920s still continue to serve as brainless horror figures. Do bloodsuckers really exist and should we really be afraid of the dead? These are the questions that I seek to tackle, following the wishes of my daughter, who was ten when I started this project.
Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood examines the manifestations of blood and vampires in various texts and contexts. It seeks to connect, through blood, fictional to real-life vampires to trace similarities, differences and discontinuities. These movements will be seen to parallel changing notions about embodiment and identity in culture.
Our fascination with the vampire myth has scarcely diminished since Bram Stoker's publication of the classic Dracula tale in 1897, but how much of the lore is based in fact and can science explain the origins of horror's most famous fiend? Vampirology charts the murky waters of the vampire myth - from stories found in many cultures across the globe to our sympathetic pop-culture renditions today - to investigate how a scientific interpretation may shed light on the fears and phenomena of the vampire myth.
She's a blood-slave who longs for freedom, but this Viking vampire has other plans... As the favorite blood-slave of Nevada's vampire king, Arietta Heron lives a waking nightmare with no escape. Her master's cruelty is as inevitable as her fate, leaving her with nothing but impossible dreams of freedom. Until the night a strange, ancient vampire kidnaps her and changes everything she knows about what it means to serve one master and one master only... A Viking takes what he wants. And every vampire wants a taste of Bjorn's new prize. Falling for a blood-slave almost ruined him once already, and Bjorn Elding doesn't make the same mistake twice. But after stumbling upon a blood-slave like Arietta turns his immortal world upside down, he just can't help himself. Fully claiming the young woman as his own is a dangerous game. But the damage is already done, and with a continent of vengeful vampires on his heels, Bjorn must now gain her submission to protect that which does not belong to him... ...and hope her unbreakable spirit doesn't get them both killed in the process. Fans of JR Ward, Charlaine Harris, and Anne Rice will love Sofia Storm's scorching-hot dark paranormal vampire romance. Scroll up and one-click to start reading The Vampire's Captive, Book One in the Immortal Viking Series inspired by the hit television shows Vikings and True Blood! *The Vampire's Captive is a 120,000 word slow burn enemies to lovers paranormal romance novel with epic fantasy vibes.*
For the last three hundred years, fictions of the vampire have fed off anxieties about cultural continuity. Though commonly represented as a parasitic aggressor from without, the vampire is in fact a native of Europe, and its "metamorphoses," to quote Baudelaire, a distorted image of social transformation. Because the vampire grows strong whenever and wherever traditions weaken, its representations have multiplied with every political, economic, and technological revolution from the eighteenth century on. Today, in the age of globalization, vampire fictions are more virulent than ever, and the monster enjoys hunting grounds as vast as the international market. Metamorphoses of the Vampire explains why representations of vampirism began in the eighteenth century, flourished in the nineteenth, and came to eclipse nearly all other forms of monstrosity in the early twentieth century. Many of the works by French and German authors discussed here have never been presented to students and scholars in the English-speaking world. While there are many excellent studies that examine Victorian vampires, the undead in cinema, contemporary vampire fictions, and the vampire in folklore, until now no work has attempted to account for the unifying logic that underlies the vampire's many and often apparently contradictory forms. Erik Butler holds a PhD from Yale University and has taught at Emory University and Swarthmore College. His publications include The Bellum Gramaticale and the Rise of European Literature (2010) and a translation with commentary of Regrowth (Vidervuks) by the Soviet Jewish author Der Nister (2011).
