Vampire Genre

Review by Vicky London Book Description from HarperCollins: Aspiring writer Jane Austen knows that respectable young ladies like herself are supposed to shun the Damned—the beautiful, fashionable, exquisitely seductive vampires who are all the rage in Georgian England in 1797. So when an innocent (she believes) flirtation results in her being turned—by an absolute cad [...]

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Review by Vicky London Here’s the book synopsis from Lynsay Sands: As a chef and restauranteur, Alex Willan had enjoyed so much success she allowed herself to be talked into opening a second restaurant. It’s a decision she’s come to regret. Calamity after calamity have slowed the opening and driven her to the edge of [...]

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Review by Vicky London Haunted Honeymoon is the fourth and final book in Marta Acosta’s funny and fantastic series about Milagro de los Santos. Here’s the cover summary: Milagro de Los Santos, the only human to survive vampire infection, still has normal girl problems. She can’t pay her condo fees, can’t sell her novels, and [...]

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Review by Vicky London The Vampire Film from Nosferatu to Twilight is an amazingly extensive book on the vampire genre in film. Not simply an encyclopedia of films, the book is organized thematically and includes vampire films from all eras. There are chapters on vampire lore, male and female vampires, Dracula and more. One of [...]

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Review by Vicky London Here’s the book summary from the publisher: Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero, well-fleshed (both literally and literarily) characters and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex—and it gets deeper and [...]

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Review by Vicky London Taken by Midnight is book eight in the Midnight Breed series. Here’s the excerpt from the back cover: At the crossroads of death and desire, a woman tastes a pleasure no mortal is meant to survive . . . In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an [...]

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Are you a Southern California fan of the Morganville Vampire series by Rachel Caine? Rachel is on a 10 city book tour to promote the latest Morganville book, Ghost Town (release date: 10/26/10) and will be in LA on October 27th. Reading & Signing GHOST TOWN on October 27, 2010 @ 7:30 PM MYSTERY BOOKSTORE [...]

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