I tapped my pencil on the pad, trying to come up with a
plan to tell my fiancé, Eric Sinclair, that I had decided
to completely give up the blood-drinking thing. I figured
being the vampire queen had a few advantages — as it was,
every vampire I’d ever known had to drink every day, even
Eric. But I could go up to a week without so much as a
drop of O-neg. So, in honor of my birthday, and being in
this job for a year, I figured I’d give it up completely.
I would be in a blood-free zone!
Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor already has plenty on her
plate. For one thing, next week is her birthday — the big 3-
1 in human years, and one in undead years. (Yes, she bit
the dust on her birthday last year.) On top of that, she
still has wedding plans to finalize — and it’s not helping
that the prospective groom is avoiding anything to do with
it. And then there’s her decision to stop drinking blood —
something she has yet to share with Eric Sinclair, her
fiancé — who also happens to be the vampire king…
So the last thing she wants to deal with is uninvited
guests, even if they happen to be the powerful European
vampires who have finally come to pay their respects the
week before her birthday. Some of them don’t want Betsy as
their queen and will do anything to get rid of her. As if
turning 30 last year (not to mention dying) hadn’t
been traumatic enough. And trying to give up blood is
making her really cranky…But who has time to sulk? Well,
Betsy does...