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Dead End Dating

Dead End Dating, September 2006
A Novel of Vampire Love #1
by Kimberly Raye

Ivy
Featuring: Ty Bonner; Lilliana Arabella Guinevere du Marchette
352 pages
ISBN: 0345492161
EAN: 9780345492166
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"Humorous and entertaining take on vampire life."

Fresh Fiction Review

Dead End Dating
Kimberly Raye

Reviewed by Paula Myers
Posted August 7, 2006

Romance Paranormal | Fantasy

Lil Marchette is truly a vampire of the times. There's no drab black for this New Yorker; she's into shades of pink, high fashion, romance and cosmos. Lil has a talent for matchmaking, and she's decided to turn her gift into a business. Dead End Dating (DED) matchmaking service is sure to be a hit, if she can just find a few clients.

Enter super-geek vampire Francis Deville of the Devilles, one of the oldest vampire families around. Lil knows if she can match Francis (after some serious revamping, of course. The scariest thing he can change into is an Old Italian grandma!), then DED will be a huge hit in the vampire community.

Just as things are getting started, bounty hunter vampire Ty Bonner shows up, looking for a serial killer using dating services to meet his victims. While Lil is sure she'd never have a serial killer as a client (she's pretty good at reading minds), she's more than willing to assist hunky Ty, even though he's totally wrong for her. He's a "made" vampire, rather than a "born" vampire, which means he's sterile, so there'll be no baby vamps for him. Spending time with Ty as they search for the serial killer (in between checking out prospective matches for Francis...including werewolves) has Lil rethinking her opinion of him.

DEAD END DATING is the first in a new series by Raye (upcoming titles are DEAD & DATELESS, and ONE BITE STAND). Her talent for humor is evident throughout, and she's created several entertaining characters. The plot moves quickly throughout, but even so, I felt everyone was a bit too human to be vampire.

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SUMMARY

A matchmaking vampire, Countess Lilliana Arabella Guinevere du Marchette (aka Lil). Soon after opening her new dating service for vampires (because even the undead need love!), Lil gets involved with sexy Ty Bonner, a vampire and bounty hunter whose investigation of a series of murders leads him to Dead End Dating. Can Lil help Ty find the murderer before he kills again and ruins her new business entirely?


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