Countess Lilliana Arrabella Guinevere du Marchette is not your typical woman. Sure, she's a primo matchmaker and owner of the Dead End Dating Service and of course a slave to fashion, but isn't every five-hundred-year-old born vampire? What else is there for a knock-out, sophisticated woman to do? Someone has to show those insidious humans how to hook up with the right person while having the most incredible sex of their lives. Hanging around for half a century does have its perks. Too bad Lil's love du jour, Ty Bonner, has vanished with no clues as to his whereabouts yet somehow he is telepathically sending Lil messages for help. Go figure!
Enter hot, homicide detective Ash Prince to the scene and things start to get a little steamy as the pair team up while resisting the urge to do their own version of the tango in between the sheets. Add Lil's crazy mother who wishes her future daughter-in-law will magically disappear despite her brother's undying love for his future bride, and you have conjured up just an ordinary day in life of Lil Marchette. And just when she thinks things can't possibly get any worse, she finds herself as a contestant on Manhattan's Most Wanted dating show with a bunch of desperate woman who hope to hook up with the local, hot weatherman. Please! Where's a sexy, unattached vampire when you need one?
Luckily, Lil seems to always find the silver lining in any black cloud. Perhaps the unlucky contestants who are ousted from the show can boost her business while Lil tries her hand at playing detective in a desperate search to find her man. Throw some hot werewolves and made vampires into the mix and you've got the makings of a ghoulish story just bursting with excitement.
YOUR COFFIN OR MINE is the third novel in Kimberly Raye's popular vampire series. From her zany characters to her smart and sassy dialogue, Raye delivers a tasty tidbit sure to please even the most finicky vampire.
Murder.
Sex.
Horny werewolves.
Lil Marchette, owner of Manhattanβs premier matchmaking
service, has seen it all. Sheβs faced down a vengeful
vampire hellbent on framing her for murder. Sheβs had hot,
incredible sex with hunky bounty hunter/made vampire Ty
Bonner. And she successfully matched up the single members
of the Connecticut chapter of the Naked and Unashamed
Nudist Sisterhood (aka the horny werewolves) before the
full moon.
Whew . . . This incredibly well-dressed vamp needs a little
down time, or at least a major shopping spree.
Yeah, right.
Being wanted for murder can impact a girlβs livelihood.
Despite the nice chunk of cash from the N.U.N.S., Lil is
barely making ends meet. It seems that while she was busy
proving her innocence and matching up werewolves, the rest
of her client list dwindled. On top of that, Dead End
Dating is under the microscope of local officials,
particularly a city councilwoman (human, of course) who is
convinced that DED isnβt what it appears to be.
Which means Lil needs human clients. Lots of human clients.
And fast.
No problemo. She has the brains to go with her ultrafab
wardrobe, and so she recognizes opportunity when she sees
it. Namely Manhattanβs Most Wanted. Fashioned after The
Batchelor, Manhattanβs Most Wanted is a local reality show
that follows fifty women as they via for an all expense
paid date with one of the cityβs most eligible bachelors.
Fifty single women.
Hmmm . . .
While Lil has no desire to win The Date (human male+ultra
hot born female vamp=getting ass kicked by meddling born
vamp mother), she sees the show as a prime opportunity to
beef up her human client list. And so she signs herself up.
In the meantime, she vows not to think about Ty Bonner. Or
the fact that he left after their one wild night together
and hasnβt been heard from since.
Okay, so Lil hears him. They are kinda, sorta mentally
linked since a little blood-sharing episode in book one,
and so she can hear him calling for help.
Uh, oh.
Lil launches a full-blown search for Ty whoβs been abducted
by a vengeful killer. At the same time, she does her best
NOT to win herself a date with Manhattanβs Most Wanted.
Unfortunately, her V magnetism is hard at work. Despite her
best efforts, she finds herself headed for the grand finale
and an appearance on the Today show.
Major uh, oh .
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