Gia Felice works as a publicist for a science fiction and fantasy publishing house called Speculation. Whereas the fiction books they publish are about vampires and werewolves, the authors themselves are not! Gia has to deal with authors who are indeed the stuff fantasy and paranormal legends are made of. Her best friend, Lola, is a werewolf, and Gia is dating Johnny, a vampire. Even though she wants to be Johnny's girlfriend, Gia may be taking her life into her own hands since Johnny lusts for her blood as much as he lusts for her body. If they go too far, Gia could end up his victim, in either a body bag or become one of the undead.

Not only does Gia have the stress of her job and the constant daily grind of nightly books tours and outlandish parties, one of her top vampire authors, Bella Nightshade, wants Gia to uses her Rolodex and find the man who changed her. She wants revenge against him and feels that Gia is the only one who can help her. The first rule in publicity is that there is no crying allowed, but there is no rule about dealing with vicious vampires who are out for your blood. Gia has so much going for her, but also has to keep on her toes and watch her neck because she may become a very dead publicist, especially if she decides to go that final step with Johnny.

NECKING is an interesting look at the world of publishing, even if most of the authors are the walking dead. Gia is a witty and refreshing narrator who shows the reader what her life is like on the job and how dangerous it really is. You want Gia to find happiness with Johnny even if he is so very wrong for her because he could end up killing her in the heat of passion.

Chris Salvatore has written a chick-lit type of paranormal that has some laughs and a quirky type of romance between the human narrator her semi undead boyfriend who is very much a gentleman but still has times where the blood lust consumes him. Will Gia stay human or give into the urge to become a vampire like her clients? For that answer, definitely give NECKING a try. It is one book that has a bite in more ways than one.