A combination of Oliver Twist and Great Expectations, this
work answers the "what if?"---What if someone used to
nothing is able to aspire to greatness or experience an
entirely unexpectedly lush lifestyle? Would it change him
or her? Jenny Rogers expects to be treated to the high life
after Read more...
Matt and Cat have had only a purely physical relationship,
and they both seemed satisfied with that arrangement until
strange things start to happen around Matt's ranch. Wolves
start acting aggressively, and Matt is trying to deal with
the overwhelmingly animalistic nature that keeps being
expressed whenever Cat is Read more...
As a long-time reader of the Otherworld Novels, I would
like the D'Artigo sisters, particularly Camille, to go on
vacation from their constant war. Perhaps the next book
will feature a little of the promised downtime that this
book does not provide! In the opening scene, the heroes Read more...
Although novices to the vampire and vampiric parody fields
will find the work a laugh-a-minute, people who have some
familiarity with Dracula and works of Shakespeare will find
this even more wonderful. Written in Dracula's journal
style, but updated, the work name-drops like no one's Read more...
Nell Harris says she is no longer a Charmer ever since a
horrible Charm-related accident had major ramifications.
However, she is hired as a Charmer despite her protests.
Then, in a strange case of mistaken identity, she ends up
chattering away, not to the expected family member of the Read more...
Marjorie M. Liu's works are usually spectacular, and A TASTE
OF CRIMSON is no exception. L.A. is divided into vampires
and werewolves...oh yeah, and humans who don't trust
either. Ironically, while the day-loving werewolves are
forced into ghettos below the streets, the vampires reign
in Read more...
Bloodfairies have a bad rap as opportunists who sell their
essence to the highest bidding vampire, so Ember is
reluctant to do so, even when her bad-boy boyfriend,
Jasper, suggests it as a distraction to a bit of thievery.
Ember lives life on the edge, but everyone else who Read more...
Jessie Pringle's friends think she's nuts and hiding from
memories of a damaging attack by going to Pine Creek,
Maine. However, the tight-knit community, while overbearing
to some, feels absolutely perfect for Jessie. She never
bargained for Ian MacKeage, a man whose attitudes, and many
of his Read more...
Even though she's the daughter of the Devil, Faith tries to
be as good as she can, mostly to annoy her old man.
However, someone's got their eyes on her, and it isn't just
the cutie-patootie in her building. Matt may be keeping an
eye on Read more...
Although Lily, vampire Lucius's "shadow," may have thought
her most recent target to assassinate would be an easy
mark, she knew she'd underestimated when his sunmage
abilities stripped her of her wraith powers. Unwilling to
trust him, but daring to hope for rescue from Lucius's
nefarious grasp Read more...
Cat and Bones are ready for some much-needed rest and
relaxation after barely diffusing a massive paranormal
battle; however, that's just not going to happen. Not only
has her former team been taken over by someone with a real
prejudice against vampires and a personal beef against Cat Read more...
In this reality, some people can ascend by becoming
vampires; they are duty bound to the safety of their people.
Antony Medichi battles death vampires, those who drink blood
until their victims die. However, he is distracted, as his
breh, his mate, Parisa Lovejoy, a winged mortal who has not Read more...
Society's collapse affected the weather, the government,
and the country's citizens. Now, distractoids -those weaned
on instant gratification who need constant musical, sexual,
visual, or chemical stimulation to distract them from the
bleakness of their lives and keep them from questioning
their government- live in hubs, water is Read more...
For the past seven years, Lady Sabrina Douglas has taken
refuge with the Sisters of High Danu, a group of priestesses
who simultaneously revel in and hide their Otherness, their
Fey heritage. However, the deceits of the past begin to
circle and descend on Sabrina. First, she saves a man Read more...
Naomi West has to go undercover. That's ok; she's used to it
and good at it in her role as an agent of the Holy Order.
She often has to ferret out witches or assorted bad-guys
going against the Church. However, this time, Naomi has to
go Read more...
Sweet Confessions attempts to encourage readers to use the
work as an erotic guide to ecstasy in the bedroom---and out
of it! Sometimes vulgar, other times sensual, and always
exciting, the stories act as a how-to for couples.
Portia Da
Costa's "Silver Screen" and Alison Tyler's Read more...
Stryker Wills is dedicated to hunting down Phoebe Milan, a
vile assassin who uses pyrokinetic abilities to kill, just
like she killed his partner and friend. However, Phoebe
shares her body with her sister, Melanie, and ice-wielding
Melanie wants nothing more than for Phoebe to be stopped.
Stryker's Read more...
Because of trauma in his past, Lannes Hannelore does not
like to leave his home. However, for his friend and writer,
Frederick, he agrees to do so. However, as he stretches his
wings one night -literally- Lannes comes across a terrified
and injured woman who alternately threatens, concerns, and
draws Read more...
Jesse had hoped that when she transitioned from a succubus
to a mortal, her life would start looking up. Instead, her
boyfriend just seems to think she's a slut who won't stay
faithful to him (some habits are hard to break) and wants
her to stop working as Read more...
Meena Harper lost her live-in sweetie, was dating the lord
of demons, and can tell when people can die. Now, her former
boyfriend needs some serious hand-holding, her one true love
seems to be trying to make himself more evil, and her gift
is the same pain-in Read more...
Vicky Gilpin
Dr. Vicky Gilpin teaches Composition,
Literature, and other courses at Cerro
Gordo High School, Millikin University,
and Richland Community College. She
recently took the course Vampires in
Literature and Film through Harvard
University Extension School and teaches
an English 101 course with the theme of
vampires. When she's not teaching,
reading, writing, and taking courses,
she spends time with her husband and
their six animals.
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