An Undeniable Desire... The year is 1811, and vampire Beatrix Lisse has spent six hundred years trying to atone for her sins.Yet she can't forget the one man she loved many centuries ago—until she meets John Staunton, the Earl of Langley. John is London's most notorious rogue, but he sees an innocence in Beatrix that she no longer believed existed. But Beatrix can't bring herself to reveal her true nature to John, even after they surrender to their fierce passion. It's only after John abandons Beatrix that she learns he has a secret of his own...

Leads to Love that Burns Eternal... An undercover spy for England, John's mission is to find out who is behind the sudden shift in power in the French government. If he allows himself to get too close to Beatrix, John knows he'll put her life in danger. But as John gets closer to completing his mission, the very person he seeks is none other than Beatrix's centuries-old rival. With the world unraveling around them, John and Beatrix unite to fight a nemesis whose fury has no limit—even as their unquenchable passion grows more dangerous by the day..

by Marianne LaCroix

New Orleans, 1994 Genevieve St. Claire is the daughter of a slave and a French plantation owner. Turned vampire back in the 1800's, Genevieve is fairly young within the vast vampire population in New Orleans. After traveling abroad, she has finally returned home to open a retreat for the blood drinkers—the Devil's Talon. On the very night her club opens, when the Bloody Mary's flow and the music pumps, he walks in her door. The Prince of Darkness himself, Lord Lucius Wilhelm. He's tall, handsome and charming, and Genevieve is offered something she can't refuse—one night of lust within his bed.

Lucien Korvina comes face to face with mythical beings from his childhood nightmares. Legendary Sagitarry and their beastmasters the Manicore, descend on cloven hooves upon his tranquil, rustic village and wreck havoc, killing and mutilating everything in their path.

Left for dead from grievous wounds, Luc ien is found by the mysterious Sibylline, a Revenant queen from beyond space and time. In her fangs is the promise of eternal life and when she pierces the dying man’s jugular, he becomes One with the Blood. As one of the Undead, he has become her plaything—her prince of the Revenants.

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Harper Torch
June 28, 2005
ISBN: 006057299X
512 pages

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by Kim Harrison

There's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, who's already put her love life and her soul in dire jeopardy through her determined efforts to bring criminal night creatures to justice. Between "runs," she has her hands full fending off the attentions of her blood-drinking partner, keeping a deadly secret from her backup, and resisting a hot new vamp suitor. Rachel must also take a stand in the war that's raging in the city's underworld, since she helped put away its former vampire kingpin -- and made a deal with a powerful demon to do so that could cost her an eternity of pain, torment, and degradation. And now her dark "master" is coming to collect his due. 

by Savannah Russe

The government knows that Daphne Urban is a vampire, and they have an ultimatum: spy for them, or be killed. The choice is easy. She can speak 13 languages, has a genius IQ, and has escaped detection for nearly five hundred years—making her perfect for Team Darkwing. Her first mission is to get close to Bonaventure, a shady arms dealer with an unexpected gift for seduction. But when Darius, a darkly sexy vampire slayer, begins chasing her, Darius is torn between desire and duty. For his lithe, young prey is also his ultimate temptation.

Part of the Ancient Blood series.

From the moment they met, Matthew Winter and Dulcie Evans have enjoyed a torrid love affair that's hotter than ever after nearly a decade of marriage. The perfect match, this vampire couple is certain nothing can divide them. When circumstances drive Matthew from his respected position in a Boston hospital, he accepts an offer to head a vampire research center. Working openly among his kind has been Matthew's professional desire, but he soon learns that his dream job isn't as good as it seems. In a hidden lab at the center, a vampire child suffers tortures that Matthew cannot ignore. Rescuing the boy means he must risk losing everything, including the woman he loves more than his own life.

Note: Infernal was previously published from RFI West. It has been revised.

by Susan Squires

Now that Elizabeth Rochewell's archaeologist father has died, society mandates she leave the freedom of the Sahara Desert and return to the stifling parlors of Regency England. Ian Rufford is a tortured soul. Captured and sold as a slave to a sadistic vampire, Ian will use any means possible to escape, especially after he realizes that he, too, is a vampire. He decides that an English doctor specializing in disorders of the blood might be able to save him, or put him out of his misery. For Elizabeth, the only good thing about her trip back to England is meeting a handsome, brooding stranger. Ian is aware of Beth, too, but he can't risk dragging her into his own personal hell.

by Rhiannon Neeley

Heather Green teetered on the edge of Hell when Colin Moore appeared out of nowhere and snatched her back, encircling her in his strong arms—saving her from a fate worse than death. After her ordeal, Colin had been there, easing Heather back toward the light. Now she was strong again. And it was time to show him just how she felt—about him. Colin Moore's life had changed. Not only had he become one of the Unkindness of Ravens—a group of vampire hunters—but he had finally experienced something that had taken control of his world ... love. The moment he had laid eyes on Heather Green, it was as if his soul had become complete. It had been excruciating, waiting for Heather to heal from her experience of being taken by vampires but she was worth the wait. Now it was time to unleash his feelings for her. But—there is a darkness on its way to Ravencrest, the home of the Unkindness and it will arrive in a flurry of raven black wings. Ramsey, once a prisoner of the Unkindness, had escaped but he was on his way back. And this time, he's bringing reinforcements with him to exact his revenge. Will Colin be able to conquer the evil that invades Ravencrest or will Heather fall prey to the most powerful vampire of them all—Nicolas Reicher? Will Ravencrest finally crumble? Or will the power of love save them all?

by Lauren Dane

Lee Charvez is a witch in a family where all of the women are born with inherent gifts of power. She is a witch dreamer, she has the ability to walk in dreams and the subconscious and to work magic there. There is only one Charvez witch dreamer a generation and she's the strongest in generations. She meets the man of her dreams, literally, when she bumps into Aidan Bell outside their apartment building in New Orleans. He's a three-hundred-year-old vampire with the face of a wicked angel, and he has no problem with claiming her as his own. As if that isn't miraculous enough there's another man, a powerful wizard, Alex Carter, who makes their partnership into a triad. Problem is, there's no time to sit back and enjoy her newfound loves because there's a demon out to destroy the source of her powers, and her entire family in the bargain.

by Shiloh Walker

Rafe can't believe that Sheila walked away—he'll be damned if he just lets her go. Throwing caution to the wind, he sets out to track her down and bring her home. But when he finds her, she's lying in the arms of another man. Rage and jealously overwhelm Rafe.and a whole mess of trouble ensues.

An enemy of the Hunters has set up a playground in this land that seems to call to Rafe. He and Sheila, and the motley crew they assemble, must defend and cleanse this land of the evil that dwells there. And Rafe must lead them through horror and sacrifice as he comes into his own—a Master, defending his land, who must bring his woman home. But, to his home, his heart.

by Angela Knight

Diana London is city administrator of Verdaville, S.C. She's also a werewolf who helps out the chronically shorthanded Verdaville Police Department by moonlighting as a police K-9.

But even Diana starts wondering if she's bitten off more than she can chew when a serial killer comes to Verdaville. This particular killer isn't your average psycho—she's a vampire sorcerer who kills men to power her black magic.

Then the King of the Fairies shows up, and things get really weird...

by Jennifer Colgan

On a cold December night Abby Shore saved Jake Beaumont's life when she found him in the park, bleeding from wounds sustained in a mugging. Three years later, she's saving his life again, this time from a hired assassin. Herself. Abby is a vampire killer and Jake is her latest assignment. The bonds of love and friendship that have held Jake and Abby together for three years are stretched to the limit when Abby learns the only way to save the man she loves is to give her heart, her soul and her very life blood for him. Together they learn there's no way to avoid getting burned in the Bonfire of the Vampires. Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, language, and violence.

by Michelle Pillow

England, Spring 1896 I was cursed before I even met you-cursed by my own blood, cursed by an ancient spell to become what I am now. Tatiana Sinclair has lived a perfect noblewoman's life, until the night her brother Henry forces her to cover up a horrible crime. Now, haunted by the only witness to her deeds, Count Spoleti, Tatiana is led into a world she never dreamt existed. "Vampiro," Marcello stated, his accent thick and heavy as it lingered on that one word for what seemed like an eternity. "I am a vampire. But, more importantly, I am your master." Count Marcello Spoleti is intrigued by the female who dares to try and control the vampire. But, he also knows there is more to Tatiana than just a pretty face--much, much more. Forcing her father to give her over to him, lest he tell of his children's crimes, Marcello plans on keeping Tatiana in his complete control.

by MaryJanice Davidson

Most women would love to live as royalty, but Betsy has found that being vampire queen has more problems than perks, except for always being awake for Midnight Madness sales. It may be easy to find blood (yuck) in the dark of night, but try finding a strawberry smoothie. And employees at her nightclub Scratch have been giving her nothing but grief since she killed their former boss. Some people...

But Betsy's "life" takes an interesting turn at a baby shower for her wicked stepmother, who lets it slip that Betsy has a long-last half sister. Now twenty years old, this woman just so happens to be the devil's daughter...and destined to rule the world.

by Charlaine Harris

When Sookie's brother Jason's eyes start to change, she knows he's about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population—and Jason's new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who's behind the attacks, unless the killer decides to find her first.

When cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees a naked man on the side of the road, she doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire—but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life.

by Shannon Leigh

Bound by a promise to rid the earth of her enemy's kin, and cursed to harbor the beast that drove the horrid Prince of Wallacia to perform unspeakable acts of cruelty upon her loved ones, Ivona Knight has spent the last five hundred years fulfilling her pledge to obliterate the Dracul line—but she has done so with a price. She dares not develop friendships or fall in love, her engagements are nothing more than a temporary indulgence; for who-so-ever lingers by her side eventually falls to the lure of The Evil residing within her tainted soul.

Come to the Castle of Dark Dreams, the delicious attraction in an adult amusement park where women take role-playing to new erotic heights with the three brothers-Eric, Brynn, and Conall McNair-who work there. Okay, so they're not human, but that's a secret. Tonight, Eric, the castle's resident vampire, will prove that he's everything bad should be when he drives a female talk show host absolutely wild with desire.

by Delilah Devlin

by Shiloh Walker

.Seven years have passed since an unknown enemy made an attempt on their lives.

Book 4 -It has been even longer since Lori gave her heart to the dark, brooding Hunter who serves at his Master's side. She has held an iron grip on the emotions that rage as other women lie beside him.

Though the need for her burns in his very soul, Jonathan, Hunter of the Council, refuses to accept Lori, the enclave's Healer. Feeling he does not deserve her, he fears the darkness in his being will destroy them both. When Jonathan is injured, they are thrown together. She is touching him, tempting him…

Jonathan will have to acknowledge that what he sees is not always what is. If he cannot, he will lose everything.
The battles are beginning, the enemy has returned. To aid their cause, they seek to enslave the dark soul and devastating strength of a powerful werewolf.

Evil is stalking Jonathan…

by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

Against the backdrop of a world on the brink of a hellish war, the first female Reaper is born—a being who Transitions into a wolf-life creature that needs to drink blood in order to thrive. Her powers are forged in the cauldron of a lonely man's need to set right an evil done decades before.

Mia Luchese comes from a long line of vampire hunters but has never believed in the supernatural. When she's attacked by vampires, though, Mia must accept her family's dark legacy. What she doesn't know is that sexy S.W.A.T. team leader Colin Foxe, her rescuer and former lover, is also a vampire.

Colin doesn't want to mate with a mere mortal, but his attraction to Mia is blistering. To get to the bottom of the attack on her, he is forced to reveal his real identity--and Mia hers. But a generations-old battle that should rip them apart cannot break the bond that has their souls hungering for an eternity of ecstasy in each other's arms....

by Cynthia Eden

William Dark is a monster, a vampire that feeds on blood and fear. He is exactly what Savannah Daniels needs. Savannah is hunting an ancient evil, and William is the only one who can help her. But, in return, William wants Savannah...he wants her to become his mate, for eternity...

by Anya Bast

Sequel to Blood Of The Rose

Gabriel Letourneau, a four-hundred-year-old Vampir, has been guarding Fate Harding from the dark forces that swirl around her for a very long time. On the night Gabriel's period of watching comes to an end, when he finally believes she's safe, Fate is violently attacked, Embraced, and left on his doorstep.

Fate didn't know she had a badass vampiric bodyguard until the night she became a Vampir herself. She awakens from her ordeal with a powerful craving for both sex and blood, and Gabriel looks perfectly capable of satisfying all her needs at once. With sexual desire hot enough to spark the whole city on fire, she turns to Gabriel to sate the lusts of the recently Embraced and teach her the ways of her new life.

by Nina Bangs

by Sally Painter

by Jackie Rose

Having lured a president into her bed in the Fictionwise humor-best seller "I'm Undead and I Vote", Tiffany Golden will now be lured in turn to a vampire master's castle. (Except that she insists on saying he invited her there, because “lured” is such a stereotype). There, she will find a vegetarian were-Maltese and her alpha werewolf mate, a vampire bride determined to become a licensed Realtor and, oh yes, the prospect of (literally) everlasting love.

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Harper Torch
February 1, 2005
ISBN: 0060572973
464 pages
Paperback

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It's a tough life for witch Rachel Morgan, sexy, independent bounty hunter, prowling the darkest shadows of downtown Cincinnati for criminal creatures of the night.

She can handle the leather-clad vamps and even tangle with a cunning demon or two. But a serial killer who feeds on the experts in the most dangerous kind of black magic is definitely pressing the limits.

Confronting an ancient, implacable evil is more than just child's play -- and this time, Rachel will be lucky to escape with her very soul.

by Rhiannon Neeley

Private Investigator Ivy Green is on a mission: to find her runaway sister Heather who has decided to sample life as a Sanguinarian. Problem is, Heather hopped on a boat called Bloody Hell and is sailing around Lake Michigan. Ivy is used to finding people. That’s what she does. But finding a boat is quite another thing. Just as she scents Heather’s trail, one more problem arises. And boy is he something else. Holt Raven, a dark dream that oozes testosterone, intercepts her at every turn. How is she going to get past him, the most sensual creature that she’s ever met, and find Heather?

On the trail of a serial killer, vampire Quentin Albermarle is mistaken for the killer by a police special task force. Once the smoke clears, Quentin finds himself in a delicious position—atop one of the unit's crack officers, Darcy Henry.

In need of Quentin's access to the vampire sub-culture, the task force leadership invites Quentin to join the crime unit as a special advisor, much to the chagrin of the men in the unit, and especially, of Darcy.

A no-nonsense cop with no time for romance, Darcy suddenly finds herself embroiled in a steamy love triangle between her mortal partner, Joe, and the handsome vampire. Going from abstinence to wantonness, she is unable to resist the two men's relentless seduction or her own sensual curiosity about a vampire's special "kiss".

When the real killer threatens the life of someone close to her, Darcy makes a choice that forever binds the three of them together.

by Charlaine Harris, Mary Janice Davidson, Vickie Taylor, Angela Knight,
Laurell K. Hamilton

A never-before-published Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story from New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. A brand-new story from New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris, featuring the much-loved Sookie Stackhouse.

A hot new novella from USA Today bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson, set in the world of Undead and Unwed's Betsy Taylor, the newly, and reluctantly,crowned Vampire Queen.

Introduced in the collection Hot Blooded, and on the heels of the wildly successful Master of the Night, Angela Knight has created a fascinating universe of Arthurian Lore and erotic vampirsim. And a sexy original story from Vickie Taylor, a new addition to Berkley Sensation.

For American Stephanie Cahill, Bella Vista is a new beginning—a chance to put her painful past behind her. Yet, from the moment the first body is discovered at the site of an archeological dig, Stephanie feels as if she's being watched, followed, studied...hunted.

Archeologist Grant Peterson senses something odd about this dig, something that has him locking his door at night. And now, the echoes of a burial site's ancient legend can be found in the chilling signature of a killer on the loose, as one by one, young women start disappearing, only to be found horribly mutilated.

The powerful attraction between Stephanie and Grant is a complication neither can afford as they are pulled into a desperate race against time to keep Stephanie from joining the ranks of the missing. For nothing in Bella Vista is what it seems. No one can be trusted. And those closest to Stephanie may prove the most dangerous of all.

by Tamara Gray

As the human world struggles with accepting the fact there are creatures that go bump in the night, in sultry New Orleans, one woman is swept into a world only nightmares are made of.

But Samantha Houston is different than most humans. She bumps back....

When a sexy vampire and his family hire her to protect them and track down a killer, Samantha finds herself a target of both vampires and werewolves.

by Kathryn R. Blake

Desperate to keep her dying brother alive, Claire Daniels sets out to charm a powerful vampire into helping her save him. But winning Germaine St. Justine’s support will take more than Claire’s blood. It will cost her heart and soul.

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New Concepts Publishing
October 20, 2004
ISBN: 1586086766
320 pages
Trade Size

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He was a creature of the night, destined to live only in darkness and never know the love of a mortal woman. She was goodness and light, everything he'd ever wanted. But she could never be his.... Chance brought Galan and Stephanie together. Evil would keep them apart. And only by defeating the demon, Moloch, can they find happiness together....

by Angela Knight

For years, Valerie Chase has been haunted by dreams of a man she knows only as Cowboy. When she was a child, her fantasy Texas Ranger rescued her from the nightmare vampires who murdered her parents. As an adult, she still dreams of him—but now he's her seductive lover in nights of erotic pleasure.

Yet Cowboy is far more than a dream. He's very real. And he's a vampire.

Winner of the 2004 PEARL Award
for Best Erotic Novel

All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party ... and to feed.

Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining -- and it's Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized.

A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead ... or undead.

Winner of the 2004 PEARL Award
for Best Science Fiction Novel
Kim Harrison - Best New Author