Download or read book A Very Vampy Christmas written by Kerrelyn Sparks and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie O'Brien is thrilled when she lands a starring role on the Digital Vampire Network's hottest soap opera, As the Vampire Turns. Doesn't hurt that her leading man is Don Orlando de Corazon, the greatest lover in the vampire world! But who is Don Orlando really? Nobody knows, not even Don Orlando. As the couple sets out in search of his mysterious past, "home for the holidays" takes on a new meaning when the recently-turned vamp discovers his own Christmas miracle.

Download or read book Fang tastic Fiction written by Patricia O'Brien Mathews and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathews uses a limited definition of paranormal, and examines works set, for the most part, in a relatively realistic modern world inhabited by both humans and paranormal beings.

Download or read book The Vampire Archives written by Otto Penzler and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now Otto Penzler—editor of the bestselling Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps—has compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever. With over eighty stories, including the works of Stephen King and D. H. Lawrence, alongside Lord Byron and Tanith Lee, not to mention Edgar Allan Poe and Harlan Ellison, The Vampire Archives will drive a stake through the heart of any other collection out there. Other contributors include: Arthur Conan Doyle • Ray Bradbury • Ambrose Bierce • H. P. Lovecraft • Harlan Ellison • Roger Zelazny • Robert Bloch • Clive Barker

Download or read book A Vampire Christmas Carol written by Sarah Gray and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebenezer Scrooge has never been known for the greatness of his heart. A miser, a leech, a penny-pinching old coot. . . Say what you will about him, though—he's never actually sucked someone's blood. That dubious honor belongs to the vampires who surround him, preying on the weak and laying traps for the strong. They've dogged his footsteps since he was born, driving him from the love of his friends, family, and faithful fiancée. Now, on Christmas Eve, Scrooge's old friend Jacob Marley rises from the grave to warn him about the evil gathering around him. With three mysterious spirits to guide him, he rediscovers his lost love Belle, toiling fearlessly as a seamstress by day and vampire hunter by night. He sees the secrets of his nephew Fred and his clerk Bob Cratchit, who risk their lives as Belle's loyal soldiers. And he learns of the plot mounting to attack all of them, starting with the innocent sacrifice of Bob's son Tiny Tim. . . Scrooge has only one night to save himself and all that he once treasured—but if he can vanquish the vampires, he might finally earn back the love he cast away. . .

Download or read book Contagion and the Vampire written by Simon Bacon and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the vampire has always been connected to ideas of infection, pollution and disease—even more so in the 21st century where it expresses the horrors of unseen and unstoppable disease and the foreboding and anxiety that accompany viral outbreaks and wider epidemics. Here the vampire gives physical form to the contagion and associated anxieties around the perceived causes and spread of disease, where it can take on many forms from animal to pestilential particulate matter, creeping shadows and even malignant weather systems. If blood is life, it is the body of the vampire that is death. This timely study looks at how and why the vampire continues to fulfil this function and posits that the true patient zero in the 21st century is no longer the dangerous, ancient, outsider from the East but is the undying monster that is Western culture itself.

Download or read book The Vampire s Christmas written by Willis Hall and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Count Alucard is not a regular kind of a vampire - he's friendly, squeamish and veggie! Meet the lovable but manic veggie vamp and his buddy Henry Hollins in the hilariously funny VAMPIRE books. THE VAMPIRE'S CHRISTMAS Count Alucard's plans of having a fabulous Christmas in a luxury hotel are dashed when his identity is revealed to startled guests. As the Count Flees north under the cover of an act with Slingby's Celebrated Circus, a vampire hunt swings into action. Henry Hollins sets off on a rescue mission to help the friendly vampire; but with Henry heading SOUTH it looks like the Count is going to have to handle this sticky situation all by himself. . . . .

Download or read book Sugarplums and Scandal written by Dana Cameron and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUGARPLUMS AND SCANDAL brings together the best of romance and mystery in one delightful collection of Christmas tales. In the expert hands of six of Avon's best storytellers, the holiday season takes on an air of love and scandalous surprises! Filled with Christmas miracles, romance, and suspense, this will make the perfect gift for both romance and mystery fans. Each author brings their own unique voice and characters to the collection, as well as their fan followings. All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth – Lori Avocato The Lords of Misrule – Dana Cameron The Ghost of Christmas Passed – Mary Daheim Partners in Crime – Cait London Holly Go Lightly – Suzanne Macpherson A Very Vampy Christmas – Kerrelyn Sparks

Download or read book Holiday with a Vampire written by Maureen Child and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2009 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a walk on the dark side with two tall, dark and handsome heroes with a supernatural power to thrill. Christmas Cravings Maureen Child When tortured vampire Graystone returns to his former family home for Christmas he finds himself in need of a miracle. Could the arrival of mortal Theresa be just what he's looking for? Fate Calls Caridad Piñeiro Drop-dead gorgeous vampire Hadrian's tempting kisses make Connie long to deliver the gift of life to a man who thinks he has no soul. Yet Hadrian has an even stronger and more powerful present for her

Download or read book Willow the Vampire the Sacred Grove written by Maria Thermann and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Willow Band lives with her parents in a remote cottage at the edge of the picturesque village Stinkforth-upon-Avon. The villagers have no idea there's a family of vampires in their midst. Insurance salesmen, bankers and visiting vicars beware...or you'll end up on the Band's dinner table! Willow loves poetry, ballet and animals...but she doesn't like eating leathery postman, wrinkly non-organic dancers or her friendly neighbour Mr. Edwards, who has long been on her mother's list of Sunday lunch ingredients. Having fled London for the safety of the Stinkforthshire countryside, Willow and her parents try to blend into the rural community of humans without arousing their suspicions...although mysterious disappearances of staff from the local research facility are causing a bit of a stink... Willow is an unusual vampire: she was born eleven years ago in a disgustingly human way that baffled even the wise old heads of the Vampire Council - how was this possible, when age-old vampire tradition demands blood sacrifice at full moon for baby-vampires to enter the world? She finds herself at odds with both her human and her vampire world. Why exactly did her Great Uncle call her a Child of Light? What will her very human friend Darren say, when he finds out she's a blood-sucking fiend? Just when Willow starts to settle into her new life at Stinkforth's School for the Gifted, she discovers her mother has a dangerous secret that puts the whole family at risk, plunging Willow and her friends into a dark mystery that may well spell the end of the world as we know it. As she battles with villainous relatives, greedy headmasters, vicious bat-monsters, disgruntled ex-prison warders, miffed pagan gods, not to mention her arch rival Felicity Henderson, who'd stop at nothing to beat Willow in this year's poetry competition, Willow discovers there's more to her than just fangs and an eye for a good sonnet. Author Maria Thermann hopes you will enjoy her stories set in the fictional county of Stinkforthshire, England - an entirely slayer-free zone. The adventures of Willow the Vampire and the Sacred Grove are aimed at children aged 10 - 12...and anyone who enjoys black humour and likes vampires that are feisty!

Download or read book The Nightingale Before Christmas written by Donna Andrews and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house—each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated to the hilt by a different decorator for the public to tour. Of course, Mother insists that Meg pitch in with the organization, and she finds herself surrounded by flamboyant personalities with massive egos clashing and feeling their professional reputations are at stake. Then the rooms start to be sabotaged, and an unfortunate designer turns up dead—making Mother a prime suspect. Can Meg catch the real killer in time to save Mother the indignity of arrest? The brilliantly funny and talented Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. Cozies make excellent stocking-stuffers, and The Nightingale Before Christmas is guaranteed to put the "ho ho hos" into the holidays for the legions of fans hungry for another Christmas book featuring Meg Langslow. Donna has won many awards for this very popular series, and continues to come up with new hilarious adventures for her endearing heroine. The novel is full of superb screwball comedy as well as Donna's trademark crisp plotting, not to mention bushels of holiday cheer--it wouldn't be the most wonderful time of the year without it.

Download or read book Moongate Island Christmas Claim written by C.D. Gorri and published by C.D. Gorri. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Moongate Island, a magical place where Fated Mates are discovered, and lonely hearts find true love... She’s an overworked executive. He’s a shark with bite. Together, they jingle all the bells… A Vampire, needing a vacation, goes to an island predominantly inhabited by shifters. What could go wrong? How about an accidental claiming ceremony on Christmas Eve that proves binding by supernatural law? It’s not a matter of who bit who, despite the feuding couples’ claims when they take it to the Island Judge. The real question is whether Adam, a solitary Shark Shifter, and Eve, a Vampire trying to find peace, will end up claimed for life? Find out in this Moongate Island Christmas tale. Keywords: alpha hero, loner, tortured hero, curvy heroine, plus size heroine, fated mates instalove, fated mates paranormal romance, fated mates quick reads, fated mates rejection. fated mates, shifter romance, sharks, vampires, vampire

Download or read book A Meg Langslow Christmas written by Donna Andrews and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NYT bestselling author Donna Andrews combines murder and hilarity with a cast of eccentric oddballs in her Meg Langslow series. Here in a fabulous eBook bundle are all of her Christmas-themed mysteries in the series, perfect to cozy up with this holiday season. This collection starts with Six Geese A-Slaying, centered around the Caerphilly holiday parade. When the local curmudgeon playing Santa is murdered, it’s up to Meg and Chief Burke to tackle a two-fold mission: solving the murder and saving Christmas. Next in Duck the Halls, an unknown prankster is setting skunks and ducks loose in the New Life Baptist Church, seemingly to derail the Christmas concert. Before they can find the culprit, an elderly vestryman is found dead. Who would have murdered such a harmless old man? And will Meg ever be able to finish all of her shopping, wrapping, cooking, and decorating in time for Christmas Eve? And finally in The Nightingale Before Christmas, Mother volunteers to take part in a Christmas-themed decorator show house—each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated by a different decorator for the public to tour. Mother insists that Meg pitch in, and she finds herself surrounded by flamboyant personalities who feel their professional reputations are at stake. When the rooms start to be sabotaged and a designer turns up dead, can Meg catch the real killer to clear Mother’s name?

Download or read book Picture Perfect Christmas written by Charlotte Greene and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nicole Steele left the small mountain town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, she thought she’d never look back. Almost twenty years later, all she wants is to move home. She’s delighted to be hired to take photographs for Glenwood’s new tourism campaign. Instead of her usual week-long visit, she gets to spend the entire holiday season in town. But there’s a hitch: Quinn Zelinski. Quinn’s working on the tourism project, too, and she and Nicole have a history: high school rivalry, teenage longing, and one memorable kiss. Then Nicole left for college, Quinn stayed, and except for a few fleeting glimpses, they haven’t seen or spoken to each other since. Nicole and Quinn can’t avoid each other forever, and the magic of the Christmas season might rekindle the romance between them if they don’t let old hurts and rivalry ruin a picture-perfect reunion.

Download or read book Cowboys for Christmas written by Liz Talley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3 cowboys…2 weeks…1 wedding! Three all-new stories by Kim Law, Terri Osburn, and Liz Talley Claire, Georgia, and Mary Catherine couldn’t be more different, but they promised they would be there for one another no matter what. And when they all gather in Holly Hills, Texas, for Mary Catherine’s Christmas wedding, they’ll find they have one thing in common: hearts that are about to be branded—by unforgettable cowboys. In “Love Me, Cowboy” by Terri Osburn, wallflower Claire would be more excited about the wedding if it didn’t mean running into Mary Catherine’s brother—the bull rider she once had a scorching one-night stand with… Ivy League volleyball coach Georgia never wanted to see Holly Hills—or another cowboy—again. But a sexy veterinarian is making her rethink her vow to never marry a Texas man in “Kiss Me, Cowboy” by Liz Talley. Claire and Georgia both think that Mary Catherine is getting hitched to the wrong man, despite how perfect he is. And in “Marry Me, Cowboy” by Kim Law, a local rancher with a wild reputation gives Mary Catherine a glimpse of what might have been—and what could still be... “Magic and miracles are in the air in Cowboys for Christmas. It’s one of those wonderful holiday books that you wish would never end and you darn sure can’t put down once you start reading. It makes you believe…truly believe in the power of love!” —New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown “A trio of tasty cowboy tales.”—New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde Praise for Kim Law, Terri Osburn, and Liz Talley “[Terri Osburn] continues to enchant.”—Fresh Fiction on Up to the Challenge “Talley’s characters are well drawn and complex.”—RT Book Reviews on His Brown-Eyed Girl “[Kim Law] made me fall in love with her fictional characters the minute they were introduced.”—Book Lovin’ Mamas on Sugar Springs Terri Osburn is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Anchor Island series. She makes her home along the coast of Virginia with an eye-rolling teenager, three fat tabbies, and a hyper yorkiepoo. Liz Talley is a former English teacher who lives in North Louisiana with her high school sweetheart, two rough and tumble boys, and a gaggle of pets. RITA-nominated and Golden Heart winner Kim Law is a former computer programmer, now spending her days writing happily ever afters. A native of Kentucky, she lives with her husband and a passel of animals in Middle Tennessee.

Download or read book The Trouble with Christmas written by Amy Andrews and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[W]ill generate holiday spirit in even the most Scrooge-like reader.” Kirkus Review, Starred Review All Suzanne St. Michelle wants is an over-the-top, eggnog-induced holiday with her best friend in Credence, Colorado. But when her hoity-toity parents insist she come home for Christmas in New York, she blurts out that her sexy landlord is actually her boyfriend and she can’t leave him—Joshy loves Christmas. The more twinkle lights the better. Rancher Joshua Grady does not love Christmas. Or company, or chatty women. Unfortunately for him, the chattiest woman ever has rented the cottage on his ranch, invited her rich, art-scene parents, and now insists he play “fake rancher boyfriend” in a production of the Hokiest Christmas Ever. And somehow...she gets him to agree. Apparently, he’ll do anything to get his quiet life back. At least there’s mistletoe every two feet—and kissing Suzy is surprisingly easy. But in the midst of acres of tinsel, far too many tacky Christmas sweaters, and a tree that can be seen from space, he’s starting to want what he lost when he was a kid—a family. Too bad it’s with a woman heading back to New York before the ball drops... Each book in the Credence, Colorado series is STANDALONE: * Nothing But Trouble * The Trouble with Christmas * Asking for Trouble

Download or read book A Mother for Christmas written by Jackie Weger and published by Written Musings. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decker Davenport is on a deadline. He has thirty days — Christmas Eve, to be exact — to remodel a St. Augustine Victorian house or the owner will put it back on the market. Not a good time for Decker’s decorator to take off on a honeymoon, leaving him with Annalise Owens, a stand-in with a malaise he isn’t privy to. But as he watches Annalise work miracles on the house and his daughter, he realizes the two of them have bonded in some ethereal way, as if they’ve always known each other. As Christmas Eve approaches, Decker still sees the curious malaise in Annalise’s eyes. A haunting that even his kiss can’t take away. What secret does the new woman in his house possess? And will learning Annalise’s secret bring him and his daughter joy, or tear their world apart? What readers are saying about Jackie’s books: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Ms. Weger’s writing style is honest and down-to-earth. Her characters are well developed, realistic, and draw you in quickly.” — Big Al’s Books and Pals Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Jackie Weger writes fluently, understandably, makes it flow with pitch and power.” — Read Along with Sue ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Jackie Weger is a gem. I found her writing very unique and comfortable and so annoyingly beautiful.” — Coffeeholic Bookworm

Download or read book Demon Driven written by John Conroe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven months have passed since Chris Gordon met Tanya Demidova. In that time he has adapted to the vast changes in his life. Being faster and stronger, working for a paranormal police unit and dating a vampire. But new threats appear; from the South, from the North, within the NYPD and from the U.S. government.But his greatest danger is already inside him.