Vampires at Large

Are you a Twilight fan? Is that your first foray into the world of vampires? During our party weekend a number of friends were talking about vampire stories and I gave a few authors that I enjoy. Then I started thinking that there are probably more that didn't come to mind, or that I didn't even know about. So I started doing some research. Here, for your reading enjoyment are some books/authors that sound intriguing.

Adrian, Lara - Midnight Breed series (romance)
Kiss of Midnight
Kiss of Crimson
Midnight Awakening
Midnight Rising
Veil of Midnight
Ashes of Midnight
Shades of Midnight (December 2009)

Davidson, MaryJanice - Undead (Betsy Taylor) series (humorous, lightweight vampire chick lit)
Undead and Unwed
Undead and Unemployed
Undead and Unappreciated
Undead and Unreturnable
Undead and Unpopular
Undead and Uneasy
Undead and Unworthy
Undead and Unwelcome

Feehan, Christine
The Carpathians and their Dark Series (shapeshifters, wild and exotic animals, romance)
Dark Prince (first in series)
Dark Desire
Dark Gold ...
Dark Slayer (most recent, book 20 in series)

Frost, Jeaniene
“If Buffy and Angel had a daughter, she’d be just like Cat Crawfield, a vampire hunter with some vampire blood and an attitude.”
Halfway to the Grave (first in series)
One Foot in the Grave
At Grave’s End
Destined for an Early Grave

Galenorn, Yasmine (check out her mystery series, too ... great writer!)
Sisters of the Moon series (vampires, shapeshifting, witches) urban fantasy genre
Witchling
Changeling
Darkling
Dragon Wytch
Night Huntress
Demon Mistress


Hallaway, Tate - comic vampire romance
Tall, Dark and Dead
Dead Sexy
Romancing the Dead
Dead if I Do

Hamilton, Laurell K - Anita Blake animator (raises zombies) and vampire hunter series
Guilty Pleasures (first in the series)
The Laughing Corpse
The Circus of the Damned
The Lunatic Cafe ...
Skin Trade (Book 17 in the series)

Harris, Charlaine (anything by her is a real treat to read!!)
The Sookie Stackhouse series (HBO’s True Blood based on this book series)
Dead Until Dark (first in series)
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World ...
Dead and Gone (most recent, book 9 in series)

James, Dean
Simon Kirby-Jones is a gay vampire living in England.
Posted to Death
Faked to Death
Decorated to Death
Baked to Death

McCarthy, Erin - Vegas Vampires series (humorous, lightweight vampire chick lit)
High Stakes
Bit the Jackpot
Bled Dry
Sucker Bet

Neill, Chloe - Beautiful coed unwillingly turned vampire. Romance/Mystery
Some Girls Bite
Friday Night Bites (due Fall 2009)

Raye, Kimberly - Dead End series (romantic vampire chick lit) (she also has a Harlequin Blaze vampire series that I didn’t include here)
Dead End Dating
Dead and Dateless
Your Coffin or Mine
Sucker for Love

Whiteside, Diane - vampire romantic suspense thriller based in Texas
Bond of Blood (first in series)
Bond of Fire
Bond of Darkness

And here are a couple of websites to check out:

http://bay.cooslibraries.org/Vampires.html

http://www.lovevampires.com/index.htm

Enjoy!