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Blood Bond (Anna Strong Chronicles #9)
by Jeanne C. SteinAs a vampire, Anna Strong has an immortal life...but now she's running out of time. Anna's relationship with shape-shifter Daniel Frey has given her hope for a future with him and his son--especially when Frey proposes... But just when Anna starts to think her life couldn't be better, she must fly to France to be at the side of her dying mother. There she learns that not every vampire accepts her Chosen One status. And one such vamp is about to go rogue--by leading his followers in a fight to usurp humanity...
Blood Bond (PULSE Vampires Series #5)
by Kailin GowAs Kalina Calloway's life's blood guides her and Octavius, Jaegar, and Justin across the globe in search of possible carriers; they make some startling discoveries in the heart of Life's Blood's origins, as well as Kalina's abilities. The time for her to choose a vampire has come. Can she will her heart to follow what is right in her mind or will she regret her choice for eternity? PRAISE for the PULSE Series 5 out of 5 Stars - Pulse is fast paced and intriguing, the story has twists at every turn and the ending leaves you open-mouthed and wanting more. Kailin did a wonderful job in creating this vampire world. - Melissa Silva, The Bookshelf 5 out of 5 Stars - Pulse is a story combining many incredible elements, including romance, desire, suspense, mythology and a deep dark intensity that will leave the reader engrossed and reading long into the night. - April Pohren, Cafe of Dreams The PULSE Series(TM): PULSE: Available Now Life's Blood (PULSE #2): Available Now Blood Burned (PULSE #3): Available Now Blue Blood (PULSE #4): Available Now The PULSE Papers (PULSE #4.5): Available Now Blood Bond (PULSE #5): Available Now Blood Legacy (PULSE #6): Available Now Blood Rights: 2012
Blood Born
by Linda Howard Linda JonesWhen the human and the vampire worlds collide, there will be hell to pay. Luca Ambrus is a rare breed: vampire from birth, begotten by vampire parents, blood born. He is also an agent of the Council - the centuries-old cabal that governs vampirekind, preserving their secrecy and destroying those who betray them.When a cryptic summons leads him to the scene of the brutal killing of a powerful Council member, Luca begins the hunt for an assassin among his own people. But instead of a lone killer he discovers a sinister conspiracy of rogue vampires bent on subjugating the mortal world.All that stands in their way are the conduits, humans able to channel spirit warriors into the physical world to protect mankind. Chloe Fallon is a conduit - and a target of the vampire assassin who's killing them. When Luca saves her life, an irresistible bond of trust - along with more passionate feelings - is forged between them. As more victims fall, Chloe and Luca have only each other to depend on to save the world from the reign of monsters - and salvage their own future together.
Blood Born (Vampire #1)
by Linda Howard Linda JonesWhen the human and the vampire worlds collide, there will be hell to pay. Luca Ambrus is a rare breed: vampire from birth, begotten by vampire parents, blood born. He is also an agent of the Council--the centuries-old cabal that governs vampirekind, preserving their secrecy and destroying those who betray them. When a cryptic summons leads him to the scene of the brutal killing of a powerful Council member, Luca begins the hunt for an assassin among his own people. But instead of a lone killer he discovers a sinister conspiracy of rogue vampires bent on subjugating the mortal world. All that stands in their way are the conduits, humans able to channel spirit warriors into the physical world to protect mankind. Chloe Fallon is a conduit--and a target of the vampire assassin who's killing them. When Luca saves her life, an irresistible bond of trust--along with more passionate feelings--is forged between them. As more victims fall, Chloe and Luca have only each other to depend on to save the world from the reign of monsters--and salvage their own future together.
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson #2)
by Patricia BriggsThe second novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A demon-riding vampire has gone on a killing spree unlike any the Tri- Cities has ever seen-and the undead and werewolves sent to stop him haven't returned. A coyote is no match for a demon, but shapeshifting mechanic Mercy Thompson is immune to many vampiric powers-and those are her friends who are missing, including the two werewolves circling around her heart. Game on...From the Hardcover edition.
Blood Bound (Unbound #1)
by Rachel Vincent“A gritty, dangerous world of sorcerous bindings and forbidden love”—first in the Unbound series from the New York Times–bestselling author of Fat Cat (Shelf Awareness).By blood, by word, by magic . . . Most can’t touch the power. But Liv Warren is special—a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood.Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one.But when her friend’s daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood oath, Liv can’t rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her.Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner . . . every touch . . . every kiss.And more blood will be spilled before it’s over . . . “With Blood Bound, Vincent has created an original new paranormal universe full of interesting characters with awesome powers or Skills, as they are called in the book. Readers will enjoy getting to know Liv, an exciting heroine with a complicated past.” —RT Book Reviews“Vincent weaves a most convincing world for her characters . . . Blood Bound is a strong, cohesive work founded on a unique paranormal premise and will lead nicely to the rest of the trilogy.” —Fresh Fiction“Action-packed, clever, and full of twists . . . a series into which everyone interested in the paranormal genre can sink their teeth.” —The Romance Reader Reviews
Blood Bound: Mercy Thompson: Book 2 (Mercy Thompson #2)
by Patricia BriggsThe second novel in the international No. 1 bestselling Mercy Thompson series - the major urban fantasy hit of the decade.'I love these books!' Charlaine Harris'The best new fantasy series I've read in years' Kelley ArmstrongMERCY THOMPSON: MECHANIC, SHAPESHIFTER, FIGHTERLike most people who own their own business, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying ...Mechanic Mercy Thompson is woken at 3am by a vampire calling in a favour. He has to deliver a message to a fellow undead and needs a witness that won't be noticed - and Mercy's shapeshifting abilities make her the perfect candidate.But the assignment turns into a bloodbath and Mercy attracts the attention of not just a powerful vampire, but the even more powerful demon possessing him. She can count on the supernatural community for protection - and alpha werewolf Adam would like her to rely on him in other ways too - but when it comes to being proactive, she's on her own.Praise for the series:'Plenty of twists and turns . . . Kept me entertained from its deceptively innocent beginning to its can't-put-it-down end' Kim Harrison, bestselling author of Dead Witch Walking 'I enjoyed every minute of it. I love Mercy and can't wait for her to kick some more ass' Lilith SaintcrowThe Mercy Thompson books:Moon CalledBlood BoundIron KissedBone CrossedSilver BorneRiver MarkedFrost BurnedNight BrokenFire TouchedSilence FallenStorm CursedShifting Shadows (Stories from the world of Mercy Thompson)
Blood Bound: Mercy Thompson: Book 2 (Mercy Thompson #2)
by Patricia BriggsLike most people who own their own business, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying ...Mechanic Mercy Thompson is woken at 3am by a vampire calling in a favour. He has to deliver a message to a fellow undead and needs a witness that won't be noticed - and Mercy's shapeshifting abilities make her the perfect candidate.But the assignment turns into a bloodbath and Mercy attracts the attention of not just a powerful vampire, but the even more powerful demon possessing him. She can count on the supernatural community for protection - and alpha werewolf Adam would like her to rely on him in other ways too - but when it comes to being proactive, she's on her own.
Blood Bowl (Blood Bowl, Book #1)
by Matt ForbeckHe should have stuck to fighting dragons... Welcome to a delightfully twisted fantasy world where humans, elves, goblins and ogres work out their aggressions not on the battlefield, but on the football field. When talent scout Slick Fullbelly spots Dunk bringing down a chimera with a spear from a hundred paces, he's sure that his search is over. Slick works for the Bad Bay Hackers, and they need a new thrower. Dunk is about to be plunged headfirst into the insane world of Blood Bowl-the fastest, meanest sport in this dark and brutal world.- Dunk puts down his sword and steps off the battlefield... onto the football field. adventure, Blood Bowl is pure gridiron carnage and insanity!
Blood Brothers
by Lucy Gordon Anne McAllisterDOUBLE TROUBLEThat was what you got when cousins Gabe McBride, a Montana cowboy, and Randall Stanton, a British lord, traded places! What Gabe and Randall got was the challenge of their lives!Anything Randall could do, Gabe could do better—but tackling centuries of tradition proved tougher than he thought. Almost as tough as convincing a beautiful widowed mother, Frederica Crossman, that he was a risk worth taking.Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Randall knew anything Gabe could do, he could do, too. He was resourceful, competent, clever. He could handle everything—except gorgeous, feisty Claire Stevens.When Randall and Gabe took on a challenge, they never quit. But to win Claire and Freddie, they’d need all their lordly pluck and cowboy try!
Blood Brothers
by Brian LumleyHarry Keogh spent his life defending mankind from deadly alien vampires but Harry was corrupted by the very evil he battled. He sacrificed himself to save mankind, but now they're back...
Blood Brothers
by James Rollins Rebecca CantrellFrom New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell comes a dark story of murder, mystery, and a brotherhood steeped in a bloody past.As a young reporter, Arthur Crane exposed the secrets behind the Orchid Killer, a cult murderer from the late '60s whose crimes blackened the end of the Summer of Love. Half a century later, Arthur wakes to find an orchid resting on his pillow, a symbol of death from a killer connected to his estranged younger brother, Christian. To discover the horrifying truth, Arthur will risk all-even his very soul-for Christian may not be the brother that Arthur remembers...Included with this chilling story is a sneak peek at Innocent Blood, the second book in the Order of the Sanguines Series.
Blood Brothers of Gor (Gorean Saga #18)
by John NormanOn the run from a death squad, General Half-Ear lures his pursuers into the land of the Red Savages on the planet of Gor. Half-Ear, or Zarendargar, a Kur general fallen from favor in the Steel Worlds, now sought by a death squad of his savage compeers, has determined to lure his pursuers into the Barrens, the vast prairies to the east of known Gor, populated by warring tribes known to Goreans as the Red Savages. He has arranged matters in such a way that he will be abetted in his stand against the death squad and its human allies by a human ally of his own—his former foe, Tarl Cabot. The ancestors of the Red Savages, like those of many other Goreans, were brought to Gor long ago in Voyages of Acquisition by the Priest-Kings. The Red Savages were settled in an area not unlike that of their former home, a sweeping, almost endless grassland, where they tend to continue their former ways of life—and war. Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire. Blood Brothers of Gor is the 18th book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Blood Brothers: Number 1 in series (Sign of Seven Trilogy #1)
by Nora RobertsCaleb Hawkins can never forget what happened in the woods twenty-one years ago. Every seven years, his home town succumbs to a terrible curse. Terrible, unspeakable crimes take place - a collective madness that has given Hawkins Hollow the reputation of a village possessed.It's this modern-day legend that draws reporter Quinn Black to the town. Caleb - a descendent of the town founders - has agreed to talk to her. But the seventh year has come around once more, and both Caleb and Quinn have already seen the danger signs. Bound by fate, bound by passion, Quinn and Caleb must fight the coming darkness together...
Blood Burned (PULSE Vampires Series #3)
by Kailin GowFrom the ALA YALSA Award-winning Author of the Bitter Frost Series and the Loving Summer Series, in development as a film, comes... Blood Burned (PULSE #3) PRAISE FOR PULSE Vampire Series Pulse is fast paced and intriguing, the story has twists at every turn and the ending leaves you open mouthed and wanting more. Kailin did a wonderful job in creating this vampire world. --Melissa Silva - The Bookshelf DESCRIPTION Kalina has returned back to Rutherford, but now there are more problems than before. The Consortium of Vampires has been destroyed except for one - Octavius - and the most powerful of vampires has been unleashed. This sets off the ultimate horror - one of the Greystone Brothers has been turned, and his love for Kalina has turned into a destructive obsession. Now armed with an unspeakable power and thirst, he has sent Kalina and the other brothers who love and protect her a shocking threat. And he won't stop until Kalina is his. THE PULSE VAMPIRE BOOK SERIES - Now Complete and Available! PULSE Life's Blood Blood Burn Blue Blood The PULSE Papers - Novella Blood Bond Blood Legacy Blood Rights Blood Curse Blood Ring Ring of Ice Brotherhood of Blood
Blood Call
by Lilith SaintcrowA brand new thriller with a supernatural twist from New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow.Anna Caldwell has spent the last few days in a blur. She's seen her brother's dead body, witnessed the shooting of innocent civilians, and been shot at herself. Now she has nowhere to turn-and only one person she can possibly call. Since Anna dumped him, it seems waiting is all Josiah Wolfe has done. Now, she's calling, and she needs his help -- or rather, the "talents" she once ran away from. As a liquidation agent, Josiah knows everything about getting out of tough situations. He'll get whatever she's carrying to the proper authorities, then settle down to making sure she doesn't leave him again. But the story Anna's stumbled into is far bigger than even Josiah suspects. Anna wants to survive, Josiah wants Anna back, and the powerful people chasing her want the only thing worth killing for -- immortality. An ancient evil has been trapped, a woman is in danger, and the world is going to see just how far a liquidation agent will go...For more from Lilith Saintcrow, check out: Gallow and RaggedTrailer Park FaeBannon and ClareThe Iron Wyrm AffairThe Red Plague AffairThe Ripper AffairThe Damnation Affair (e-only)Dante Valentine NovelsWorking for the DevilDead Man RisingDevil's Right HandSaint City SinnersTo Hell and BackDante Valentine (omnibus)Jill Kismet NovelsNight ShiftHunter's PrayerRedemption AlleyFlesh CircusHeaven's SpiteAngel TownJill Kismet (omnibus)A Romance of Arquitaine NovelsThe Hedgewitch QueenThe Bandit King
Blood Calls
by Caridad PiñeiroTHE SCENT OF BLOOD LURED HIM. . . ;But for vampire Diego Rivera, Ramona Escobar's sensuality proved even more potent. He had to resist-for there could be no such thing as love for him. Five centuries ago Diego had vowed never to turn another with the bite of the undead. And though Diego knew the dark underworld of New York was no place for a human, his unslaked desire commanded that Ramona be his for one night. . . ;. But when the artist's life was threatened by a reclusive millionaire who had used Ramona's skills to build a forgery ring, Diego needed to unleash his inner demon to save her. Then he was faced with a choice-lose the woman he loved. . . ;or turn her with a vampire's kiss.
Blood Canticle (The Vampire Chronicles #10)
by Anne RiceFollowing the recent film of QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (starring the late cult singer Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend) and the success of her latest novel, BLACKWOOD FARM, there's been a resurgence of interest in Lestat, the ultimate vampire creation, and his creator-Lestat has returned, and, moving through the worlds of BLACKWOOD FARM and the Mayfair family, he finds himself ensnared by love and loyalty. Here are all of the brilliantly conceived Anne Rice characters that make up these two worlds of vampires and witches: Mona Mayfair, who's come to Blackwood Farm to die and is brought into the realm of the undead-her uncle, Julian Mayfair, guardian of the family, determined to forever torment Lestat because of what he has done to Mona-Rowan Mayfair, brilliant neurosurgeon, a true witch, a woman who attracts spirits to herself, casts spells on others and finds herself dangerously drawn to the undead and all-powerful Lestat-her husband, Michael Curry, hero of the Mayfair Chronicles, who seeks Lestat's help with the temporary madness of his wife-Ash Templeton, a 5,000 year old Taltos, whose genes live on in the Mayfairs, who has taken Mona's child- Patsy, a country-western singer, killed by Quinn Blackwood and dumped in a swamp, who returns as a ghost to avenge her own death-and at the book's centre - the Vampire Lestat, once the epitome of evil, now following the transformation set in motion with MEMNOCH THE DEVIL, struggling with his vampiredom, yearning for goodness and purity and love as he saves Patsy's ghost from the dark realm of the Earthbound, uncovers the mystery of the Taltos, and unselfishly decides the fate of his beloved Rowan Mayfair. This latest vampire novel will delight all Anne Rice fans.
Blood Challenge (World of the Lupi #7)
by Eileen WilksEx-cop Lily Yu and werewolf Rule Turner's engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There's hate mail, followed by death threats. And when a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree, Lily realizes that it's only the opening skirmish in an all-out war.
Blood City Rollers (Blood City Rollers #1)
by V.P. AndersonSkates on. Fangs out. Let&’s roll. This perfectly paranormal graphic novel about a 13-year-old ice skater who embraces the dark side and finds her light when she joins a vampire roller derby team is to die for.Ice-skater Mina is on a one-track path to Olympic gold and glory—that is, until she totally wipes out at her biggest competition, and is kinda-sorta-kidnapped by undead kids on roller skates. Sucked into the high stakes world of Paranormal Roller Derby, she finds herself "recruited" by a squad of vampires who need a human player to complete their team—just in time to save the league from losing it all.Between learning to play derby well enough to kick butt on the track, crushing hard on the dreamy team captain, and navigating the spooky rules of the supernatural, how can Mina go from striving to be a ten alone, to becoming one of nine chaotic bodies forming a perfectly-imperfect team? Forget being the best. Will she be enough to help her new friends survive the season?
Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (Vampire Chronicles #13)
by Anne RiceThe Vampire Chronicles continue with a riveting, rich saga--part adventure, part suspense--of Prince Lestat and the story of the Blood Communion as he tells the tale of his coming to rule the vampire world and the eternal struggle to find belonging, a place in the universe for the undead, and how, against his will, he must battle the menacing, seemingly unstoppable force determined to thwart his vision and destroy the entire vampire netherworld. <P><P>In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, directly, intimately, passionately, and tells the mesmerizing story of the formation of the Blood Communion and how he became Prince of the vampire world, the true ruler of this vast realm, and how his vision for all the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be. <P><P> The tale spills from Lestat's heart, as he speaks first of his new existence as reigning monarch--and then of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha; Rhoshamandes, a demon spirit who refuses to live in harmony at the Court of Prince Lestat and threatens all that Lestat has dreamt of. <P><P> As the tale unfolds, Lestat takes us from the towers and battlements of his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific's untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine . . . <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Blood Country (The Raven)
by Jonathan Janz&“If you&’re searching the horror horizon for a dark star, your next must-read, the silhouette you see coming your way is Jonathan Janz.&”— Josh Malerman, New York Times best selling author of Bird BoxBook 2 in The Raven seriesThree years ago the world ended when a group of rogue scientists unleashed a virus that awakened long-dormant strands of human DNA. They awakened the bestial side of humankind: werewolves, satyrs, and all manner of bloodthirsty creatures. Within months, nearly every man, woman, or child was transformed into a monster…or slaughtered by one. A rare survivor without special powers, Dez McClane has been fighting for his life since mankind fell, including a tense barfight that ended in a cataclysmic inferno. Dez would never have survived the battle without Iris, a woman he&’s falling for but can never be with because of the monster inside her. Now Dez&’s ex-girlfriend and Iris&’s young daughter have been taken hostage by an even greater evil, the dominant species in this hellish new world: Vampires.The bloodthirsty creatures have transformed a four-story school building into their fortress, and they&’re holding Dez&’s ex-girlfriend and Iris&’s young daughter captive. To save them, Dez and his friends must risk everything. They must infiltrate the vampires&’ stronghold and face unspeakable terrors. Because death awaits them in the fortress. Or something far worse. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.
Blood County
by Doris PiserchiaBlood was what they called that mountain town and the forbidding land around it - and the name was significant. Folks there knew a secret that would have shocked the world...but nobody was ever going to get out of Blood to tell. Not even when Portia Clark arrived, hot on a news story for a national magazine. Especially not her...Clint Breen, who had been in the outside world, tried to save her. But he had to fight a tradition that drove men and women to unspeakable lusts and that ruled secretly the lives and afterlives of everything being in the county. Blood was the place where more men and women walked the night than were ever seen by day. Horror was their heritage, for they were the people that the census dared not count!
Blood Crave (Blood on the Moon #2)
by Jennifer KnightHeadstrong heroine Faith Reynolds returns in this thrilling sequel to the paranormal romance Blood on the Moon! After surviving being kidnapped by a vampire, Faith would just love to focus on some alone time with her hot (though occasionally furry) boyfriend, Lucas. Unfortunately, with a vampire uprising on the horizon and her best friend, Derek, about to wake up and find himself transformed into a half-werewolf, half-vampire being without a beating heart, Faith has a few other things to take care of first. Faith is not without help, in the form of her newfound powers of sensing people’s emotions and being able to influence werewolves’ actions, not to mention her begrudging but rather helpful boyfriend. Even so, convincing a werewolf packmaster to prepare for an epic battle may be difficult to do without solid evidence. Lose yourself once more in the deliciously suspenseful world of werewolves versus vampires, otherworldly boys with deadly charm, and addictive, spine-tingling action and romance!