Blood Bath & Beyond: An Immortality Bites Mystery
Michelle Rowen
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN: 0451237641
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Sarah Dearly is adjusting to life as a fledgling vampire, satisfying her cravings at vampire-friendly blood banks. But when her fiancé Thierry takes a job with the Ring—the secret council in charge of keeping vampires in line—Sarah’s about to get more than a taste of danger…
Being engaged to a centuries-old master vampire can be challenging—especially when he takes a job with the Ring. Thierry’s in for fifty years of nonstop travel and deadly risk. It’s enough to make any woman reconsider the wedding…any woman except Sarah, that is.
Traveling to Las Vegas for his first assignment, they encounter a child beauty pageant contestant from hell, as well as a vampire serial killer leaving victims drained of blood, potentially exposing the existence of vampires to the whole world. But when Thierry’s truly ancient history comes back to haunt him, and he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, it’s up to Sarah to clear his name before their immortal lives come to an end.
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chance.” An all-vampire topless revue? A worrying thought occurred to me. “They’re not promoting it as having real vampires in it, are they?” “Of course not. The Ring would have a meltdown if they did. But there’s that air of mystery about it maybe having real vampires. Rumors are okay. Hopefully, it’ll sell tickets—although I know interest in vampires is waning. To think that vampires are practically mainstream now.” She gazed up at the stage, worry creasing her forehead. “Hard to believe. I
locked door. “You mean, the meaning of life?” I was frozen in place. I needed to stay calm and get out of here, put distance between me and this vampire, and then have a chance to think everything through. Maybe I was wrong about him. No. Damn it, I wasn’t wrong. Not this time. “I thought being a vampire was going to be wonderful. I offered up my neck at the first opportunity I got. Nearly forty years ago, can you believe it? Feels like twice as long, actually. Every day’s been a struggle. My
you’re saying that being the wife of someone in Bernard’s position gives you the liberty to enjoy an eternal life of leisure.” Laura’s smile widened. “It beats slaving away at a desk job. I did that for too many years to count.” “Yeah, me too.” But at least working for a paycheck gave me a reason to get up in the morning. “Things are better now. Much better.” She squeezed my hand. “You’ll get used to it. And if you really don’t like traveling so much, you can always take an apartment
wandered into the store not sure what to expect. The fear and excitement that would have opened their wallets to someone who just might be a real vampire. I like how you put it—scare up some business. That’s exactly what I’m trying to do.” “The sickest thing is you didn’t even do it because you’re crazy. You’re not out for revenge. You don’t particularly hate humans. You killed all of them as a business decision.” He gave me a thin smile. “You make it sound like a bad thing.” “It is. And
at Bernard, I felt pretty good about everything. “So, unless you have any other death threats to utter tonight…or celebration cigars to smoke…” “I think I’ve met my quota for the day. For both.” “Then let’s rest up so we can chat with Little Miss Sunshine tomorrow.” He smiled. “See? You’re already an asset to this job. You’re keeping me on schedule.” “I was a personal assistant in my previous life, you know.” Thierry hadn’t told me what Bernard had said to upset him so much, but I didn’t