

I squinted at the glowing dial of the bedside clock. It was one of the few things Richard and I still shared. Sleeping with the other man put a real crimp in our social plans. Richard had been my fiancé once upon a time-until I chose Jean-Claude over him. Daniel was twenty-four and cute as a bug’s ear. “Anita, is that you?” It was Daniel Zeeman, Richard’s baby brother. I fumbled the phone from the bedside table and mumbled, “Hello.”

I woke in my own house, miles from Jean-Claude with the feel of his body clinging to me. The phone shattered the dream, leaving only fragments, a glimpse of midnight blue eyes, hands gliding down my body, his hair flung across my face in a sweet, scented cloud. I WAS DREAMING of cool flesh and sheets the color of fresh blood. Here is the correct address to get messages to me online: It was edited by an overzealous copyeditor in the acknowledgments of the last book. Here’s to the best writing group I’ve ever been a part of. Agustus Elliot, who missed the critique of this book by a few months. Drew, Deborah Millitello, Rett MacPherson, Marella Sands, Sharon Shinn, and Mark Sumner, and our newest member, W. To my writing group, the Alternate Historians: Tom Drennan, N. TO MY HUSBAND, Gary, who first took me into the hills of Tennessee. Nona Vero -This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. But if dark urban fantasy featuring those who hunt the night appeals, pounce on this series. Be warned-there's steamy sex and graphic violence here, though Anita does reflect on her moral position. The protagonists' development and their relationships to each other and to the large cast of continuing secondary characters are what make these books so compelling. The local werewolf clan isn't rushing to welcome her either, and her self-control is going to the, um, wolves.īlue Moon is the eighth book in Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series newcomers should start with earlier books. But if she sticks around to investigate, the local Master vampire will attack her and her friends. The local cops are corrupt, and the trolls Richard was studying are threatened. When Anita arrives with a lawyer and an entourage of vampires and 'weres' supplied by Jean-Claude, it's clear that something is rotten in Myerton. In Blue Moon, Anita's ex Richard is jailed in Tennessee, accused of rape. But so does the body count and the situations that force Anita to bend or break her own rules. Anita shares some of their magic, and her own power over the dead keeps growing. Louis and her lover, and to her ex-fiancé, a powerful werewolf who heads up the local pack. Marks bind her to Jean-Claude, the Master vampire of St. She also executes rogue vampires and villains among the local were-folk. Anita Blake makes a living raising the dead.
