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La Vie Est Belle Meet Vivienne Courbet, Vampire. Born in 1702 and transformed in 1720, she loves her life. She has survived many wars, revolutions, and the deaths of many friends and lovers. But as the decades turn into centuries Vivienne thrives and life is good. Good, that is, until present day, when she is appointed the head of The Cadre, an international organization of vampires and all hell breaks loose. A heretofore unknown group of immortal beings simply called The Others have declared war on all vampires and they are succeeding.

Love is a powerful emotion. In fantasy, it can turn monsters into men. Or men into monsters. Then again, maybe we're all just a little bit of both. The erotic and erotic horror stories featured in this collection depict love, hate, and sex, and all the many variations in between.

Deirdre Griffin always dreamt of having a child, until she saw that dream, dead and buried. Lily Williams woke over 150 years ago, in the grave her mother provided. Raised by a succession of Santaria priestesses, all she wants is revenge. She’ll start with kidnapping her mother’s husband, Mitch, imprisoning him in a vampire-proof cage. Thus the hunt begins; from the wilds of Maine to the vampire underworld in New York City and the dark, haunted streets of New Orleans, Deirdre will pursue Lily and rescue the man she loves. Or die trying.

When an intergalactic cosmetic saleswoman crashes on a planet populated with sentient, genetically altered dinosaurs, she certainly doesn't expect to meet the male of her dreams. But what she discovers about the planet's inhabitants will change her life forever.

A vampire named Bitsy. A grieving father's rage. An intergalactic cosmetic saleswoman. Loving wives, thwarted mistresses. Demons, ghosts, gods, and angels. Telepathic dinosaurs and humanoid robots. What do these diverse elements have in common? Stories about them have sprung from the imagination of Karen E. Taylor, a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author. In Mexican Moon and Other Stories, the writer of the popular Vampire Legacy series will take you on a tour of distant planets, drafty castles, haunted houses, and the most frightening place of all.

Mara Hawthorne found the perfect attic apartment in a small town far away from the heartbreaks of her former life in New York City. Her new home has everything she needs: an abundance of natural light for painting, a handsome landlord, and peace and quiet. But something secret hides in the shadows and watches her every move. All her life, she has wished for nothing more than someone to love, someone who would love her and never leave her. Be careful what you wish for.

A ruthless killer shows a real hunger for fame. Struggling through the wilderness, an infected man tries to lead zombies away from his family. Hell hath no fury like a woman murdered. Civil War soldiers discover the secrets of a Southern swamp. Can Christmas magic survive the zombie apocalypse? A ship of the dead hunts the living on the high seas. Dinner in a diner takes on divine import. A 200-year-old vampire has a little surprise waiting for his next victim.

Something's not quite right about the neighborhood of Woodland Heights. Five years ago six children disappeared in this suburban heaven. When Laura Wagner moves into a house that had been vacant for most of those five years, this something comes alive.

Deirdre Griffin was perfectly content to remain where she was for a while. She had the love of her life by her side and part-ownership of a bar which served up tourists as needed for sustenance. But she and Mitch are asked once again to return to NYC, to deal with a psychotic vampire who now threatens the members of the Cadre collectively and Deirdre specifically.

Deirdre Griffin spent over a century searching for others of her kind. Now after the last ten years in New York City, she’s almost given up hope. Until people she’s fed on start to turn up dead, drained of all their blood. The murder scenes are cleverly staged to implicate Deirdre and her once uncomplicated life soon becomes difficult. Who is doing the killing? And what should she do about detective Mitch Greer, who keeps chipping away at the secrets that protect her life? Feed on him? Kill him? Or the most dangerous choice of all -- fall in love?

Two years ago, Deirdre Griffin swore she would never return to New York City, swore she would never again see the love of her life, Mitch Greer. But never is a long time, especially to a vampire. As her self-imposed exile in London grows ever more complicated and debased by the haunting influence of the dead vampire who turned her, she’s almost relieved when Christopher Greer shows up to enlist her help in saving his father’s sanity.