Legally Undead (Vampirarchy, 1)
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A reluctant vampire hunter, stalking New York City as only a scorned bride can.
By Margo Bond Collins
Series: Vampirarchy
Urban Fantasy
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0692211496
Novel: Approx. 280 pages
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By Margo Bond Collins
Series: Vampirarchy
Urban Fantasy
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0692211496
Novel: Approx. 280 pages
Also available as an ebook
Find it Online:
Amazon
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Wholesale: Ingram or direct: World Weaver Press.
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descriptionA reluctant vampire hunter, stalking New York City as only a scorned bride can.
Elle Dupree has her life all figured out: first a wedding, then her Ph.D., then swank faculty parties where she’ll serve wine and cheese and introduce people to her husband the lawyer. But those plans disintegrate when she walks in on a vampire sucking the blood from her fiancé, Greg. Horrified, she screams and runs—not away from the vampire, but toward it, brandishing a wooden letter opener. As she slams the improvised stake into the vampire’s heart, a team of black-clad men bursts into the apartment. Turning to face them, Elle realizes Greg’s body is gone—and her perfect life falls apart. excerpt“Where have you been hiding, Elle? I missed you.” Greg’s voice was cool, slightly mocking.
“Don’t call me Elle. Don’t say my name at all. In fact, don’t talk to me.” I was babbling, my fear was bubbling up and spilling out into words. “My, my,” Greg laughed softly, “aren’t we defensive? I just asked where you’ve been. I came home and you were just…”—he raised both hands, palms upwards, and gently shrugged—“gone. Poof. Disappeared. And the next time I came home, all of your things had gone with you. Along with several of mine.” He took a step closer, and I backed toward the desk. “Then I try to talk to you at school and you run from me. What’s wrong, sweetheart?” He backed me up against the desk and I leaned as far away from him as possible. This was definitely not the Greg I knew. The Greg I knew wouldn’t have tried to intimidate me. Maybe other people—he’d always had that streak in him, something slightly aggressive that made him want to win; it was why he’d become a lawyer. But he would never have tried to frighten me. Vampire-Greg, however, wanted me scared. I didn’t want to be scared. I was tired of being scared. But I couldn’t seem to help it. I mean, he was a vampire. And vampires are inherently creepy. And he’d talked about smelling me, which had a pretty big ick factor all by itself. I aimed for bravado, anyway. “You were dead, Greg. I saw you. I didn’t want to stay in the apartment where my fiancé had just died.” “I’m not dead, Elle. I’m right here, right in front of you.” His voice had gotten even softer than before. It sent chills up my spine. “You could come home to me, Elle. I miss you.” Oh, no. Please tell me that my vampiric ex-fiancé was not trying to get back together with me. Oh, but he was. “Nothing has to change, Elle.” “You’re a vampire, Greg. You drink blood to stay alive.” Sometimes it’s best to state the obvious, just in case someone has missed its significance. “So? Diabetics inject human insulin to stay alive.” “That’s not the same thing!” “Isn’t it? It’s all about the blood, Elle.” “So you’re claiming what? That vampirism is a disease?” I couldn’t believe we were having this conversation. This was far too much like a fight we could have had when we lived together—minus the “you’re a vampire” bit, of course. “You could put it that way. We were good together, Elle. We could be again.” He stared into my eyes. His were brown, just as I remembered them, brown and soft. And warm and inviting. I felt myself leaning toward him. Maybe he was right. Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad thing to just go home together. Forget that all of this had ever happened. Just go home and sit on our couch, staring into his eyes. His eyes. Something about his eyes. Suddenly his nostrils flared and he jerked his head toward the door, breaking our eye contact. Just as suddenly, I felt my head clear from the dangerous haze that had enveloped it without my even noticing. I took a step back, farther away from Greg. He moved back toward the side of the door so that he would be behind it when it opened. And then he…. Look. I know that “melted into the shadows” is a cliché. But that’s what he did. He stepped backwards, and then the light sort of swirled around him. Like the way sugar crystals disappear in iced tea, he just dissolved. So. Things I Know For Sure About Vampires: One, they can be killed with a wooden stick. Two, once they’re dead they just lie there. Three, they really can hypnotize you with their eyes. And four, they can dissolve into shadows. author
New York Times bestselling author Margo Bond Collins is a former college English professor who, tired of explaining the difference between "hanged" and "hung," turned to writing romance novels instead. (Sometimes her heroines kill monsters, too.)
Visit Margo at margobondcollins.com |
praise"Ms. Collins delivered tenfold with her debut of theVampirarchy series, I’ve found my new favorite vampire hunter in Elle Dupree!
In a word…FANGTASTIC!!!" — Romancing the Dark Side "Manages to take typical features of urban fantasy and make them its own. Left me desperate for the next chapter in Elle’s story. I’ll be curious to see where Collins takes the Vampirarchy series next!" — All Things Urban Fantasy "I LOVED this book!! This book has it all: humor, romance, suspense and vampires…what more can you ask for!" — Reading Is A Way of Life "A cross between the Stephanie Plum novels and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I recommend it to anyone who thinks vampires shouldn’t be shiny or sexy." — Tynga's Reviews "A spirited romp -- a vampire fighter for the rest of us!" — Jagi Lamplighter, author of The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin. "I loved this! Delightful and tightly woven tale of intrigue and danger, whose protagonist, Elle Dupree, instantly joins the ranks of the great vampire hunters in a story where the blood sucking fiends are dire and the consequences grim. A truly fun yarn that has left me eagerly waiting the next book!" — Jenn Lyons, author of MARDUK’S REBELLION and BLOOD CHIMERA "Finally, a vampire story with bite! Elle is a smart, witty vampire hunter, and I can’t wait to find out what happens to her next." — Rebecca Roland, author of THE GRAVEYARD GIRL and SHARDS OF HISTORY "A fabulous cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Legally Blonde with some Dracula thrown in. Margo Bond Collins gives a whole new meaning to blood-sucking lawyers in this clever new series." — Susan Abel Sullivan, author of the Cleo Tidwell Paranormal Mystery Series |