cover image Drop Dead Gorgeous: Bite Nights, Book 2

Drop Dead Gorgeous: Bite Nights, Book 2

Juliet Lyons. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4926-4533-7

The second Bite Nights paranormal erotic romance, set in a version of our world in which vampires are well integrated into human society, delivers the same charm, steam, and suspense as its predecessor, Dating the Undead. Vampire Vincent Ferrer lost the only woman he ever loved more than 300 years ago and has held himself apart from romance ever since. In present-day London, he’s a Scotland Yard inspector. He manages to intervene just before a murderous vampire who’s been finding victims through V-Date, which matches vampires with humans, attacks human Mila Hart. Mila tried V-Date on a whim, but after barely surviving the attack, dating a vampire seems like a particularly terrible idea. Nonetheless, she can’t resist Vincent’s old-world appeal, especially since he’s the only one who can protect her from the killer, who’s still at large and hunting her. Vincent and Mila’s romance hits familiar beats as they pretend to date, then give in to their profound attraction, then worry about their future. Despite the predictable story, the novel’s titillating erotic scenes and witty characters will continue to draw readers in. (Oct.)

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