What's going on? With Halloween being next weekend, I thought it was time to drag out my hoarded vampire books. :D
Series: (Youkai Bloodlines Book 1)
Author: Courtney Maguire
Length: 314 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Myths & Legends / Historical / Transgender
Notes:
Blurb: Kanjin hardly view their servants as human. Even less so when they are different.
Asagi is different. Both a man and a woman.
In the wake of his failure to protect a boy he saw as a son from their abusive master, Asagi is sold into the house of a young nobleman, Mahiro, who is the opposite of everything Asagi has ever known—gentle, kind, and generous.
Mahiro bonds with Asagi and their friendship blooms into a deep and profound love. But when Asagi is poisoned out of jealousy, Mahiro reveals himself to be youkai, a demon who feeds on blood, and he has no choice but to turn Asagi to save his life.
Asagi awakes reborn, strong, and eternally youthful. But the price for Asagi’s new life is high.
The blood of the innocent.
Just as Asagi’s trust in Mahiro falters, the boy he failed to protect, now a man, reappears.
New master, same threat.
With both a literal and proverbial monster at the door, Asagi must decide what it means to be human to protect what he loves most.
Content Warnings: physical abuse, sexual abuse (off-page), self-harm, blood, graphic violence
Title: Lore & Lust
Series: Lore & Lust, 1
Author: Karla Nikole
Length: 284 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampire / Gay
Notes:
Blurb: The slow burn, gay vampire romance you didn't know you needed...
Haruka Hirano is alive, but not quite living. Surviving but not thriving. As an elite purebred vampire in the twenty-first century, he is broken. Content in his subpar existence.
He is done with life. But life is not finished with him.
When he receives a formal request to oversee an antiquated vampire ritual at Hertsmonceux Castle, Haruka grudgingly leaves his home to meet another purebred. The vampire is not what he expects. Truly, he is unlike any vampire Haruka has ever encountered: cautious, innocent and with the warmth and gravitational pull of the sun.
Lore and Lust is an exploration of cultures, contemporary society and romance. It puts a whimsical spin on traditional vampire lore, while also creating a vivid new world where love is love. No questions asked.
Mature sexual content.
Title: Attempted Vampirism
Series: Attempted Vampirism, 1
Author: L.G. Estrella
Length: 200 pages
Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal / Vampires / Humor /
Notes: I don't know if this is a romance or not. The title caught my eye and the blurb sounds like a great, funny romp.
Blurb: It’s not easy being a vampire – just ask Jonathan.
As the 32nd Lord of Bloodhaven, Jonathan is a vampire noble. Alas, he’s a noble in name only. Forget gold, diamonds, and bountiful estates. All he has to his name are one cosy – some would say dilapidated – castle and a reputation as a fine scholar specialising in ancient lore. Of course, given the horrible ends both his father and grandfather met in pursuit of fame and fortune, it’s probably for the best that he enjoys the quiet life.
Sadly, his quiet life is about to meet a horrible end of its own.
Think tax collectors are bad? How about… vampire tax collectors?
After a run in with the Blood Alliance Department of Taxation leaves Jonathan with nothing except a dressing gown and a pair of bunny slippers, he has no choice but to leave his quiet life behind. He needs a lot of money, and he needs it now. But at least he can rely on his faithful servants for help, right? Wrong. The only servant he’s got left is his old but faithful butler, Miles.
To get his castle and his stuff back, Jonathan and Miles have to take some risks, but the gods aren’t going to make it easy for them. After all, these are the same gods who took at least three tries to get the world mostly right, and they have some wonderful surprises up their sleeve.
If Jonathan can survive werewolves, bandits, and eldritch monstrosities, he might just stand a chance. Sure, he’s more familiar with a book than a sword, but he’ll make it work. Somehow. Maybe. Probably not.
It’s not easy being a vampire, but Jonathan is going to give it his best shot.
Title: Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites
Series:
Author: Joy Demorra
Length:
Genre: Gothic Romance / Fantasy / Paranormal / Werewolves / Vampires / Poly / Bisexual /
Notes:
Blurb: In a world of dwindling hope, love has never mattered more...
Captain Nathan J. Northland had no idea what to expect when he returned home to Lorehaven injured from war, but it certainly wasn’t to find himself posted on an island full of vampires. An island whose local vampire dandy lord causes Nathan to feel strange things he’d never felt before.
Particularly about fangs.
When Vlad Blutstein agreed to hire Nathan as Captain of the Eyrie Guard, he hadn’t been sure what to expect either, but it certainly hadn’t been to fall in love with a disabled werewolf. However Vlad has fallen and fallen hard, and that’s the problem.
Torn by their allegiances—to family, to duty, and the age-old enmity between vampires and werewolves—the pair find themselves in a difficult situation: to love where the heart wants or to follow where expectation demands.
The situation is complicated further when a mysterious and beguiling figure known only as Lady Ursula crashes into their lives, bringing with her dark omens of death, doom, and destruction in her wake.
And a desperate plea for help neither of them can ignore.
Thrown together in uncertain times and struggling to find their place amidst the rising human empire, the unlikely trio must decide how to face the coming darkness: united as one or divided and alone. One thing is for certain, none of them will ever be the same.
Title: Fated Vampire
Series: Chosen Hearts
Author: Anne O'Connell
Length: 91 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay
Notes: I didn't realize when I grabbed this that it is part of Season Two of the Paranormal Underworld's Chosen Hearts series, which looks like a shared world between some authors. But it looks as if it can be read as a standalone.
Blurb: Love bites.
Draco: I never wanted to fall in love, I just wanted to be left alone. Then my best friend drags me to a music festival and I meet Alex. He’s perfect, we click, and before I know it, things are getting serious. Now, no matter how desperately I want to keep seeing him – there are things in Alex’s past and present that I can’t condone.
Alex: Draco is everything I’ve ever wanted. He’s beautiful, kind, intelligent. His empathy sets him apart from most of our kind. So when he finds out I work in “vampire food services”, he refuses to keep seeing me due to ethical differences. It’s a great job with a lot of perks, but I need to decide what I want for my future. The job, or him?
**This gay vampire romance is part of Season Two of the Paranormal Underworld's Chosen Hearts series.**
Title: Flesh + Blood
Series: Blood Stone Complete Series
Author: Tracey Cooper-Posey
Length: 1793 pages
Genre: Erotic Romance / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy / Vampires / Poly / Bisexual /
Notes:
Blurb: The entire sexy vampire urban fantasy series in one boxed set!
The acclaimed and beloved Blood Stone series—five novels, a novella and two short stories—all collected together for the first time.
Nathaniel (Nial) Aquila Valerius Aurelius is over 1,500 years old and a master manipulator of people, hearts and emotions. He has grown tired of hiding behind masks and knows the modern world will soon force vampires out of hiding, if they do not step into the light themselves.
There are those who oppose Nial and his liberators’ plans to expose vampires to the world, including the Pro Libertatus, who hide among the powerful of the human world, with enormous resources and manpower to bring Nial and his friends to heel.
Then there is the League for Humanity, who are anything but humane. They consider humans the underdogs, mere servants to their vampire overlords and useful cannon fodder. They hide in shadows while humans do their very dirty work, as they try to bring Nial’s people back into line. They have no intention of becoming the equal of humans.
Just those two opponents are overwhelming, but Nial and his friends face more difficult foes as time goes on: The Unspoken Ones — vampires so old they have regressed to ways of thought and speech that modern humans and younger vampires can barely comprehend, but they wield powers unmatched by anyone on the planet.
Then there is the Blood Stone itself. Is it myth, or real? If it is real, it has the power to change the world as we know it. Who finds it, who wields it and who breaks it, will decide the fate of humans and vampires, both.
Reader Advisory: This paranormal MMF urban fantasy series contains more than two hot, sexy alpha heroes, frequent, explicit and frank sex scenes and sexual language. It includes heart-stopping sexual scenes between the aforementioned sexy heroes, ménage scenes, anal sex and the use of sex toys. Don't proceed beyond this point if hot love scenes offend you. No vampires were harmed in the making of this series.
The Blood Stone Series:
Blood Stone 1.0: Blood Knot (#1 Amazon Best Seller, Fantasy Romance)
Blood Stone 1.5: Amor Meus (Blood Drops Collection)*
Blood Stone 2.0: Blood Stone
Blood Stone 3.0: Blood Unleashed
Blood Stone 4.0: Blood Revealed
Blood Stone 5.0: Blood Ascendant
[*Blood Drops are short and novella length stories featuring the characters and situations in the Blood Stone series. Droplet sized morsels for your reading pleasure.]
Title: Vampires of Rome: Vampires of the World
Series:
Author: Geoffrey Knight
Length: 83 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay
Notes:
Blurb: Vampires have been walking our world for thousands of years, living among us in secret, taking only what they need... and turning only those who need their paranormal help.
Ancient Rome—a city ruled by the bloodthirsty Emperor Nero; a place of decadence and debauchery, of hedonistic pleasures and deadly delights. But for two young slaves, Tyberius and Mateus, it is a place they must escape. For every night under cover of darkness they risk death and torture all for the sake of their forbidden love.
Destiny, however, has other plans for these star-crossed lovers. A mysterious sect, a brotherhood of dark and powerful creatures dwells in the catacombs beneath the city. They look like Romans. They pass through the shadows, working as slaves, mingling with the people of Rome. But no mortal alive knows the secret these creatures have held for centuries past… and many centuries to come.
For he who learns their secret… must surrender his mortality forever.
Vampires of Rome is a 22k-word standalone gay vampire tale featuring elements of romance, horror, adventure and eroticism, set in the deadly and decadent world of ancient Rome. The Vampires of the World stories can be read as stand-alones and in whatever order you like, since Time itself is nothing more than a human construct.
***Previously published as Vampire's Pact***
Title: Zodiac Vampires: House Scorpio
Series: Book, 1
Author: Alejandro Marrero
Length: 258 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay
Notes:
Blurb: Underneath, unbeknownst to Humankind, are massive cities and networks of Paranormal Beings. They’ve taken residence in an underground world they’ve constructed beneath Humanity’s very feet. The most prolific amongst them is the Vampires. With their superior technology that is generations beyond Humankind’s and their arcane abilities, it is a wonder they’ve yet to be discovered.
The Vampires in charge of the territories of the world are divided into twelve distinct Houses of the Zodiac. Their sovereigns and nobility are their leaders. Ezekiel Prince of House Scorpio is not like every other Vampire of his kind. Neither is his twin sister Mika. The siblings are a rare breed. Or so they thought. One day Ezekiel is compelled to hunt for prey outside his warded mountain fortress in Mount Mansfield in Vermont near Bristol. The stars lead him to his star-coursed mate. However, his mate is unaware that Paranormal beings even exist. To complicate things further, his star destined mate’s father is part of a cult that Ezekiel discovers has plans to eradicate all paranormal beings with all of the Vampiric kind first on their hit list. Meanwhile, the Zodiac Houses, with their politics and greed, cannot unite themselves even under the threat of a powerful new foe.
One thing is sure nothing would keep Ezekiel from his handsome star-coursed mate. Ezekiel cannot get him out of his mind. The urge to complete the bond threatens to drive him mad. For as powerful as Ezekiel is, he cannot defy the stars without consequences.
This is a story about a rebellious Vampire Prince that falls in love with an attractive young man at long last. Now that he’s finally found his star-coursed one, he will do anything to preserve his kind and defend his star chosen mate. Nobody would dare stand in his way. Not even this new cult intent on wiping Vampire Kind and other paranormal beings off the planet.
House Scorpio, Book One of the Zodiac Vampires, is a
***Mature LGBT Paranormal Romance***
There are graphic scenes of intimacy between two men, arcane magics, advanced technologies, and paranormal beings of every kind. There is fantasy, romance, adventure, and yes, sadly, the politics ever-present in the sovereigns of Vampiric kind.
Title: Queen Takes Venom
Series: Their Vampire Queen, 12
Author: Joely Sue Burkhart
Length: 29 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Goddesses / Poly /
Notes:
Blurb: A dark goddess rises...
"All things dark and deadly, all creatures of death and magic, all monsters poisonous and fanged, the Mother of Venom calls them all."
After thousands of years, the goddess Hekate awakens to answer a sister goddess's call. The Great Mother has need of Hekate's unique bloodline.
So the goddess of venom agrees to create an heir. A queen powerful and deadly, the most poisonous nightshade, so beautiful that she kills with a glance.
But first, Hekate must rise and call her own Blood to her side.
This is a standalone short story in the Their Vampire Queen universe and can be read in any order with the other books in the series.
Trigger Warning: This story includes snakes, scorpions, and some spiders. But lots of snakes!
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