ISBN: 0345492161
From the Publisher
About the Author
This is the very first library book that I have read in... Oh... since I was in high school. So a long time. I picked it up because it looked cute - the cover is pink and features a girl in a black cape kissing a black-haired dude. I thought "this must be a funny and non-serious vampire book about dating. They never put serious books in a pink cover, right?" I also thought that because it's a library book, if I hated it, I could just stop reading, return it, and try another one.
Well, I completely devoured the book. Within 24 hours (not reading, but you know, within a day). It was fantastic. Ok, the writing isn't the most poetic and best writing that I've ever read. It's certainly better than the last book I read, but still within the same funny and light vein (ha ha, vampire book... vein... ha ha ha!).
In this book, we meet Lil, a born vampire who's on the look out for a man. A long term, eternity type man. He must be born vampire and have a decent fertility rating (somehow, they measure these things). So, instead of getting a job with the family business (your local printing and copying center), Lil becomes the black sheep of her family and starts up a dating service, for both born and made vampires, and humans. While she's trying to start up her business and balance her checkbook (and credit card bills - the girl has expensive designer taste), she meets a bounty hunter named Ty Bonner (for some reason, my head keeps saying "BONER" instead of "Bonner". Apparently, I am dirty), who she has a very hard time keeping her hands off of, and her fangs out of. He's looking for a serial killer that's been targeting women in Chicago, and he had a lead that the guy just took up resident in NYC.
Ty and Lil end up spending a decent amount of time together, and their friendship progresses. He's off limits, but her body just can't figure that out, and she lusts after him terribly. It's actually quite amusing, even though you keep thinking "oh, just jump him and get it over with!"
I thought that Ms. Raye (whom I've never read before, and will certainly be reading again!) did quite a lot with her plot and her characters for this book. I think that she successfully took her story and weaved it into something funny, readable, and something that went somewhere. I hate to compare books and authors, but considering the last book I read ALSO had a serial killer in it... well... if you want a book where the heroine has a little more to do with the plot, pick this one up instead.
All in all, I would definitely recommend this book to everyone who likes a good paranormal romance. The characters are funny, the writing is decent, and the plot is well developed. Definitely over 18 for this one, but certainly worth the read. I can't wait to pick up the next book in the series!
From the Publisher
BITING IS SO LAST SEASON.
A vivacious vampire with a flair for accessorizing, Lil Marchette is unlike most of her kind. She prefers lively shades of pink to dismal black (soo not her color), plus she’s a hopeless romantic. In need of a steady paycheck to support a compulsive cosmetics habit, Lil starts Dead End Dating (DED), a Manhattan-based matchmaking service that helps smart, sophisticated singles like herself find eternity mates–and may even help her stake a claim to her very own Count Right!
When Lil meets geeky vampire Francis Deville, she knows he’s the perfect first client. If she can hook up Francis–after a little revamping, of course–she will prove her skills to the vampire community and turn DED into the hottest dating service in the Big Apple. But just as her business takes off, Lil meets the (literally) drop-dead gorgeous bounty hunter Ty Bonner, who is hot on the chase of a serial killer. Instantly drawn to the luscious vamp stud, Lil really wants a taste. But as a made vampire, Ty can’t procreate–and Lil will settle for nothing less. Luckily, between “vampifying” Francis and helping Ty solve his murder mystery, Lil has no time for silly romantic entanglements . . . even if Ty is all that and a Bloody Mary chaser!
About the Author
Kimberly Raye is the bestselling author of more than thirty novels. She’s been nominated for several Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice awards, as well as a RITA award. Her books have been featured in several major magazines, including Better Homes & Gardens and Glamour, and her novel Sometimes Naughty, Sometimes Nice was a Cosmopolitan magazine book club pick. She lives deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country with her husband and their young children. Please visit her website
at www.kimberlyraye.com.
This is the very first library book that I have read in... Oh... since I was in high school. So a long time. I picked it up because it looked cute - the cover is pink and features a girl in a black cape kissing a black-haired dude. I thought "this must be a funny and non-serious vampire book about dating. They never put serious books in a pink cover, right?" I also thought that because it's a library book, if I hated it, I could just stop reading, return it, and try another one.
Well, I completely devoured the book. Within 24 hours (not reading, but you know, within a day). It was fantastic. Ok, the writing isn't the most poetic and best writing that I've ever read. It's certainly better than the last book I read, but still within the same funny and light vein (ha ha, vampire book... vein... ha ha ha!).
In this book, we meet Lil, a born vampire who's on the look out for a man. A long term, eternity type man. He must be born vampire and have a decent fertility rating (somehow, they measure these things). So, instead of getting a job with the family business (your local printing and copying center), Lil becomes the black sheep of her family and starts up a dating service, for both born and made vampires, and humans. While she's trying to start up her business and balance her checkbook (and credit card bills - the girl has expensive designer taste), she meets a bounty hunter named Ty Bonner (for some reason, my head keeps saying "BONER" instead of "Bonner". Apparently, I am dirty), who she has a very hard time keeping her hands off of, and her fangs out of. He's looking for a serial killer that's been targeting women in Chicago, and he had a lead that the guy just took up resident in NYC.
Ty and Lil end up spending a decent amount of time together, and their friendship progresses. He's off limits, but her body just can't figure that out, and she lusts after him terribly. It's actually quite amusing, even though you keep thinking "oh, just jump him and get it over with!"
I thought that Ms. Raye (whom I've never read before, and will certainly be reading again!) did quite a lot with her plot and her characters for this book. I think that she successfully took her story and weaved it into something funny, readable, and something that went somewhere. I hate to compare books and authors, but considering the last book I read ALSO had a serial killer in it... well... if you want a book where the heroine has a little more to do with the plot, pick this one up instead.
All in all, I would definitely recommend this book to everyone who likes a good paranormal romance. The characters are funny, the writing is decent, and the plot is well developed. Definitely over 18 for this one, but certainly worth the read. I can't wait to pick up the next book in the series!
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