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Ed note: Crimson Moon is our group read for August. Get the details here, and remember to check back each week for discussion points. Romantics will want to pick this one up. Crimson Moon J.A. Saare Published: June 25, 2010 Purchase at: Wild Rose Press or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Crimson Moon offers the No. 1 thing paranormal romance readers need: a couple whose interaction leave you with... 
Through the Veil Shiloh Walker Published: 2008 Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars I really like the concept of love at first sight. My husband and I were instantly drawn to each other, but years later we can both admit it was lust at first sight that quickly snowballed into love. It ruled (still does), but the romantic in me loves reading about that all-encompassing and... 
It’s been a busy week here at Vampire Book Club, but it just wouldn’t be Friday without a blog hop (click the image below to be taken to Parajunkee’s originating post with all the participating bloggers). Also, in the name of the book blogger solidarity, we’re giving shout-outs to Dark Faerie Tales, Larissa’s Bookish Life and A Buckeye Girl Reads. What’s new this week on Vampire Book Club? Read on: Enter... 
We made a short list of six novels we were excited about and invited you to vote for this month’s group read. J.A. Saare’s vampire-werewolf love story Crimson Moon won by a landslide, and we’re really happy it will be the August group read. Get all the details of how Vampire Book Club’s group reads work here. Crimson Moon J.A. Saare Published: June 2010 Purchase at: Wild Rose Press or Amazon Add Crimson... 
Shadow of the Vampire Meagan Hatfield Released: July 2010 Purchase at: Book Depository, eHarlequin or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 2 stars In Meagan Hatfield’s paranormal romance Shadow of the Vampire, Alexia is on the cusp of taking over the vampire horde from her mother. She’s powerful, but her mother’s adviser and fiance is far from excited about Alexia taking over. He leads the search for a crystal that... 
A Safe Harbor Moira Rogers Published: July 13, 2010 Purchase at: Amazon Rating (out of 5): 3 stars A Safe Harbor gives us a quick read with characters we want to see together. This short novella (only 88 pages) is the opening of Moira Rogers’ new series Building Sanctuary. These books will serve as prequels to the author’s Red Rock Pass series. Though, this novella doesn’t rely on readers being familiar... 
With a blurb opening with a line calling for tearing out enemies’ throats, we’re confident we will get into Andrea Cremer’s Nightshade. We like it when things get a little bloodthirsty and a touch violent. (OK, maybe more than a bit…) For the romantic side, Nightshade has plenty of forbidden love: Calla will have to decide if following her heart is worth losing everything. (We can’t help but love when... 
Succubus Dreams Richelle Mead Published: 2008 Purchase at: The Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Succubus Dreams was utterly engaging with plot and prose to keep readers rapt. Succubus Georgina Kincaid is doing her best to balance her demon-promised duties and her relationship with mortal Seth Mortensen. The two love each other, and do their best to make things work, but Georgina... 
While it’s hard to beat the anticipation of May’s releases (Spirit Bound and Dead in the Family), June has a few noteworthy releases in store for us. Update your to-read lists accordingly. JUNE 1 Bullet (Anita Blake #19) – Laurell K. Hamilton I’m only on book 9 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, series, so I can’t say if this will be fantastic. Nine books in (I’m halfway through Obsidian Butterfly) I can... 
