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Rajmund (Vampires in America #3) D.B. Reynolds Published: Jan. 9, 2014 (ImaJinn Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Kris Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Raphael. The Vampire Lord of the Northeast is losing... 
Leopard’s Fury (Leopard People #9) Christine Feehan Published: Nov. 6, 2016 (Jove) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Leopard’s Fury is a standalone book set in Christine Feehan’s Leopard world. It introduces us to Evangeline Tregre, a woman who just wants to run her bakery and be left alone. That is until a dangerous man walk... 
The Untamed Vampire (The Last True Vampire #4) Kate Baxter Published: May 2, 2017 (St. Martin’s Paperbacks) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous events. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s... 
Raphael (Vampires in America #1) D.B. Reynolds Published: Dec 10, 2013 (ImaJinn Books, Inc) Purchase: Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Kris Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Lord of the West, Master Vampire Raphael rules with an iron fist and raw power. So when a group of unknown vampires and humans get past his extensive security to kidnap Alexandra, one of his favored vampires, he does the... 
Lucifer (Vampires in America #11) DB Reynolds Published: Nov. 18, 2016 (ImaJinn Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Kris Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. The mate of Canadian Vampire Lord Sophia, Colin Murphy, has been kidnapped. In a major play for Canada, the... 
Breath of Fire (The Kingmaker Chronicles #2) Amanda Bouchet Published: Jan. 3, 2017 (Sourcebooks Casablanca) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will make reference to the previous book. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out... 
Blood Vow (BDB Legacy #2) J.R. Ward Published: Dec. 6, 2016 (Ballantine Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will make reference to previous books in both this series and the Black Dagger Brotherhood novels. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1,... 
Z (Demonica #11.7) Larissa Ione Published: April 26, 2016 (Evil Eye Concepts) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jannelle Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Pleasure Unbound. Zhubaal... 
We know many of you are hooked on Carrie Ann Ryan’s Dante’s Circle books. And what kind of reader friends would we be if we didn’t try to hook you up with a taste of the latest one? Carrie has been kind enough to share with us an excerpt from An Immortal’s Song (order your copy), which includes fae and mermen. MERMEN. We have to read it just to see how one makes that whole merman thing work. Here’s the... 
You need more Viking vampires in your life. We all do, really. I’ve found you one better: a Viking vampire angel who has been celibate for centuries. Yeahhhhhhh. Romance goodness ensues. The book is Kiss of Temptation by Sandra Hill. It’s the third in her Deadly Angels series, but totally works as a standalone. And we have a copy for one lucky VBC reader. Use the Rafflecopter form at the end of this post... 
