Erin McCarthy

Erin McCarthy, also known by pen-name Erin Lynn, has written so many books that I have enjoyed that to give introductions on them would take several web pages. Some of her series include the following: Ohio's Most Haunted Town, Vegas Vampires, and Seven Deadly Sins.

Singles of Erin McCarthy's that I have enjoyed include Mouth to Mouth, the First Blood anthology, and Out of the Light, into the Shadows.

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Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris is the author of the Sookie Stackhouse - Southern Vampire series, which has been the motivation behind HBO's successful True Blood series. Sookie Stackhouse, born in raised in the small southern town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, is a waitress at a small local bar. In the setting of the story, Vampires have recently came "out of the closet" to the world and the humans had no choice but to accept the fact that vampires have been living among them since the turn of time. Sookie falls in love with the first vampire that walks through the doors at the bar she waitresses at because, unlike all humans, Sookie does not hear the thoughts in the vampire's mind. The story follows her relationship and immersion into the vampire night life, where she finds out along the way, her unusual appeal that vampires seem to flock towards her may stem from the fact that Sookie is not entirely human herself.

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Mary Janice Davidson

Mary Janice Davidson is the author of the Queen Betsy series, a series about a newly-turned vampire prophesized to become Queen of the Undead. Betsy, who has a strong mouth and a kind heart, embarks on several journeys throughout the series, including the tale of surviving her death, becoming accidentally wed and unknowingly crowning a king through an act of intimacy, falling in love with her husband, and finding out that with her new title come new powers, some of which she would rather do without, such as the ability to see and talk to ghosts. Betsy is a typical strong, independent woman, with an addiction to expensive shoes, who truly learns that it is okay to depend on others and to make lasting commitments.

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P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

Mother P.C. Cast and daughter Kristin co-author the series titled The House of Night series. This vampire series follows Zoey Redbird, a high-school student, who is the forgotten child in a home where her father has passed away and her mother has re-married. Zoey is tracked down by a vampire tracker and is marked to be one of the new students to attend the House of Night, a school for where fledglings (soon-to-be vampires) learn about their heritage and undergo many changes in the turn process. Zoey falls in love and learns the meaning of true friends while she overcomes numerous obstacles in her quest to becoming a vampire Goddess.

Another great series, written solely by P.C. Cast, is the Goddess Summoning series, a series that highlights the struggles and triumphs of strong, independent women, as they are thrown into different realms and times in history, by the grace of the Goddesses throughout time. These romantic classics truly show how strong women can achieve greatness through sheer will and determination and how the most ordinary-seeming woman can become a goddess of her own world.

For more information on this author, visit P.C. Cast's home page.