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Tennessee, in 1865. He falls in love with Lucy Bry. Meanwhile a plague of insects settles over Memphis, and vampires created by other dark angels roam the city. The love between Lucy and Victor, with the aid of a priest named Michael (the Archangel in disguise), provides the means to save the people of the city from certain destruction.
Element(s): Category Romance, SF/F.
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115. Hauf, Michele. Dark Rapture. New York: Zebra, January 1997. Paperback.
Sebastian DelaCourte, vampire and rock singer, is deeply attracted to the lovely Scarlet Rose. Scarlet gives in to Sebastian's dark kiss, becoming one of the undead. But they still must contend with a spirit's possession of Scarlet and the dangerous enmity of Francesco, a vampire and former friend of Sebastian. Their friendship ended when Sebastian accidentally killed a lady loved by Francesco.
Element(s): Category Romance.
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116. Herber, Keith. Dark Prince. New York: HarperPrism, 1994. Paperback.
Publisher series: The World of Darkness: Vampire. (This is the same series published by White Wolf.)
In modern-day San Francisco, 150-year-old vampire Sulliven is ordered by The Grandfather, an elder, to dispose of another member of the Kindred. This brings Sulliven into the escalating war among the city's clans. He barely escapes destruction. This novel displays a shadowy world where vampires glory in the seamier side of "life" drug trafficking, prostitution, S & M all the nasty things which both attract and repel us.
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117. Herbert, Brian, and Marie Landis. Blood on the Sun. New York: HarperPrism, 1996. Paperback.
Publisher series: The World of Darkness: Vampire. (This is the same series published by White Wolf.)
The story begins in Seattle, Washington, 1942, while America is in the midst of WW II. This is a war of mortals and not something of interest to most Kindred. But Desidra is an exception. She angers her superior, Prince Romano, when she insists it would be in the Kindred's interest to help the war effort. He banishes her from his group. Now on her own, Desidra decides to follow her conscience. One of her first acts

 
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