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141. Kilpatrick, Nancy. Child of the Night. London: Raven, 1996. Paperback. |
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In this sensuous story of love, Carol Robins enters the vampire world one night in Bordeaux, France. She is accosted by the immortal André on an empty street where moments earlier she had seen him drink blood from the neck of a frail, elderly man. Thinking he means to kill her she bargains with her body and offers herself to him for two weeks. Intrigued and excited by her, André agrees. What neither expected was that Carol would conceive a child. André's vampire friends, an eclectic, rather interesting lot, insist that Carol have the child and leave it with them. Secretly Carol promises herself to do everything possible to escape their clutches. Throughout this novel Carol and André suffer a love/hate relationship that for the sake of their child must be resolved. |
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142.. Near Death. New York: Pocket Books, 1994. Paperback. |
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David Lyle Hardwick, a vampire with the sensitivity of a poet and a respect for human life, awakens one evening to find a young woman bending over him ready to pound a stake into his heart. He stops her easily. Her name is Kathleen, but her street name is Zero. She is a hooker, an addict, and one terrified lady. Someone had sent her from New York City to Manchester, England, to commit this outrageous deed. Now David needs to find out who and why. He keeps Kathleen prisoner until she is drug-free, then takes her back to New York in an attempt to solve this multi-layered mystery. A bond develops between these two as they work together. Although from very different eras and cultures, they fall in love. For Kathleen, whose life has been one of deprivation and abuse, David is like a gift from the gods. |
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Element(s): Mystery, Romance. |
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143. King, Stephen. 'Salem's Lot. Garden City, New York: Double-day, 1975. Hardcover. (There have been several reprints.) |
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Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, is a small town where nothing much happens. Ben Mears had spent a short time there as a child. But one nightmare from those days still haunts him. On a dare he paid a visit to the old, deserted Marsten House and came face-to-face with an apparition from hell. Now an adult, he returns hoping to exorcise the nightmares that have never left him. Instead, he slowly comes to realize that this house is a beacon for evil. A child disappears, others die |
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