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In this light romantic tale, the vampire Claude D'Arnot has joined a group devoted to the supernatural. He has discovered that the women in this group mlake easy prey for his special needs. Now Claude has his eye on Violet, but she has preternatural talents that surprise even this worldly undead. The setting is late eighteenth-century England. |
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337. Elrod, P. N. "The Devil's Mark." |
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In seventeenth-century England a witch hunter enters a small village, relishing the idea of a nice witch-burning. Unfortunately for him, the inhabitants are a far cry from the easily led country bumpkins he thought them to be. |
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338. Graham, Jean. "Walking Tour." |
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339. Huff, Tanya. "What Manner of Man." |
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The hero of this tale is Henry Fitzroy, the vampire who is a friend of Vicki Nelson in Huff's modern-day mystery series (see #126-131). The setting is Regency England (1811-1820). One night Henry rescues an aristocratic gentleman who has been attacked and almost killed. This incident propels Henry into a game of intrigue where French spies are trying to wrest British secrets in order to help Napoleon. |
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340. Kilpatrick, Nancy. "In Memory Of." |
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This story suggests an interesting twist on what may have been behind the inspiration of Bram Stoker's Dracula. It was not Vlad Tepes, but Oscar Wilde's vampiric seduction of Florence Balcombe a few years before she married Bram. |
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341. Kingsgrave-Ernstein, Catt. "Bloodthirsty Tyrants." |
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342. Longstreet, Roxanne. "Faith Like Wine." |
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343. Patterson, Teresa. "The Gift." |
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344. Pollotta, Nick. "A Matter of Taste." |
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345. Schimel, Lawrence. "Black Sounds." |
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In early twentieth-century Spain, a man desperately craves the gypsy/flamenco world of poetry and music. But the essence of its vi- |
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