LAURELL K. HAMILTON

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S HEROINE IS BACK! Morgues, by a rule, are pretty quiet places. But in a world of vamps and the rising dead, they can be positively hopping. Join animator Anita Blake as her search for a serial killer takes her to the most dangerous after-hours joint in St. Louis! Collecting ANITA BLAKE: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED - THE INGENUE #1-5.

Publisher Comments: Published over ten years ago by Ace, Guilty Pleasures marked the debut of a series that was destined to grow from cult favorite to a major New York Times bestseller. Now, for long-time Anita Blake junkies and newfound fans, Guilty Pleasures makes its trade paperback debut. Readers will learn how Anita Blake started raising the dead and killing the undead. And how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover... Review: "I was enthralled a departure from the usual type of vampire tale which will have a wide appeal to a reader hunting for both chills and fun." Andre Norton "You''ll want to read it in one sitting I did." P. N. Elrod This cult favorite makes its trade paperback debut and reminds fans how Anita Blake started raising the dead and killing the undead and how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire, destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover. Introducing Anita Blake, vampire hunter extraordinaire. Most people don''t even bat an eye at vampires since they''ve been given equal rights by the Supreme Court. But Anita knows better she''s seen their victims....A serial killer is murdering vampires, however, and now the most powerful vampire in town wants Anita to find the killer. About the Author Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer and mother. Her bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels include Narcissus in Chains, Obsidian Butterfly, Blue Moon, Burnt Offerings, The Killing Dance, Bloody Bones, The Lunatic Cafe, Circus of the Damned, The Laughing Corpse, and Guilty Pleasures. She is also the author of A Kiss of Shadows and A Caress of Twilight. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family.

Anita is scared. Really scared. And not much gets under the skin of a US Marshall with jurisdiction over preternatural matters, who also happens to be a necromancer. Anita''s life is dangerous, and she wouldn''t have it any other way, but the scars - both mental and physical - are starting to show. You''d think that her connections with the vampire, werewolf and wereleopard communities would come in handy. However, as her powers grow and develop in new and uncharted ways, her links to both friends and lovers could endanger them all.

«Si averiguaba algo sobre los asesinatos, me tocaría pagárselo, pero no con dinero.» Noche de Halloween en el Circo de los Malditos: un enfrentamiento que decidirá el destino de San Luis. Como si no

Headline is thrilled to be publishing the sensational New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton, the queen of vampire fiction. Most women complain that there are no single straight men left. I d just like to meet one that s human. I m Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I ve dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed but not won by Jean-Claude, the Vampire Master of the City. And now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town. He wants me for his human servant. A war of the undead has begun. Over me...

The fantastically addictive first Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel repackaged with Headline. I don t date vampires. I kill them. My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me the Executioner. What I call them isn t repeatable. Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I know better. I ve seen their victims. I carry the scars...But now a serial killer is murdering vampires and the most powerful bloodsucker in town wants me to find the killer.

Headline is thrilled to be publishing the sensational New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton, the queen of vampire fiction. The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it. After a few centuries, the only death big enough is a human sacrifice. I know because I m an animator. My name is Anita Blake. Working for Animators, Inc. is just a job like selling insurance. But all the money in the world wasn t enough for me to take on the particular job Harold Gaynor was offering. Somebody else did, though a rogue animator. Now he s not just raising the dead... he s raising Hell. And it s up to me to stop it.

«Los muertos son mi especialidad.» La reanimación de cadáveres se ha convertido en un negocio muy lucrativo, al menos en San Luis, y en gran medida gracias al jefe de Anita Blake, un verdadero embauc

Readers haven't seen anything yet-new in the "fabulously imagined series" (Publishers Weekly) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Anita Blake is about to face the challenge of her life. Into her world-a world already overflowing with power-have come creatures so feared that powerful, centuries-old vampires refuse to mention their names. It is forbidden to speak of The Harlequin unless you've been contacted. And to be contacted by The Harlequin is to be under sentence of death. Long-time rivals for Anita's affections, Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, alpha-werewolf, will need to become allies. Shapeshifters Nathaniel and Micah will have to step up their support. And then there's Edward. In this situation, Anita knows that she needs to call the one man who has always been there for her...

The first warning is unexpected, calculated. Malcolm, head of the vampire Church of Eternal Life, is no friend to Anita Blake. So when he asks for help, against creatures so feared that no vampire will willingly speak their name, Anita is surprised. But the Harlequin require different rules. The second warning is presented like a gift, with ''Anita'' printed on the box. Inside, carefully wrapped in folds of pristine tissue paper, is a plain white mask. The fact that it''s white is good news. White means they are only being watched. The power connecting Anita with Jean-Claude, vampire Master of the City and Richard, Ulfric of the werewolves, has been increasing exponentially - and this has attracted very unwelcome attention. Anita Blake has the authority to pass judgment on vampires. The Harlequin have the authority to pass judgment on her. It is forbidden to speak of the Harlequin unless you''ve been contacted. And to be contacted by The Harlequin is to be under sentence of death.

I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. Legal name Meredith Gentry, because Princess looks so pretentious on a driver's license. I was the first faerie princess born on American soil, but I wouldn't be the only one for much longer...Merry Gentry, ex-private detective, now full-time princess, knew she was descended from fertility goddesses, but when she learned she was about to have triplets, she began to understand what that might mean. Infertility has plagued the high ranks of faerie for centuries. Now nobles of the both courts of faerie are coming to woo Merry and her men at their home in exile in the Western Lands of Los Angeles, because they will do anything to have offspring of their own. Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, is a more dangerous problem. He tried to seduce Merry, and failing that, raped her. He's using the human courts to sue for visitation rights, claiming that one of the children is his. And though Merry knows she was already pregnant when he took her, she can't prove it. To save herself and her babies from Taranis Merry will use the most dangerous powers in all of faerie: a god of death, a warrior known as the Darkness, The Killing Frost, and a king of nightmares. They are her lovers, and her dearest loves, and they will face down the might of the high courts of faerie - while trying to contain the war, to keep it from spreading to those innocent humans who are in very real danger of becoming collateral damage..