LAURELL K. HAMILTON

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. 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...

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thinks, in the latest work in the bestselling Vampire Hunter series.

Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human, half faerie, she's caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life, but the lives of those she desires and holds dear. Her very existence and her rightful place on the throne of Faerie have long depended on her ability to produce an heir.

Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesnt usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, hes being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats. And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him, who subjected him to centuries of torture, might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kinds few strict taboos.Some say love is a great motivator, but hatred gets the job done, too. And when Anita joins forces with her friend Edward to stop the carnage, Damian will be at their side, even if it means traveling back to the land where all his nightmares spring from...a place that couldnt be less welcoming to a vampire, an assassin, and a necromancer: Ireland.

The #1 New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series continues, as a zombie exploitation case hits Anita where it hurts Being engaged to master vampire Jean-Claude has its perksjust not professionally. Its wreaking havoc with Anita Blakes reputation as a hard ass, to some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, shes still the go-to expert for zombie issues. And right now, the FBI is having one hell of a zombie issue. Someone is producing zombie porn. Anita has seen her share of freaky undead fetishes, so this shouldnt bother her. But the women being victimized arent just mindless, rotting corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes, signaling voodoo of the blackest kind. Its the sort of case that can leave a mark on a person. And Anitas own soul may not survive unscathed . .

Contiene Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume 1 USA La autora de best-sellers Laurel K. Hamilton traslada su más famosa creación al cómic. Anita Blake vive en un mundo donde vampiros, zombies y hombres lobo han sido declarados ciudadanos de Estados Unidos. Su profesion consiste en sacar a los muertos de la tumba, y tambien se ha convertido en una de las mas fieles colaboradoras de la policia. Pero, mientras Anita se gana la atencion del mas peligroso vampiro de St. Louis, tambien descubre un oscuro secreto sobre si misma: el origen de su inusual fortaleza.

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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.

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.

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.

Anita Blake has been asked to raise the dead-but the results aren't going to make everybody happy...

A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way The local police suspect "monsters"are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, US Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killerBut some monsters are very real...

A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a full-blown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude's reign-and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power. Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of BURNT OFFERINGS and CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED, among others.

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S FAN-FAVORITE VAMPIRE HUNTER RETURNS! Anita Blake walked away from her last case with more than a few bruises - but those wounds are nothing compared to the scrapes that lie ahead in this blood-soaked adaptation of Hamilton's third erotic thriller. To find a killer targeting the undead, Anita must descend into the dangerous, supernatural demimonde operated by the master vampire Jean-Claude. It will take all of Anita's wits to survive THE CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED!