Sanguinary, by Margo Bond Collins
A Night Shift Novel
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Only fifty years left before vampires rule the world.
When Dallas police detective Cami Davis joined the city’s vampire unit, she planned to use the job as a
stepping-stone to a better position in the department.
But she didn’t know then what she knows now: there’s a silent war raging between humans and
vampires, and the vampires are winning.
So with the help of a disaffected vampire and an ex-cop addict, Cami is going undercover, determined to
solve a series of recent murders, discover a way to overthrow the local Sanguinary government, and, in
the process, help win the war for the human race.
But can she maintain her own humanity in the process? Or will Cami find herself, along with the rest of
the world, pulled under a darkness she cannot oppose?
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My Top Five Favorite Vampire Books/Series
A Guest Post by Margo Bond Collins
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black http://www.amazon.com/Coldest-Girl-Coldtown-Holly-Black-ebook/dp/B00BAXFB3C/
I loved Black’s short story of the same name and was initially a little disappointed to discover that
the novel was not, in fact, a continuation of the same story but rather a new story set in the same
world. But that disappointment quickly disappeared as Black’s novel drew me in. The vampires here
are horrifying—and being the single (potential) exception to that rule makes the love-interest vampire
equally terrifying and attractive, adding up to the kind of vicarious adrenaline rush that draws me to
vampire tales in the first place.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Robin-McKinley/dp/0515138819/
I re-read this book every year or two—I just finished the latest re-reading in November. McKinley
does a beautiful job of setting up a world that is almost, but not exactly, like our own. The eponymous
protagonist almost seems to ramble sometimes, but the voice is perfectly her own and the things she
reveals about herself are beautifully woven back into the plot. Also, the vampires are creepy as all get-
out!
Quiver by Holly Luhning http://www.amazon.com/Quiver-Holly-
Luhning-ebook/dp/B005BTJUHE/
Unlike most of the books I read, Quiver is not speculative fiction. It’s a psychological thriller
about obsession—specifically, obsession with Elizabeth Bathory, the psychotic sixteenth-century
Hungarian countess who bathed in the blood of her (many!) victims in an attempt to make herself
younger. Luhning’s depiction of a dissatisfied academic pulled further into a world of horror and intrigue
is both compelling and unsettling. So this isn’t really a “vampire” novel in the strictest sense—but it
draws on vampire mythology in interesting ways.
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Book 1) by Laurell K. Hamiltonhttp://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Pleasures-Laurell-K-Hamilton-ebook/dp/B0030MTPU6/
This was probably the first book I ever heard called a “urban fantasy”—though the term Hamilton used
for it was “paranormal mystery.” In the early novels of this series, Anita Blake, is based more on the
gritty noir detective than the romance heroine. Though the series shifts toward the erotic later, the early
novels are still among my favorite paranormal mysteries/urban fantasies.
Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, Book 1) by Faith Hunter http://www.amazon.com/Skinwalker-Jane-Yellowrock-Book-1-ebook/dp/B002AU7MSG/
This series has landed on my favorite vampires and my favorite shapeshifters lists. I’m a fan of
shapeshifter novels in general, and of this series in particular. I like Hunter’s twist on the shapeshifter
standards—in these novels, Jane shares her body and her consciousness with a big cat she calls Beast.
Watching the two of them negotiating their shared life is almost as much fun as watching them work
through whatever mysteries and problems come their way because of Jane’s job as bodyguard to
vampires.
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About the Author
Margo Bond Collins is the author of urban fantasy, contemporary romance, and paranormal mysteries.
She has published a number of novels, including Sanguinary, Taming the Country Star, Legally Undead,
Waking Up Dead, and Fairy, Texas. She lives in Texas with her husband, their daughter, and several
spoiled pets. Although writing fiction is her first love, she also teaches college-level English courses
online. She enjoys reading romance and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of her free
time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and the strong women who love
them—and sometimes fight them.
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Connect with Margo
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/margobondcollins
Email: MargoBondCollins@gmail.com
Website: http://www.MargoBondCollins.net
Blog: http://www.MargoBondCollins.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargoBondCollin @MargoBondCollin
Google+: https://plus.google.com/116484555448104519902
Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/vampirarchy
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/MargoBondCollins
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/mbondcollins/
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