Victorian Vampires Series by Amanda DeWees

An exciting new series of novellas by the author of the Daphne Award-winning With This Curse begins. In 1881, an innocent young Englishwoman who ventures into mysterious Baron Dalca’s Romanian castle may lose her life, her soul...or her heart. Miss Michael Cargrave is desperate when the death of her bookseller father leaves her in a dire financial state... moreAn exciting new series of novellas by the author of the Daphne Award-winning With This Curse begins. In 1881, an innocent young Englishwoman who ventures into mysterious Baron Dalca’s Romanian castle may lose her life, her soul...or her heart. Miss Michael Cargrave is desperate when the death of her bookseller father leaves her in a dire financial state. When she finds a letter from a mysterious foreign aristocrat, Baron Dalca, requesting that her father come work for him, she decides to risk everything by traveling to the Carpathian Mountains and claiming the position herself. Her audacity wins over Baron Dalca. But as rumors of vampire attacks reach her ears, and as she daily grows more fascinated by the enigmatic baron, she begins to dream of a strange predator that visits her at night. Vasile, Baron Dalca, expected an elderly gentleman scholar. Instead he finds on his doorstep a vibrant, courageous young woman who stirs him in a way that no woman has since the long-ago death of his wife. But for her sake, he can’t fall in love. He can bring nothing but danger to Michael Cargrave. When he realizes that she is being stalked by a creature of the night, however, he must find a way to keep her safe without shattering her sanity, even if that means taking a desperate step like sending her away forever—or proposing marriage. “As Vital as Blood takes the reader into the heart of Dracula country for a tale of dark romance and suspense. Amanda DeWees deftly blends classic vampire lore with Gothic romance, mystery, and thrills. ” --Dacre Stoker, author, great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker “Amanda DeWees is an authority on vampire literature, a devotee of the Gothic romance, and a prose stylist of admirable skill and passion. She is, quite simply, the perfect storm of vampire romance author. ” --Charles R Rutledge, co-author of Congregations of the Dead “Amanda DeWees creates a a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tale by way of Bram Stoker in this romantic reinvention of the classic vampire tale. With sensitively drawn characters, As Vital as Blood delivers romance and suspense in a delightful package.” --Raven Hart, author of the Savannah Vampires series less

Now available for preorder: Book 2 in the Victorian Vampire novella series. Be sure not to miss book 1, As Vital as Blood. Ned Alter has always been a soldier. Until now, he fought abroad for the British Empire. Now his family has called him back to England and to a new fight: against vampires. As supernatural attacks become more frequent in the once-peaceful countryside, the Alter men call on him to join their ranks and seize his destiny as a vampire hunter... moreNow available for preorder: Book 2 in the Victorian Vampire novella series. Be sure not to miss book 1, As Vital as Blood. Ned Alter has always been a soldier. Until now, he fought abroad for the British Empire. Now his family has called him back to England and to a new fight: against vampires. As supernatural attacks become more frequent in the once-peaceful countryside, the Alter men call on him to join their ranks and seize his destiny as a vampire hunter. Having a sweet, beautiful fiancée like Rosamond Cargrave gives Ned more to fight for. But he can’t help but be dazzled by the lovely and mysterious Lady Bianca—even as he begins to suspect that she may be the very creature he and his kin are stalking. Bianca passed her mortal life in the merry, pleasure-loving court of Charles II. As a vampire, she has surrounded herself with artists, musicians, and wits, so that her immortal existence is one of beauty and delight. Now, however, she finds that she is a suspect in a series of vicious attacks—and that she is falling in love with one of the men siding against her kind: Ned Alter. When Ned is sent to spy on her, Bianca realizes that the only way to protect both herself and the unwary humans is to team up with them to track the killer. But doing so will put both their lives at risk...and will awaken a hunger in Ned’s fiancée that no one would ever have suspected. less