The Vampire Huntress, by L. A. Banks

20-year-old New Orleans orphan Damali Richards is the guerrilla leader of a rock-'n'-roll vampire-killer band (they disguise their weapons as musical instruments to get through airport security), who is on the verge of a full awakening of her superpowers as an adult vampire huntress. This makes her as much hunted as hunter.

Minion. Griffin, 2003.
The Awakening (2003)
The Hunted (2004)
The Bitten (2005)
The Forbidden (2005)
The Damned (2006)
The Forsaken (2006)
The Wicked (2007)
The Cursed (2007)
The Darkness (2008)
The Shadows (2008)
The Thirteenth (2009)

Red Death P. N. Elrod. Ace, 1993.
Gentleman vampire Jonathan Barrett returns to America from London to fight during the Colonial rebellion. Followed by: Death and the Maiden (1994);Death Masque (1995); and Dance of Death (1996).

The Vampire Files (Series), by P. N. Elrod.
This Chandleresque mystery series features Jack Fleming, a former journalist and a good-natured vampire (for a change), taking a bite out of crime in 1930s Chicago.

Bloodlist (Ace, 1990)
Lifeblood (1990)
Bloodcircle (1990)
Art in the Blood(1991)
Fire in the Blood (1991)
Blood on the Water (1998)
A Chill in the Blood (1999, 1998)
The Dark Sleep (1999)
Lady Crymsyn (2000)
Cold Streets (2003) 
Song In the Dark (2005)

The Renquist Quartet, by Mick Farren.
Renquist, a centuries-old master of a colony of vampires living in New York City, is beset on one side by the younger of his kind who hunger for blood and on the other by a tenacious cop and a drunken ex-priest who are beginning to suspect what they really are.

The Time of Feasting T. Doherty, 1996.
Darklost T. Doherty, 2000.
More Than Mortal T. Doherty, 2001.

Carpathian Series, by Christine Feehan.
Mikhail Dubrinsky is prince of the Carpathaians, an ancient speices of human-looking shape-shifters with amazing physical and psychic powers. Like vampires, the sunlight means death and they must feed on human blood, but they do not murder their "donors." Despairing of ever finding a Carpathian lifemate, Mikhail fears he will soon turn the way many other males have--into murderous vampires. Then he meets American psychic Raven Whitney and he wonders if this mortal woman could be the one he has been searching for.

Dark Prince (1999)
Dark Desire (1999)
Dark Gold (2000)
Dark Magic (2000)
Dark Challenge (2000)
Dark Fire (2001)
Dark Legend (2002)
Dark Guardian (2002)
Dark Symphony (2003)
Dark Melody (2003)
Dark Destiny (2005)
Dark Secret (2005)
Dark Legend (2002)
Dark Secret (2005)
Dark Demon (2006)
Dark Celebration (2006)
Dark Possession (2007)
Dark Curse (2008)

Gardella Vampire Chronicles, by Colleen Gleason.
In Regency England, lady Victoris Gardella Grantworth is on the eve of her social debut when she learns that she is descended from a long line of vampire hunters and and must soon choose whether to embrace her destiny, since it is a profession that leaves little time for romance.

The Rest Falls Away (Signet, 2007)
Rises the Night (2007)
The Bleeding Dusk (2008)
When Twilight Burns (2008)
As Shadows Fade (2009)

Those Who Hunt the Night, by Barbara Hambly. Del Rey, 1988.
Prof. James Asher, an Oxford lecturer on folk tales and a former British Intelligence agent, returns home and finds that his wife has been placed in a strange coma by vampire Simon Yastro, who wants Asher to help him find out who is killing London's un-dead. Followed by Traveling with the Dead (1995).

The Anita Blake Series, by Laurell K. Hamilton
Feisty Anita Blake is a "prenatural expert" and necromancer known to vampires as The Executioner. In a time when vampires are protected by law, those who get out of line need to be dealt with, and Anita is the one to call, although she'll take on werewolves, shape-shifters and any other non-human life form in this combination mystery/horror series.

Guilty Pleasures (Ace, 1993)
The Laughing Corpse (1994)
Circus of the Damned (1995)
The Killing Dance (1995)
Bloody Bones (1996)
The Lunatic Café. (1996)
Blue Moon (1998)
Burnt Offerings (1998)
Obsidian Butterfly (2000)
Narcissus in Chains (2001)
Cerulean Sins (2003)
Incubus Dreams (2004)
Micah (2006)
Danse Macabre (2006)
The Harlequin (2007)
Blood Noir (2008)
Skin Trade (2009)

Necroscope Series, by Brian Lumley

I. Necroscope
Harry Keough is a necroscope who speaks to the dead. His incredible talent is put to use in a confrontation with vampire Thibor Ferenczy and his human tool, Boris Dragosani-part of a Russian spy agency. Necroscope (TOR, 1988) is followed by Vamphyri (1988), The Source (1989), Deadspeak ( 1990), Deadspawn (1991), The Touch (2006).

II. Vampire World
Nathan and Nestor Kiklu, the secret twin sons of Harry Keough carry on their father's fight against evil vampires only to end up bitter enemies. Blood Brothers (1992); The Last Aerie (1993); Bloodwars (1995, 1994).

III. The Lost Years
Returns to the adventures of Harry Keough, the world's greatest vampire hunter. Necroscope: The Lost Years (1995); Resurgence (1996).

IV. Necroscope: E-Branch Trilogy
Jake Cutter is in line to succeed the deceased Harry Keough as the Necroscope. He has his own agenda, however, and a troubled past, which makes E-Branch uncertain about taking him on. Invaders (1999), Defilers (2000), Avengers (2001).

Lawson Vampire Novels, by Jon F. Merz.
In modern day Boston. Lawson is a "fixer"--a vampire whose duty it is to maintain the delicate balance between vampires and humans and deal out justice when his colleagues get out of line. It's a thankless job...but someone's gotta do it.

The Fixer Kensington, 2002.
The Invoker Kensington, 2002.
The Syndicate Kensington, 2003.
The Destructor Kensington, 2003.

Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer
They're young, they're cool and they're out for blood. Can the vampires of Forks, Washington, co-exist with their human counterparts?

Twilight Little, Brown, 2002.
New Moon (2006).
Eclipse (2007).
Breaking Dawn (2008).

Anno-Dracula, by Kim Newman. Carroll & Graff, 1993.
In 1888, Queen Victoria has remarried, having taken as her new consort Vlad Tepes-Count Dracula. Now vampires rule the land, but in Whitechapel a murderer known as Silver Knife is cutting down vampire girls, and this series of crimes is threatening the new regime. Followed by The Bloody Red Baron (1995) and Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 (1998).

Darkangel, by Meredith Ann Pierce. Little, Brown, 1982.
Aeriel, a servant girl, must choose between destroying her vampire master for his evil deeds or save him for the spark of goodness she has seen in him. Followed by A Gathering of Gargoyles (1984, 1998) and The Pearl of the Soul of the World (1990, 1999).

The Vampire Chronicles, by Anne Rice
Begins with the story of Louis and how he became a vampire at the hands of the striking and sinister Lestat.

Interview With the Vampire (Knopf, 1976)
The Vampire Lestat (1985)
The Queen of the Damned (1988)
Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
Memnoch the Devil (1995)
The Vampire Armand (1998)
Merrick (2000)
Blood and Gold, or, The Story of Marius (2001)
Blackwood Farm. (2002)
Blood Canticle (2003)

New Tales of the Vampires, by Anne Rice
Newly intiated vampire David Talbot persuades the ancient and enigmatic Pandora to write the story of how the vampire Marius came to bestow the Dark Gift of immortality upon her more than 2,000 years ago.

Pandora (Knopf, 1998)
Vittorio, the Vampire (1999)

I, Vampire, by Michael Romkey. Fawcett Gold Medal, 1990.
The confessions of vampire David Parker-his life, loves and desires. Followed by The Vampire Papers (1994); The Vampire Princess (1996); and The Vampire Virus (1997).

The Dracula Series, by Fred Saberhagen
This series, featuring Vlad Dracula-a humane, caring & noble sort of vampire--mixes historical and contemporary characters.

The Dracula Tape (1975, 1992)
The Holmes-Dracula File (1989)
Old Friend of the Family (TOR, 1987)
Thorn (1990)
Dominion (1990)
A Matter of Taste (1990)
Question of Time (1992)
Seance for a Vampire (1994)
A Sharpness on the Neck (1996)
A Coldness in the Blood (1990)

Laws of the Blood Series, by Susan Sizemore
Sizemore's America is a place where humans and vampires live side-by-side, and sometimes fall in love. But it is an uneasy co-existence for the blood-lust of the vampires must be satisfied. It is up to the vampire Enforcers to decide what and when humans may be hunted.

The Hunt (Ace, 1999)
Partners (2000)
Deceptions (2002)
Companions (2001)
Heroes (2003)

The Saint-Germain Series, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Traces the lives and loves of Ragoczy, the Count Saint-Germain, a very human and tender vampire, from century to century, with plenty of historical detail.

Hotel Transylvania (St. Martin's, 1978)
The Palace (1978)
Blood Games (1979)
Path of the Eclipse (1981)
Tempting Fate (1982)
The Saint-Germain Chronicles (Pocket Books, 1983)
Out of the House of Life (TOR, 1990)
Darker Jewels (1993)
Better in the Dark (1993)
Mansions of Darkness (1996)
Writ in Blood (1997)
Blood Roses (1998)
Communion Blood (1999)
Come Twilight (2000)
A Feast in Exile (2001)
Night Blooming (2002)
Midnight Harvest (2003)
Dark of the Sun (2004)
States of Grace (2005)
Roman Dusk (2006)
Saint Germain: Memoirs (2007)
Borne in Blood (2007)
A Dangerous Climate (2008)

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