Hamilton's Anita Blake series and it totally fit the bill for what I was looking for. This volume contains the first 3 books (Guilty Pleasures,The Laughing Corpse and Circus of the Damned) in Laurell K. This is where I ended up after a misguided side trip into Charlaine Harris' Dead Until Dark which I,found easy to read but kind of silly. * Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 3)Ī few weeks ago, I was feeling pretty overwhelmed and stressed and was looking for a good book to escape in - an engrossing page turner that sucks you in and doesn't require a lot of thinking but also doesn't insult your intelligence. * The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 2) * Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 1) I'd have been flattered, if my life weren't at stake. Later a rogue vamp named Alejandro hit town and wanted to make me his human servant. When a serial killer started murdering vampires, it was Jean-Claude who wanted me to find the killer. I've dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves and been wooed, but not won, by Jean-Claude, the most powerful bloodsucker in St. In my job - I'm an animator I raise the dead - I've seen just about everything. Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. Club Vampyre brings together the first three Anita Blake novels, this collection looks at the adventures of the woman vampires call The Executioner.

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