We live a normal life.”The words left his lips without emotion or meaning, because at this point he knew there was no such thing as a normal life for him. Deep in his heart, he...

But, Elizabeth, what we have, what is between us, will never be over.

Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. – Anita Blake

For the first time in his centuries of life, doing the right thing didn’t seem like the right thing to do.

We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also love Nell, and if you give her the chance and stop rejecting her advances,...

I had no idea you could dance so well.” Larissa linked her arm through Aiden’s as they left the local pub.A few drunk men stumbled out behind them, singing offkey as they headed in the...

And the vampires. You used to know where you stood with them – smelly, evil, undead – but now there are virtuous vampires and disreputable vampires, and sexy vampires and glittery vampires, and none of...

Don’t tell them he’s upstairs , I commanded my brain. Tell them he moved to Pacoima to start a commune for vegetarian vampires. Tell them he’s looking into getting a sex-change operation and renaming himself...

Love and loyalty run deeper than blood

Hurrying back into the rouge lighting in sheer terror, Amelia ran without another word, escaping into the shadows of the dungeon, and she shrieked for salvation that never came.

Welcome to vampire-ville.” He chuckled.

Crap, are you thinking what I’m thinking?””I’m thinking we have about fifteen vampires and no blood,” Claire said. “Is that it?””No, I was thinking we’re out of chips. Of course that’s what I was thinking.

Oh, Claire,” he said. “You think me a far better man than I am. That’s kind, and flattering.” “Are you saying that you -“”Doughnuts!” Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds...

A father’s only dream is to hear his daughter ask to kill some zombies. Go for it, sweetie. Make this old man proud.

Tara. I’m a vampire,” Pearl said.”Yeah, whatever, and I’m queen of the sea.””Your Marine Majesty, I’m a vampire,” Pearl said.Concentrating, she slid her fangs out. “Tara. Tara!” She curled back her lips to expose the...

Good evening, gentlemen!’ said the vampire. ‘Please pay attention. I am a reformed vampire, which is to say, I am a bundle of repressed instincts held together with spit and coffee. It would be wrong...

And I honestly believe that I could never love another woman for the rest of my life. For the first time in the past five hundred years, I am sincerely thankful for my immortality, because...

Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.

Isabelle!” he called again. “Let down your raven hair!'”Oh my God,” Clary muttered. “There was something in that blood Raphael gave you, wasn’t there? I’m going to kill him.

Sorcha took the elevator down to the basement of the fashion house. She glanced at her stunningly beautiful reflection in the mirror and smiled to herself. How fortunate she was to be a vampire –...

Vampires love to gossip. They live for drama…

…turning your ankle hurts like hell, even if you’re a superhero.

Getting up from the bed, Dominick approaches me at a slow predatory pace. Once again, I cannot move my feet.

You’re teasing me!” — Bats

I put the carpetbag on a ledge, and then, hanging upside down by my razor-clawed feet, slept until sunset. A first for me, and actually quite comfortable.Lord help me.

Okay, okay, okay … go to your corners, boys. This is a nice Aubusson carpet you’re standing on. You get blood on it and I’ll have Fritz so far up my ass I’ll be coughing...

I will come,’ the priest answered, ‘for I have read in old books of these strange beings which are neither quick nor dead, and which lie ever fresh in their graves, stealing out in the...

I thought she wanted out. We should’ve brought cuffs and a gag.” Clare frowned. “What’s wrong with you, Blake? This is a rescue mission, not a kidnapping.

If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete....

When it comes down to it, if they knew the truth, no one would want to live on this earth forever.

He’d watched the world change around him, civilizations rise and fall, and although he could have anything, anyone, he wanted her.

Don’t you see? The catastrophe is me. My very existence is an affront to everything that is natural and good.

No one will say it to my face, but it’s so obvious they think I actually murdered Gavin. As if I would actually want to hurt the guy I was in love with. Still, I...

You may stay. But Jessica, please watch what you say and do. Don’t look them in the eyes for long. Speak only when spoken to. Yes, sir; yes, ma’am.””Sit up. Arf,” I teased.”What about her?”...

Ruby’s eyes shot open when she woke, for she felt a constraint around her wrists and ankles. Feeling with her fingers, she touched cold metal. Her small movement gave the chains a slight jingle. A...

Monsters can live inside a person. Sometimes they know about it. More often they don’t.

If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or I might drag you into my chambers and have you pleasure me in...

The Earth created magic to protect the magic that is the Earth.

Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.

While the new Legionnaire man eliminated his enemies in the name of God, with a cross in his hand, the new Communist man eliminated God altogether and stood on His pedestal. They were both equally...

In order to remain undead, I must steal the life force of someone whose fate matters less to me than my own.’ I’ve always supposed that Wall Street traders utter essentially the same sentence.

Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles, balanced them on his nose, and looked over them to say, “Don’t do drugs. I feel I ought to say that.

She was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked,...

They told of dripping stone walls in uninhabited castles and of ivy-clad monastery ruins by moonlight, of locked inner rooms and secret dungeons, dank charnel houses and overgrown graveyards, of footsteps creaking upon staircases and...

This is beautiful.” Eugenie ran her fingers along a massive mahogany sideboard, on the top of which rested a red velvet sash with fine embroidery on it and, on top of the sash, a silver...

‘Nope, not Debby Demint!’ His lips curved up while his eyes sparkled with amusement. ‘You haven’t even seen her. All the guys make fools of themselves over her.’ ‘There’s only one who I desire to...

She had a destiny, and it was wonderful, every girl’s dream. Like Sleeping Beauty, awoken from a deep sleep by a charming vampire, Lena would have her very own fairy tale.

I felt him closing in on me. My insides twisted and my cheeks grew warmer with his approach as if I could feel the warmth of his shower radiating off him.”All of a sudden, you’re...

Vampires, bringing America together!

In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses...