New Releases by Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton has captivated readers with her gritty, seductive tales of vampire hunter Anita Blake for thirty bloody fantastic years. Now, in the thirtieth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, wedding bells are ringing. But before Anita can make it to the altar, she must face an obstacle more daunting than any supernatural threat.... Necromancer Anita Blake is small, dark, and dangerous. Her turf is the city of St. Louis. Her job: U.S. Marshal—Preternatural Branch. She’s faced horrifying monsters and brutal killers and come out the other side still standing. Considering how things in her life tend to go, Anita never expected her walk down the aisle with Jean-Claude to go smoothly. They’ve already been confronted with naysayers and a power-hungry ancient evil, but now Anita has to do the one thing that actually scares her: introduce her very religious, very human relatives to her fiancé—the newly crowned vampire king of America. As Anita tries to keep the peace between the family she left behind and the family she’s chosen, dark forces jump at the chance to take advantage of the chaos. With her happy-ever-after at risk and everyone’s immortal souls hanging in the balance, Anita grapples with a hard truth: Blood makes you related, but loyalty makes you family.

Vampire hunter Anita Blake is no stranger to killing monsters. It’s part of her job as a Preternatural U.S. Marshal, after all. But even her experience isn’t enough to stop something that is bent on destroying everything—and everyone—she loves. Anita Blake is engaged to Jean-Claude, the new vampire king of America. Humans think she’s gone over to the side of the monsters. The vampires fear that their new king has fallen under the spell of the most powerful necromancer in a thousand years. In the midst of wedding preparations—including getting Edward, aka U.S. Marshal Ted Forrester, fitted as best man—Anita gets a call that the local police need her expertise at a brutal murder scene linked to a nationwide slaughter of vampires and humans, dubbed the Sunshine Murders. But there is more than just a murderer to catch: an ancient evil has arrived in St. Louis to challenge Jean-Claude for his crown, his life, Anita, and all they hold dear. Even with Jean-Claude’s new powers as king and Anita’s necromancy, it isn’t enough; they must embrace their triumvirate or allow primeval darkness to spread across the country, possessing first the vampires and then the humans. Evil will triumph unless Jean-Claude and Anita can prove that love conquers all.

Angels walk among us, but so do other unearthly beings in this brand new series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. Meet Detective Zaniel Havelock, a man with the special ability to communicate directly with angels. A former trained Angel speaker, he devoted his life to serving both the celestial beings and his fellow humans with his gift, but a terrible betrayal compelled him to leave that life behind. Now he’s a cop who is still working on the side of angels. But where there are angels, there are also demons. There’s no question that there’s evil at work when he’s called in to examine the murder scene of a college student—but is it just the evil that one human being can do to another, or is it something more? When demonic possession is a possibility, even angelic protection can only go so far. The race is on to stop a killer before he finds his next victim, as Zaniel is forced to confront his own very personal demons, and the past he never truly left behind. The first in a new series from the author of the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.

Anita Blake ist daran gewöhnt, die Jägerin zu sein. Doch plötzlich hat sie selbst einen Auftragskiller im Nacken sitzen und alle Hände voll damit zu tun, einfach nur zu überleben. Denn ein Unbekannter hat einen Preis von einer halben Million Dollar auf ihren Kopf ausgesetzt, und sie soll innerhalb von 24 Stunden aus dem Weg geräumt werden. Anita muss also schnellstmöglich herausfinden, wer ihr nach dem Leben trachtet. Als ob das nicht Ärger genug wäre, soll sie sich auch noch zwischen zwei Männern entscheiden. Und wenn es sich bei dem einen um einen Vampir und bei dem anderen um einen Werwolf handelt, ist diese Wahl ein riskantes Spiel mit dem Feuer ... Nächster Band: Anita Blake - Dunkle Glut. Erlebe (über-)sinnliche Abenteuer mit eBooks von beHEARTBEAT - Herzklopfen garantiert.

Rafael, king of the wererats, must fight to the death to defend his crown. He wants Anita Blake, one of his closest allies, with him as he faces an opponent unlike any he’s faced before. He will ask Anita to risk everything to be at his side.... But some of the wererats fear that Rafael depends too much on Anita and her ties to the vampires. They believe that there is only room in America for one supernatural king, and Rafael will turn them into nothing more than food for the bloodsuckers. Among his enemies, a new challenger has arisen who is younger, hungrier, and has dark secrets that could destroy both the wererats and the vampires. Rafael will go into the magical heart of his people to find the power and violence that he needs to save them all, or die trying.

In St. Louis verschwinden immer wieder Leute, genauer gesagt: Werwölfe und andere Gestaltwandler. Der Anführer eines Werwolfrudels beauftragt Anita Blake mit der Aufklärung des Falls. Zugleich ist in seinem Rudel ein Kampf um die Führerschaft ausgebrochen. Anita gerät zwischen die Fronten, denn sie ist in Richard verliebt, den stärksten Konkurrenten des Leitwolfs. Doch auch Meistervampir Jean-Claude buhlt weiterhin um ihre Gunst. Sie hat schon so manches lebendig überstanden - diese Liebe jedoch könnte tödlich enden ... "Nie zuvor habe ich eine Autorin gelesen, die über eine derart erstaunliche Fantasie verfügt - und selten jemanden, der weniger Skrupel hatte, selbige auch anzuwenden." Diana Gabaldon Nächster Band: Anita Blake - Bleiche Stille. Erlebe (über-)sinnliche Abenteuer mit eBooks von beHEARTBEAT - Herzklopfen garantiert.

Mein Name ist Anita Blake. Ich bin Expertin für Kreaturen der Nacht. Ich habe mit Gestaltwandlern diniert, mit Werwölfen getanzt und werde von Jean-Claude, dem Meistervampir der Stadt, umworben. Doch seit Kurzem ist ein neuer Vampir in der Stadt. Dunkel und gefährlich. Sein Name: Alejandro. Und er will mich. Deshalb wütet jetzt ein Krieg der Untoten. Ich würde mich ja geschmeichelt fühlen - wenn mein Leben nicht auf dem Spiel stände ... Als in St. Louis eine Leiche gefunden wird, die von nicht weniger als fünf Vampiren ausgesaugt wurde, ahnt Anita Blake nichts Gutes und geht der Sache auf den Grund. Sie findet heraus, dass ein Jahrtausende alter Vampir in der Stadt ist: der mächtige Meistervampir Alejandro. Er will Anita zu seiner Dienerin machen. Ehe sie sich versieht, gerät sie mitten in einen Revierkampf der Untoten. Denn der herrschende Vampir, Jean-Claude, beansprucht Anita für sich. Währenddessen verliebt sie sich in den attraktiven Lehrer Richard. Sie sind zwei Menschen zwischen den Fronten - zumindest glaubt Anita das. Und als es zu einer Schlacht der Untoten um die Seelen der Stadt kommt, läuft Anita Gefahr, die ihre für immer zu verlieren ... "Laurell K. Hamilton saugt dich in ihre Welt ein wie der Kuss eines Vampirs." J.D. Robb Nächster Band: Anita Blake - Gierige Schatten. Erlebe (über-)sinnliche Abenteuer mit eBooks von beHEARTBEAT - Herzklopfen garantiert.

A collection of sixteen sci-fi and fantasy stories edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and author William McCaskey. A child’s wish for her father comes true. The end of the world has never been so much fun. Conquering personal demons becomes all too real. It’s not always about winning; sometimes it’s about showing up for the fight. It’s about loving your life’s work, and jobs that make you question everything. In this anthology, seventeen authors have woven together brand-new stories that speak to the darkness and despair that life brings while reminding us that good deeds, humor, love, sacrifice, dedication, and following our joy can ignite a light that burns so bright the darkness cannot last. Laurell K. Hamilton and William McCaskey are joined by Kevin J. Anderson, Griffin Barber, Patricia Briggs, Larry Correia, Kacey Ezell, Monalisa Foster, Robert E. Hampson, John G. Hartness, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Jessica Schlenker, Sharon Shinn, M. C. Sumner, Patrick M. Tracy, and Michael Z. Williamson in this collection.

Une aventure d''Anita Blake, tueuse de vampires La Floride est l''endroit rêvé pour le mariage d''Edward, marshal fédéral et meilleur ami d''Anita. C''est également pour elle et ses amoureux Micah et Nathaniel l''occasion de profiter de vacances bien méritées. Mais ce paradis tropical recèle aussi une nouvelle forme de lycanthropie, une malédiction qui accable une famille depuis plusieurs générations, réduisant le corps humain à une masse grouillante de serpents... Lorsqu''une dispute éclate parmi les invités du mariage et que plusieurs femmes disparaissent de l''hôtel, les amis et amants d''Anita figurent parmi les suspects principaux. Une force mystérieuse est à l''oeuvre, réduisant tous ses alliés à l''impuissance. Pour assurer leur survie, Anita est prête à tout, même à accepter une aide qui risque de s''avérer mortelle, et dont le prix à payer risque d''être bien plus lourd que prévu...

Une aventure d''Anita Blake, tueuse de vampires Damian est mon serviteur, mais c''est aussi mon amant et mon ami. Aussi, lorsque celle qui l''a créé le torture à l''aide de violents cauchemars, je suis prête à tout pour le sauver, y compris m''envoler vers la terre la plus inhospitalière qui soit pour une nécromancienne et un vampire : l''Irlande. Sa maîtresse, l''une des plus redoutables vampires de l''Histoire, a fait trembler l''humanité sous les noms de Moroven, Nemhain ou M''Lady, et semble à présent échapper à tout contrôle. Heureusement, j''ai mon propre atout à jouer : à mes côtés se trouve Edward, l''homme que l''on surnomme la Mort... Court extrait Je commençais à m''assoupir, bercée par leur respiration régulière, quand mon téléphone se remit à sonner. Cette fois, il joua un autre morceau : Bad to the Bone de George Thorogood. C''est la sonnerie personnalisée d''un de mes meilleurs amis, Edward, assassin de morts-vivants et, comme moi, marshal fédéral sous le nom de Ted Forrester. Pensez Clark Kent et Superman. Je repoussai les couvertures et, dans ma hâte de ramasser mon téléphone dont l''écran brillait au milieu d''un tas de vêtements, tombai par terre à côté du lit. J''appuyai sur le bouton vert. Je suis là ! Anita, ça va ? lança joyeusement Edward, ce qui m''apprit qu''il était avec d''autres officiers de police qui devaient entendre notre conversation. Ouais, ouais. Tu as l''air drôlement guilleret pour 5 heures du matin, grognai-je en m''efforçant de dissimuler que je commençais déjà à me cailler hors de la chaleur de notre lit. Je farfouillai dans le tas de vêtements en quête de quelque chose qui m''appartenait, mais ne réussis qu''à pêcher une fringue masculine après l''autre. Ici, il est 11 heures. Donc, il n''était pas chez lui, dans le Nouveau-Mexique. Où es-tu ? À Dublin. Dublin où ? Dublin en Irlande. Je m''assis par terre, nue et frissonnante, m''enfouissant dans le tas de vêtements tel un oiseau qui tente de se confectionner un nid, et m''efforçai de réfléchir. N''y arrivant pas, je demandai : Qu''est-ce que tu fous à Dublin, en Irlande? C''est justement la raison de mon appel. Mais encore ? Je tentai de réprimer mon irritation grandissante parce que ça n''aurait fait qu''amuser Edward, et que Ted met toujours plus longtemps à me raconter les choses. Edward est beaucoup plus direct. Oui, ils ne font qu''une seule et même personne, mais Edward est un acteur adepte de la méthode de Stanislavski, et il n''aime pas sortir de son personnage. Je chasse les vampires. Il n''y a pas de vampires en Irlande. C''est le seul pays au monde où on n''en trouve pas. C''est ce qu''on pensait tous jusqu''à il y a six semaines. Que s''est-il passé il y a six semaines ? demandai-je en tentant de me pelotonner au milieu des vêtements en tas sur le sol pour me réchauffer. Quelqu''un me lança mon peignoir depuis le lit. Merci, dis-je à celui des deux léopards-garous qui avait eu pitié de moi. Ils ont découvert leur première victime de vampire. © Bragelonne 2017

In her twenty-fifth adventure, vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake learns that evil is in the eye of the beholder... Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn’t usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he’s being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats. And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him, who subjected him to centuries of torture, might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kind’s few strict taboos. Some say love is a great motivator, but hatred gets the job done, too. And when Anita joins forces with her friend Edward to stop the carnage, Damian will be at their side, even if it means traveling back to the land where all his nightmares spring from...a place that couldn’t be less welcoming to a vampire, an assassin, and a necromancer: Ireland.

Zombies and voodoo collide in this Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. Becoming the fiancée of master vampire Jean-Claude is wreaking havoc with Anita Blake’s reputation as a hardass—to some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, she’s still the go-to expert for zombie issues. And right now, the FBI is having one hell of a zombie issue. Someone is producing zombie porn. Anita has seen her share of freaky undead fetishes, so this shouldn’t bother her. But the women being victimized aren’t just mindless, rotting corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes, signaling voodoo of the blackest kind. It’s the sort of case that can leave a mark on a person. And Anita’s own soul may not survive unscathed...

"Enjoying pain with your pleasure is something you either get, or you don''t. If you get it, then you don''t really need it explained, because you know how good it feels, and if you don''t get it then no amount of talking is going to convince you it makes sense." But sometimes you have to explain the unexplainable, especially if the love of your life needs to understand, or she''ll leave you. Jason Schuyler is one of Anita Blake''s best friends and favorite werewolves, with benefits. J.J. is his lady love, an old flame from childhood who dances at one of the top ballet companies in New York. She''s accomplished, beautiful, and she''s crazy about him, too. Neither of them wants to be monogamous, so what could go wrong? J.J. is enthusiastically bisexual, with an emphasis on the female side of things. She plans to keep sleeping with women, because Jason can''t meet that need, just like she can''t meet Jason''s need for rough sex and bondage. J.J. doesn''t understand why Jason isn’t content to go elsewhere for a need she can’t fulfil, so Jason asks Anita to help him explain. Anita is having her own relationship growing pains with her only female lover ever, Jade. Jason suggests that J.J. might be able to help Anita with her girl problem, while she helps him with his kinky explanations. With some encouragement from a few other lovers in Anita''s life she reluctantly agrees, and J. J. makes plans to fly into town for an experience that none of them will ever forget.

Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about “zombie disease.” Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies—but these aren’t the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes…Where will it stop? Even Anita Blake doesn’t know.

Merry Gentry, ex–private detective and full-time princess, is now the mother of triplets, a rarity in the high ranks of faerie. And not everyone is happy about it, including Taranis, King of Light and Illusion. He’s using the human courts to sue for visitation rights, claiming that one of the babies is his. To save herself and her children, Merry will use the most dangerous powers in all of faerie: a god of death, a warrior known as the Darkness, the Killing Frost, and a king of nightmares. They are her lovers, and her dearest loves, and they will face down the might of the high courts of faerie—while trying to keep the war from spreading to innocent humans in Los Angeles, who are in danger of becoming collateral damage.

Relever les morts, c''est ce que je sais faire le mieux. D''ailleurs, je suis la meilleure du pays. Raison pour laquelle j''ai reçu un certain Tony Bennington. Veuf depuis peu, celui-ci m''a demandé, en échange d''une somme exorbitante, un service peu courant : ramener feu son épouse à la vie. Mais ça, même si je suis pleine de compassion, c''est hors de question : ce qui sortirait de la tombe ne serait pas vraiment le miracle auquel s''attend cet homme. On dirait bien pourtant qu''un refus poli ne lui suffira pas et il a laissé entendre qu''il savait beaucoup de choses sur ma vie et mes amants...

When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she’s faced with something she’s never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people—kids, grandparents, soccer moms—all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there’s one martyr, there will be more… But even vampires have monsters that they’re afraid of. And Anita is one of them…

Featuring a Lieutenant Eve Dallas novella and an Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novella, this New York Times bestselling anthology of paranormal romance will transport you to a time and a place you''ve never been before... In J. D. Robb''s "Interlude in Death," Lieutenant Eve Dallas is forced to forsake duty to take down a rogue ex-cop at an off-planet police conference--and save the man she loves. In Laurell K. Hamilton''s "Magic Like Heat Across My Skin," a kidnapping brings vampire hunter Anita Blake and the two men in her life closer than a woman, a vampire, and a werewolf have ever been before. Searching the universe for a missing ship, two telepaths lose themselves in each other--mind, body, and soul in Susan Krinard''s "Kinsman." And in Maggie Shayne''s "Immortality," a man pulls a drowning woman out of the sea, a centuries-old witch with one last wish to share with him--and one last hope.

The adventures of U.S. Marshal and vampire hunter Anita Blake continue when word is leaked to her that hit men are headed to St. Louis and that she, Jean-Claude, and Richard are targets.

A collection of books 6-10 in Laurell K. Hamilton''s New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. • The Killing Dance • Burnt Offerings • Blue Moon • Obsidian Butterfly • Narcissus in Chains

Watch a video The music came back up and the next group of little girls, slightly older, came out. There was a lot of that in the next hour and change. I liked dance, and it was no reflection on the kids, but my will to live began to seep away on about the fifth group of sequined children... Anita Blake is back in St. Louis and trying to live a normal life-as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner and a U. S. Marshal. There are lovers, friends and their children, school programs to attend. In the midst of all the ordinary happiness a vampire from Anita''s past reaches out. She was supposed to be dead, killed in an explosion, but the Mother of All Darkness is the first vampire, their dark creator. It''s hard to kill a god. This dark goddess has reached out to her here-in St. Louis, home of everyone Anita loves most. The Mother of All Darkness has decided she has to act now or never, to control Anita, and all the vampires in America. The Mother of All Darkness believes that the triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude with Anita and the werewolf Richard Zeeman has enough power for her to regain a body and to immigrate to the New World. But the body she wants to possess is already taken. Anita is about to learn a whole new meaning to sharing her body, one that has nothing to do with the bedroom. And if the Mother of All Darkness can''t succeed in taking over Anita''s body for herself, she means to see that no one else has the use of it, ever again. Even Belle Morte, not always a friend to Anita, has sent word: "Run if you can..."

''People don''t like dealing with people who raise the dead. Don''t ask me why, but we make them nervous.'' There''s something about Leo Harlan that I don''t like. He''s asked me to reanimate his long-dead ancestor, and it seems like a perfectly ordinary case for someone like me: Anita Blake, preternatural expert, vampire hunter and raiser of the dead. So I agree - sometimes you deal with the devil not because you want to, but because if you don''t, someone else will. But what he hasn''t told me is that the corpse may hold the secret to an ancient crime that not everyone wants to be remembered.

Anita Blake has been asked to raise the dead-but the results aren''t going to make everybody happy...

You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye. To protect my unborn children, I have turned my back on the crown, choosing exile in the human world with my beloved Frost and Darkness. Yet I cannot abandon my people. Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and my guardsmen and me deeply disturbed. I thought I’d left the blood and politics behind in my own turbulent realm. But now I realize that evil knows no borders, and that nobody lives forever—even if they’re magical.

The bonds of love... The bonds of matrimony... The bonds between husband and wife... Let''s face it-some bonds are made to be broken. Here, for the first time ever, are four stories from today''s most provocative authors that take the classic idea of the "faerie tale wedding" and give it a swift kick in the bustle.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author?s spellbinding debut novel? now available in trade paperback for the first time. Author of the hugely popular Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, Laurell K. Hamilton has brought the supernatural to light?and has given readers a vision of a world aflame with electrifying suspense and violent passions. In this, her debut novel, her rich imagination spreads its wings to fly?in a tale of a woman known as sorcerer, prophet, and enchantress. The mark of a demon can open the door to undreamed-of powers and possibilities?or expose a soul to the darkest and most forbidden forces of sorcery. Now Keleios wears the mark?and the time of avenging her mother?s death is at hand.

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City''s authorities what they''re dealing with. Only it''s worse than she thinks, in the latest work in the bestselling Vampire Hunter series.

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children. Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court–and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen. But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me. I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price–for I am truly my father’s daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything–even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie.