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Those Who Seek Forgiveness
A Lust of Cupids
The Edge of the Sea
A Scarcity of Lake Monsters
Selling Houses
A Token for Celandine
A Clean Sweep
The Curse-Maker
Geese
House of Wizards
Here Be Dragons
Winterkill
Stealing Souls
The Girl Who Was Infatuated With Death
STRANGE CANDY
Laurel K. Hamilton
If you're familiar with Laurell K. Hamilton's best-known character, you know that vampire hunter Anita Blake's version of “a walk on the wild side” can include anything from werewolves to zombies to wizards to shapeshifters. And oh, yes—vampires. Some she'll have to kill. Others she'll want to bed.
But what about the paranormal world Anita's conquests come from? In Strange Candy, Hamilton deftly claims this unnerving turf with fourteen sly tales of other humans who contend with the supernatural. Some stories are an exciting departure into the Sword and Sorcery genre, while others—like two never-before-published Anita Blake tales—are contemporary. But all bear the mark of Hamilton's dark twists and delectable humor….
A haunted house with a deadly past is no problem for a realtor with a special affinity…for vampires. A happy bachelorette finds herself under siege by a swarm of Cupids determined to get her married off. A pair of marine biologists discovers the perils of studying lake monsters-especially after probing their reproductive lives. An elf helps a selfish princess find forgiveness for the crime of black magic, only to exact a terrible price herself. And Hell hath no fury like an under-valued superhero who specializes in housecleaning.
Piercing, sensuous, provocative, Strange Candy offers up treats never dreamed of for Halloween…and delivers them drenched in nightmares you won't want to wake up from. No bones—nor fangs, talismans, geas, grimoires or pixie dust—about it. Warning: Explicit sexual content. (Approx. 272 pp.) 2006.
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