Guilty Pleasures

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Meet Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, in the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that “blends the genres of romance, horror and adventure with stunning panache”(Jayne Ann Krentz). Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling series has captured readers’ wildest imaginations and addicted them to a seductive world where supernatural hungers collide with the desires of the human heart, starring a heroine like no other... Anita Blake is small, dark, and dangerous. Her turf is the city of St. Louis. Her job: re-animating the dead and killing the undead who take things too far. But when the city’s most powerful vampire asks her to solve a series of vicious slayings, Anita must confront her greatest fear—her undeniable attraction to master vampire Jean-Claude, one of the creatures she is sworn to destroy... “What The Da Vinci Code did for the religious thriller, the Anita Blake series has done for the vampire novel.”—USA Today

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Guilty Pleasures introduces readers to the dark, gritty, and spellbinding urban fantasy world of Anita Blake in the first novel of the bestselling series by Laurell K. Hamilton. Published with 321 pages of suspenseful fiction, the story drops us straight into the city of St. Louis, a place where supernatural hungers constantly collide with the deep desires of the human heart. Anita Blake is small in stature, dark-haired, and exceptionally dangerous. In this alternate society, creatures of the night walk openly, and Anita's professional life involves two very distinct sides. By day, she makes a living as a necromancer, legally re-animating the dead for grieving families or legal matters. By night, she serves as a relentless vampire hunter, tracking down and eliminating the undead who cross the line and take their violent tendencies too far. Her unique blend of competence, resilience, and dry wit makes her a heroine quite unlike any other in contemporary literature. The main plot sets into motion when the city's most powerful master vampire approaches Anita with a grim proposition. A series of vicious and inexplicable slayings is terrorizing the local vampire population, and they need an outside investigator to find the killer before human authorities or other supernatural factions escalate the violence. Taking the case forces Anita to step completely out of her comfort zone and navigate the treacherous political underbelly of St. Louis's supernatural society. As she digs deeper into the gruesome murders, she must grapple with her greatest and most terrifying fear: her undeniable, magnetic attraction to Jean-Claude, the charismatic and seductive master vampire who rules the local underworld. Hamilton expertly weaves together the distinct genres of romance, horror, and high-stakes adventure, creating a rich atmosphere where danger lurks around every corner. Throughout the investigation, Anita relies on her wits, her firearms, and her sheer stubbornness to survive encounters with werewolves, powerful vampires, and other sinister forces. Guilty Pleasures lays the foundation for a massive, wildly imaginative saga that keeps readers thoroughly addicted as the boundaries between monsters and humans continue to blur.

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