LAURELL K. HAMILTON

You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of Faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, private investigator with Grey's Detective Agency in Los Angeles. In the Fey and mortal realms alike, my life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama. Among my own kind, I have confronted horrendous enemies, endured my noble kin's treachery and malevolence, and honored my duty to conceive a royal heir ...all for the right to claim the throne. But I have now turned my back on court and crown, and chosen exile in the human world - which is proving to be just as dangerous and, unless I keep my wits about me, quite possibly as deadly as the world of the Fey...

Readers haven't seen anything yet-new in the "fabulously imagined series" (Publishers Weekly) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Anita Blake is about to face the challenge of her life. Into her world-a world already overflowing with power-have come creatures so feared that powerful, centuries-old vampires refuse to mention their names. It is forbidden to speak of The Harlequin unless you've been contacted. And to be contacted by The Harlequin is to be under sentence of death. Long-time rivals for Anita's affections, Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, alpha-werewolf, will need to become allies. Shapeshifters Nathaniel and Micah will have to step up their support. And then there's Edward. In this situation, Anita knows that she needs to call the one man who has always been there for her...

«Los muertos son mi especialidad.» La reanimación de cadáveres se ha convertido en un negocio muy lucrativo, al menos en San Luis, y en gran medida gracias al jefe de Anita Blake, un verdadero embaucador con un fino olfato para los negocios que le enseñó cómo sacar partido de su talento y le ofreció trabajo en Reanimators Inc. Pero cuando reciben una oferta de un millón de dólares para que Anita reanime un cadáver de casi trescientos años, la joven se niega en redondo... y empiezan los problemas. Con el segundo título de la serie protagonizada por Anita Blake, Laurell K.Hamilton renovó las expectativas generadas con Placeres Prohibidos y siguió sentando las bases de uno de los hitos de la literatura vampírica moderna. Sin alardes y recurriendo a un lenguaje coloquial ágil y chispeante, la autora construye narraciones tremendamente adictivas en las quedesarrolla uno de los análisis más certeros que ha dado la literatura de género sobre los miedos y prejuicios representados en los monstruos.

The first warning is unexpected, calculated. Malcolm, head of the vampire Church of Eternal Life, is no friend to Anita Blake. So when he asks for help, against creatures so feared that no vampire will willingly speak their name, Anita is surprised. But the Harlequin require different rules. The second warning is presented like a gift, with 'Anita' printed on the box. Inside, carefully wrapped in folds of pristine tissue paper, is a plain white mask. The fact that it's white is good news. White means they are only being watched. The power connecting Anita with Jean-Claude, vampire Master of the City and Richard, Ulfric of the werewolves, has been increasing exponentially - and this has attracted very unwelcome attention. Anita Blake has the authority to pass judgment on vampires. The Harlequin have the authority to pass judgment on her. It is forbidden to speak of the Harlequin unless you've been contacted. And to be contacted by The Harlequin is to be under sentence of death.

Contiene Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume 1 USA La autora de best-sellers Laurel K. Hamilton traslada su más famosa creación al cómic. Anita Blake vive en un mundo donde vampiros, zombies y hombres lobo han sido declarados ciudadanos de Estados Unidos. Su profesión consiste en sacar a los muertos de la tumba, y también se ha convertido en una de las más fieles colaboradoras de la policía. Pero, mientras Anita se gana la atención del más peligroso vampiro de St. Louis, también descubre un oscuro secreto sobre si misma: el origen de su inusual fortaleza.

«Si averiguaba algo sobre los asesinatos, me tocaría pagárselo, pero no con dinero.» Noche de Halloween en el Circo de los Malditos: un enfrentamiento que decidirá el destino de San Luis. Como si no tuviera bastante con su trabajo nocturno en Reanimators, Inc., Anita se ve involucrada en la investigación de una serie de crímenes que parecen indicar que un poderoso maestro vampiro y su clan han decidido darse un banquete de sangre. Acude a Jean-Claude con la esperanza de hallar pistas para resolver el caso, pero se descubre inmersa en una guerra vampírica en la que ella es parte del botín.

A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a full-blown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude's reign-and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power. Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of BURNT OFFERINGS and CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED, among others.

Anita is scared. Really scared. And not much gets under the skin of a US Marshall with jurisdiction over preternatural matters, who also happens to be a necromancer. Anita's life is dangerous, and she wouldn't have it any other way, but the scars - both mental and physical - are starting to show. You'd think that her connections with the vampire, werewolf and wereleopard communities would come in handy. However, as her powers grow and develop in new and uncharted ways, her links to both friends and lovers could endanger them all.

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

Publisher Comments: Published over ten years ago by Ace, Guilty Pleasures marked the debut of a series that was destined to grow from cult favorite to a major New York Times bestseller. Now, for long-time Anita Blake junkies and newfound fans, Guilty Pleasures makes its trade paperback debut. Readers will learn how Anita Blake started raising the dead — and killing the undead. And how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover... Review: "I was enthralled — a departure from the usual type of vampire tale which will have a wide appeal to a reader hunting for both chills and fun." Andre Norton "You'll want to read it in one sitting — I did." P. N. Elrod This cult favorite makes its trade paperback debut and reminds fans how Anita Blake started raising the dead — and killing the undead — and how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire, destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover. Introducing Anita Blake, vampire hunter extraordinaire. Most people don't even bat an eye at vampires since they've been given equal rights by the Supreme Court. But Anita knows better — she's seen their victims....A serial killer is murdering vampires, however, and now the most powerful vampire in town wants Anita to find the killer. About the Author Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer and mother. Her bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels include Narcissus in Chains, Obsidian Butterfly, Blue Moon, Burnt Offerings, The Killing Dance, Bloody Bones, The Lunatic Café, Circus of the Damned, The Laughing Corpse, and Guilty Pleasures. She is also the author of A Kiss of Shadows and A Caress of Twilight. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family.

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.

There are a lot of monsters in Anita Blake's life. And some of them are human. One such individual is the man she calls Edward, a bounty hunter who specializes in the preternatural. He calls her to help him hunt down the greatest evil she has ever encountered. Something that kills and maims and vanishes into the night. Something Anita will have to face alone...

I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. Legal name Meredith Gentry, because Princess looks so pretentious on a driver's license. I was the first faerie princess born on American soil, but I wouldn't be the only one for much longer...Merry Gentry, ex-private detective, now full-time princess, knew she was descended from fertility goddesses, but when she learned she was about to have triplets, she began to understand what that might mean. Infertility has plagued the high ranks of faerie for centuries. Now nobles of the both courts of faerie are coming to woo Merry and her men at their home in exile in the Western Lands of Los Angeles, because they will do anything to have offspring of their own. Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, is a more dangerous problem. He tried to seduce Merry, and failing that, raped her. He's using the human courts to sue for visitation rights, claiming that one of the children is his. And though Merry knows she was already pregnant when he took her, she can't prove it. To save herself and her babies from Taranis 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 contain the war, to keep it from spreading to those innocent humans who are in very real danger of becoming collateral damage..

The #1 New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series continues, as a zombie exploitation case hits Anita where it hurts Being engaged to master vampire Jean-Claude has its perksjust not professionally. Its wreaking havoc with Anita Blakes reputation as a hard ass, to some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, shes 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 shouldnt bother her. But the women being victimized arent just mindless, rotting corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes, signaling voodoo of the blackest kind. Its the sort of case that can leave a mark on a person. And Anitas own soul may not survive unscathed . .

Zombies and voodoo collide in the latest Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Affliction" and "A Shiver of Light." Becoming the fiancee 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..."

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S FAN-FAVORITE VAMPIRE HUNTER RETURNS! Anita Blake walked away from her last case with more than a few bruises - but those wounds are nothing compared to the scrapes that lie ahead in this blood-soaked adaptation of Hamilton's third erotic thriller. To find a killer targeting the undead, Anita must descend into the dangerous, supernatural demimonde operated by the master vampire Jean-Claude. It will take all of Anita's wits to survive THE CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED!