GENRE: Gay Paranormal Spicy Romance Box Set
LENGTH: 176,315 words
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Five stories about vampires who, just like their human counterparts, live life to its fullest. They can be happy lives, sad or lonely ones, or ones full of anger. Vampires can have families, and most importantly, they can and do fall in love. Contains the stories:

Lonely Vampire: Vampire Armand knows what it means to be lonely. Then he catches Tino, a new vampire in town, playing Robin Hood and points out that he's not giving to the poor. So the pair band together to create shelters for the homeless. Has Armand finally found the one man who will make his life complete? Or will a rogue vampire who preys on the homeless destroy any hope of happiness for the lonely vampire?

I Hunt by Night: My name is Lucas. I was human, once. Now, I'm a vampire and I detest humans. I will do all I can to eliminate them. I'll be declared rogue if I'm not careful. I thought I was until Axel appeared. He's a vampire, sexy as hell, and he's been watching me. Luckily he detests humans too. The attraction is there, and our shared desire to destroy humans. Can we, without being caught? Only time will tell.

The Family Martell: Vampires Dorian and Cecily adopt three human children, who agree to be turned when they come of age. They join the family business and Griff falls in lust with Nolan, his parents' human partner. Margie, their daughter, loves Wayne, a human doctor. Brad is bi, so when he meets vampire Ewan, and his Sire, Alexia, it causes problems that will take the entire Martell family to solve if they can.

The Midnight Detective: When Wyn's young daughter and her mother, Marianne, disappear, he hires Christoph, a private detective, to find them even though he knows Christoph is a vampire. They are drawn to each other once Christoph leans that Wyn is unrepentantly bi. Can Christoph find Wyn's daughter? And how will the two men handle the fact they've become lovers when one is human and the other definitely is not?

Burke and the Vampire: What would you do if you discovered you could sense vampires? Burke didn't believe they existed until it happened to him. Horrified, he vows to eliminate them. Vampire Reynaud must find the slayer dubbed The Hunter. It turns out to be easier than anticipated when events transpire to reveal it's his new friend, Burke. Can opposites attract, or will their differences destroy the possibility of love?

EXCERPT FROM "Lonely Vampire"
Note: may contain sexually explicit scenes of a homoerotic nature.

"Again?" Armand murmured when he sensed the presence of the vampire who had been down by the creek two weeks ago. Apparently he wasn't just passing through town.

After shielding and going invisible, he homed in on the vampire's location -- in the alley behind the club. He moved silently forward until he saw the male.

Handsome, in a rakish way.

As he watched, the vampire approached a young man, saying something to him. The young man nodded, gesturing to a darkened doorway, then took what Armand presumed was money. At that point, the pair disappeared into the alcove.

A few moments later, the vampire reappeared. Armand was waiting for him, visible but still shielding. "You are trespassing on my territory," he said with quiet ferocity.

The vampire merely smiled, asking, "Do you own the whole city?"

"Not all of it. My territory spreads west through all of downtown -- as well as south to the Creek, where I first saw you."

"Not a small area." The vampire paced, keeping his eye on Armand. "Can I ask who you are?"

Armand nodded.

"Well," the vampire said, lifting an eyebrow.

Armand chuckled. "You wanted to know if you can ask -- which is obviously possible since you speak."

"Word games? All right, I'll be direct. Who are you? Will that get me an answer?"

"Armand Lyon. And you are?"

"Constantino Verona. Tino, to those who know me personally."

"Italian, I presume."

Tino chuckled. "Way back in the mists of the past. Armand is French. Right?"

"Correct. Although it has been over well over two hundred years since I last lived in the country of my birth."

Tino stopped pacing to lean against the alley wall, smiling when the young man he'd fed from appeared, scurrying away toward the sidewalk at the far end of the alley. "Sorry for intruding on your territory," he said to Armand. "But I'm new to the city, so ..." He spread his hands.

"From where?" Armand asked.

"Most recently, Philadelphia. I decided it was time to leave, for the usual reasons."

"Not aging."

"Exactly. How long have you been here?"

"Almost one hundred years," Armand told him. "Under various aliases."

Tino nodded. "So you're the grandson, grandnephew, or what have you of who you were when you first arrived. I've done that a time or two, in the last thousand years, when I had something to keep me in one particular place. Then wanderlust would hit, and I'd take off again."

"Well, if you decide to remain here, I suggest you find somewhere else to feed."

"Third time in your territory is not the charm, I take it."

"Not if I catch you at it."

"Duly noted.” Tino gave Armand a mocking salute. "Hopefully, we won't meet again. Arrivederci."

"Adieu," Armand replied -- a moment too late, as Tino had vanished. He may be, according to him, over one thousand, but he acts like one of the punks who hang out along the 16th Street Mall.