Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

In Anita Blake’s St. Louis, vampires and werewolves aren’t figments of our imagination or the stuff of fiction. They are real and walking the streets, they own businesses and have jobs and lives, the vampires even have their own church.
Anita’s primary job is as an animator. She raises the dead – [...]

Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton

For all you fans of the Anitaverse, here’s the first chapter of Skin Trade. Happy Reading!

Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton 06/05/08

Here’s the synopsis:
Jason’s father is dying and he is going home to Asheville, NC to see him. Jason and his father have a contentious relationship at best. Jason asks Anita to go to Asheville with him to see his father. Mr. Schuyler thinks that Jason is gay so Jason thinks having Anita along will make [...]

More Anita Blake

I’ve been reading but not writing.  I have finished:
Cerulean Sins and Incubus Dreams.
I didn’t write a thing about either of them.  I’m reading “Micah’ and chances are good I won’t write about that either.  I have library books to read, I have other books to read, I have books to read for work … and [...]

Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton 01/06/07

The thing with the Anita books is that there is always so much going on.  It’s hard to be succint.
The main themes were that the leaders of the were-groups were being kidnapped.  Anita agreed to help figure that out.  Along the way, she finds out that Micah was intending to give her leopards to this [...]

Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton

This is the Edward book. Obsidian Butterfly is both a club and a vampire.
Edward calls Anita to come out to New Mexico to help him figure out a case.   He isn’t sure what is killing people so he needs a preternatural expert.  Also, Anita killed Harley and Edward told her she’d owe him a favor.
Edward [...]

Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton 12/24/07

This one also is not named for a business but the fact that there is a “blue moon” or two full moons in one month.
The book begins with Anita getting a phone call from Daniel Zeeman, Richard’s brother. Richard is in jail for rape. Anita makes some phone calls and arranges to go to where [...]

Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton

Burnt Offerings in another vampire business, this one not owned by JC. Anita actually says she likes going to this place and it’s not in the vampire district.
The book opens with Captain Pete McKinnon in Anita’s office. There has been what they think is an arson and need Anita’s help. At the end of the [...]

The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton 12/21/07

This is one of the few books that doesn’t take its name from a club or other business. “The killing dance” is the werewolf’s description of both sex and the fight for succession.
The book begins with Dominic Dumare, Sabin and Jean-Claude in Anita’s office.  Sabin wants Anita to help cure of his “rotting disease.”  Grossly, [...]

Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton 11/20/07

Bloody Bones begins with Bert showing Anita photos of a construction site that is filled with bones. There is a dispute between two families as to who owns the land. One family won the legal argument because the second family couldn’t prove that there was a family burial plot on the land. It appears that [...]