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Description edit
Danger waits on both sides of the grave…
Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they’ve triumphed over the latest battle, Cat’s new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing... read more
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Characters edit
- Catherine Crawfield: "Cat" or "Kitten" (by Bones) or "Red Reaper" - Half Vampire / Half Human, now turned Vampire; Has crimson hair and gray eyes; Has an occasional heartbeat; Former Commander of a special team working for Homeland Security
- Bones: "Crispin Phillip Arthur Russell III" - Cat's husband; Master Vampire; Has short dark curls and dark brown eyes; 200+ years old; Can hear others' thoughts and can fly; Was a gigolo in England while still human
- Fabian du Brac: Ghost; Adopted by Cat; Was 45 when he died; Slim with brown hair and early twentieth-century sideburns
- Spade: "Baron Charles DeMortimer" - Master Vampire; Bones' best mate; Has tiger-colored eyes, married to Denise.
- Denise MacGregor: Demon shapeshifter; Cat's best friend; Spade's wife; Has dark brown hair and hazel eyes
- Helsing: Cat's cat
- Mencheres: Mega-Master Vampire; Bones' co-ruler and grandsire; Has telekinetic powers and visions of the future; Former pharaoh, looks like he's in his early 20's; Has black hair and charcoal eyes
- Kira Graceling: Vampire; Mencheres' girlfriend; Has amber hair; Training to be an Enforcer; Former private investigator
- Vlad Tepesh: "Dracula" - Master Vampire; Has pyrokinetic powers and can fly; Lean with a beard, long brown hair and coppery green eyes; Over 600 years old
- Justina Crawfield: Vampire; Cat's mother; Has dark hair and blue eyes
- Donald Williams: "Don" or "Donald Bartholomew Williams" - Human; Cat's uncle and former boss; Has gray-nearly white hair and gray eyes
- Tate Bradley: Vampire; Cat's friend; Cat's former first officer. He was in love with Cat, frequently trying to put a wedge between her and Bones. Muscular with short brown hair and indigo eyes.
- Juan: Vampire; Cat's friend; Member of Cat's old team; Darkly handsome with black hair in a loose ponytail; Unrepentant pervert
- Cooper: Human; Member of Cat's old team
- Dave: Ghoul; Cat's friend; Member of Cat's old team
- Tiny: Vampire; Has a massive build
- Band-Aid: Vampire
- Scratch: Masterless Vampire; Has gray streaks in his hair
- Ed: Masterless Vampire
- Shayne: Masterless Vampire; Ed's friend
- Harris: Masterless Vampire; Ed & Shayne's friend
- Anne: Human; Don's nurse
- Verses: Large black ghoul; Owner of Bite; Bones' friend
- Trixie: Tall, brawny female bouncer at Bite
- Nitro: Vampire; Almost as tall as Bones, but with black hair, blue eyes and a burly build; About 150 years old
- Timmie: "Tim" - Human reporter; Has sandy-brown hair; Cat's friend and ex-neighbor
- Nadia Bissel: Freelance reporter working for Tim
- Gorgon: Vampire; Mencheres' Nordic friend; Has blond hair
- Maximus: Vampire; Has tawny hair
- Marie Laveau: "Majestic" - Ghoul; Voodoo Queen of New Orleans; Master of a large line of ghouls; Has dark, curly shoulder length hair and hazelnut eyes
- Jacques: Dark-skinned ghoul
- Winston Gallagher: Alcoholic ghost; Has graying brown hair, a barrel belly, and needs a shave
- Ian: Master Vampire; Bones’ sire
- Veritas: Vampire; Law Guardian; As old as Mencheres; Has blonde hair; She looks like Barbie doll’s younger sister; Is 5' 6" tall
- Apollyon: "Malcolme Untare" - Centuries-old ghoul leader; Has a squat body and a comb-over
- Gregor: Vampire; Cat's evil first husband; Marie's sire; Justina's sire; Killed by Cat
- Tenoch: Gregor's sire; Had pyrokinetic powers
- Scythe: Ghoul
- Brent: Ghoul
- Dermot: Young ghoul
Quotes edit
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“Ask me if I sparkle and I’ll kill you where you stand.”
Bones -
“Premature Inflamulation," he replied. " Happens sometimes. Very Embarrassing, I don't like to talk about it.”
Vlad to Cat -
“You continue to stay silent and I'll cook your frank and beans next.”
Vlad -
“Lucifer’s bloody ball sack, I don’t believe it.”
Bones -
“Am I the only one who has wood over that little vixen?”
Ian -
“No one believes you’re serious until bodies start to fall.”
Vlad -
“If you live long enough, Reaper, one day you might scare even me.”
Vlad -
“You know what they say. The devil’s in the details.”
Cat -
“Kitten, four hours of sleep while holding you is far more beneficial to me than eight hours of endless tossing and turning because you’re not there.”
Bones -
“No matter what happens, you will never lose me, he whispered. I am forever yours, Kitten, in this life or the next.”
Bones -
“Some things could penetrate even the formidable barrier of death, and love was one of them.”
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“Your arrogance deserves its own zip code, Drac,”
Cat to Vlad -
“I know, I’m delicious. Nummy . . . nummy.”
Vlad -
“You forget, Vlad, I’m the one who trained you in deviousness. Maybe in a few more centuries, you’ll be able to outwit me, but not yet.”
Mencheres -
“God, that woman’s a hell of a lot more devious than I gave her credit for!”
Cat -
“Your tears were like a rope that pulled me to you.”
Fabian -
“This is the sod?...Come back here, you scurvy little—”
Bones -
“Vampire territorialism. It had no sense of appropriate timing.”
Cat -
“Note to self: Don’t get on Veritas’s bad side. She holds a grudge forcenturies.”
Cat -
“Try wrapping tinfoil around your nog next, see if that works better.”
Bones -
“I love your hands. You think I look like an angel? Well, Kitten, your hands are my heaven and your eyes are my home.”
Bones to Cat
Setting & Locations edit
- Ohio: Cat's old home state
- Easton Mall: in Ohio
- Paris: Gregor's homebase
- Memphis, Tennessee: Possible sting location
- Bite: Undead nightclub in Ohio
- Chicago
- New Orleans: Home to Majestic. Most haunted town
- Ritz-Carlton Hotel: in the French Quarter of New Orleans
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One: in New Orleans
- Saint Louis Cathedral: at Jackson Square in New Orleans
- Monaco
- West Virginia
- Falcon Drive-In: in Memphis
- Blue Ridge Mountains: Location of Cat & Bones' home
- Lasting Peace Cemetery: Cemetery & funeral home in Garland
- Garland, Texas
Organizations edit
- Guardian Council of Vampires: Ruling authority for vampire race
- Homeland Security: Add a description of this organization.
First Sentence edit
The vampire pulled on the chains restraining him to the cave wall.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 37
Glossary edit
- Half-Breed: Half Vampire / Half Human
- Enforcer: Vampiric version of a cop
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 14 in Night Huntress. (standard series)
Preceded by Destined for an Early Grave, and followed by One Grave at a Time.
This is book 11 of 18 in Night Huntress Universe: Reading Order. (universe)
Preceded by Eternal Kiss of Darkness, and followed by One Grave at a Time.
This is book 7 of 10 in Night Huntress - Reading Order. (standard series)
Preceded by Eternal Kiss of Darkness, and followed by One Grave at a Time.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jeaniene Frost (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
ISBN: 978-0061783180
Page Count: 384
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
ISBN: 978-0061783180
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Jeaniene Frost: Author's website
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