Hard Bitten (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Merit: Main Character, Vampire, Cadogan Sentinel
• Ethan Sullivan: Centuries old master vampire of Cadogan
• Mallory Carmichael: Merit's best friend. A powerful sorceress.
• Catcher Bell: Sorcerer. Mallory's boyfriend.
• Jonah: captain of the Grey House guards
• Seth Tate: Mayor of Chicago
• Chuck Merit: Merit's grandfather
• Jeff Christopher: Werewolf who works for Merit's grandfather and and is good with computers and hacking
• Fallon Keene: Gabe Keene's younger sister, next in line to be alpha, Jeff Christopher's girlfriend
• Darius West: Head of the GP (Greenwich Presidium).
• Noah Beck: Leader of Chicago's rogue vampires, and of the local Red Guard
• Celina Desaulniers: Ex-head of Navarre House
• Lindsey: Cadogan guard and Merit's friend
• Malik: Second-in-command at Cadogan House
• Luc: Cowboy-boots-wearing Captainof the guard at Cadogan House
• Paulie Cermak: Suspect in Merit's current investigation
• Scott Grey: Master vampire of Grey House
• Sarah: A human girl at a vampire party
• Tonya Keene: Gabriel's wife
• Gabriel Keene: Wolf-shifter and Apex (alpha/leader) of North American Central pack
• Colin: Bartender at Temple Bar
• Charlie: Darius's assistant
• Mr. Jackson: Not-entirely-reliable eye witness to vampires in blood lust killing three young women.
• Marie: Name of woman reportedly recruiting humans for rave-like parties.
• Christine Dupree: Young Cadogan vamp
• Simon: Mallory's tutor
• Kelley: Cadogan House guard under Luc
• Helen: Vampire den mother for Cadogan
• Morgan: Head of Navarre house.
• Peter Cadogan: Founder and first master of Cadogan house.
• Julia: Cadogan House director of marketing and public relations
• McKetrick: Apparent leader of anti-vamp militia group
• Joshua Merit: Merit's father. Chicago new money.

Quotes edit see section history

• “"I never start trouble,” I assured him. It just usually seemed to pop up in my vicinity.”

  Merit

• “Regardless of its length, life never quite seemed long enough.”

  Merit

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• “You can run. You can keep running to the ends of the earth. But I won’t be far behind you.”

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• As a girl with good sense, how was I supposed to react to a boy who’d done the unthinkable and actually grown up?

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• “Do the things you need to do. Learn to be a vampire, to be a warrior, to be the soldier you are capable of being. But consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret—and that I’ll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.” He leaned forward and pressed his lips to my forehead, my heart melting even as my more rational side harbored suspicions. “No one said love was easy, Sentinel.”

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• The fear that comes from loving something so much you feel weighted down with it, nearly crushed by it. The fear of potential loss, of potential heartbreak, that you might fail the thing you worked so hard to bring into the world.

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• “I don’t think a relationship is any good if I have to ask you to change. Do you?”

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• “I told you once that you were my weakness,” he said. “But also my strength. I said it before betraying your trust. I know that now, and I am so very sorry.” He paused. “What would I have to do to convince you to give me another chance?”

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• I was self-aware enough to know that the only thing I enjoyed more than getting what I wanted was not getting what I wanted. In my experience, wanting was often more fun than having.

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• “Anger isn’t merely for the old,” Ethan pointed out. “Even the young can face misery, tragedy, and twist sadness into hatred.”

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• cathartic cry—when you aren’t necessarily crying over something specific, but because everything has worked itself into a giant, contorted knot.

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• “One kiss,” he promised. “And after that, the next time we touch, it will be because you ask me.” I wasn’t naïve enough to tell him I wouldn’t ask, to deny that I’d ever seek him out again. I knew better; we both knew better. “I’m afraid,” I finally confessed. “I know.” His voice was quiet. “I know, and it kills me that I put that fear into your eyes.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Temple Bar
• Hyde Park: Neighborhood in which Cadogan house is located.
• Street Fest
• Streeterville
• Michigan
• Creely Creek: Chicago mayor's mansion.

Organizations edit see section history

• Cadogan House: Second oldest vampire house in Chicago
• Grey House: Youngest vampire house in Chicago
• Navarre House: Oldest vampire house in Chicago.
• Greenwich Presidium: the council that rules West European and North American vampires.
• Red Guard: An organization independent of the house structure dedicated to the protection of all vampires and guarding against too-powerful masters. Members are sometime rouge vampires.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Sentinel: A formal position in a vampire house. The sentinel is responsible for defending the house itself, not the master.
• Ombud: Short for Ombudsman, the liaison between the city administration and the city's supernaturals. Position currently held by Merit's grandfather. Chuck Merit.
• Four Keys: The four divisions of magic: power, weapons, beings, and texts.
• Rave: Vampire flash mobs at which vampires feast on a group of presumably consenting, ill-informed, humans. Not approved by the Vampire Masters. Humans co-opted the term.
• The Order: Governing council for sorcerers.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Twice Bitten, and followed by Drink Deep.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Chloe Neill (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3614.E4432 H37 2011
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content; some violence; adult themes

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Urban
• Books › Romance › Vampires

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Chloe Neill: Author's website

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