Once Burned (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Vlad Tepesh: "Dracula" - "Vladislav Basarab Dracul" - "The Impaler" - Master Vampire; Former voivode of Wallachia; Has pyrokinetic powers and can fly; Has a lean face with stubble somewhere between a five o'clock shadow and a beard, long espresso-colored hair and coppery green eyes; Was born in 1431 and made a vampire in 1462; Looks to be a well-built, muscular man in his thirties; His hands are crisscrossed with battle scars; Cat's friend; He and Bones do not get along very well; Able to read minds and control fire
• Leila Dalton: "Fantastic Frankie" - Gets psychic impressions from whatever she touches with her right hand; Was electrocuted when she was thirteen and now carries electric currents in her body, which she can release through her right hand; She's 5'6" with long, straight black hair and ice blue eyes; Has a scar that runs from her temple to her right hand; 25 years old
• Marty: "Martin" - Vampire; Leila's friend; A carnie; Is 4'1" and stoutly muscled; Has bushy brown hair with thick sideburns and wrinkles
• Vera: Marty's daughter; Was thin with long dark hair and blue eyes; 20 years old; Died in the early 1900's after performing with her father
• Shrapnel: Vampire; One of Vlad's line; A bald, brawny African American
• Maximus: Vampire; One of Vlad's line; Has shoulder-length blond hair with dark gray eyes and a Viking-like build; Is six-six with thick muscles and rugged features; Is enamored with Leila
• Hugh Dalton: Leila's father; A retired lieutenant colonel; Has close cropped hair that is more salt than pepper and blue-gray eyes; Is six feet tall and walks with a cane due to a bomb shattering his knee
• Mrs. Dalton: Leila's mother; Died when Leila was thirteen
• Gretchen Dalton: Leila's sister; Is five-four with straight black hair and blue eyes in a pretty face; 22 years old
• Aunt Brenda: Leila's aunt; Raised Leila & Gretchen after their mother died; Died a year ago
• Mencheres: "Menkaure" - Mega-Master Vampire; Bones' co-ruler and grandsire; Kira's husband; Has same Sire as Vlad; Has telekinetic powers and visions of the future; Over 4,000 year old former pharaoh; Looks like he's in his early 20's; Has long, straight black hair and charcoal eyes
• Kira Graceling: Vampire; Mencheres' wife; A slender blonde; Training to be an Enforcer; Former private investigator
• Bones: "Crispin Phillip Arthur Russell III" - Master Vampire; Cat's husband and super sexy vampire; Mencheres' co-ruler; Has short dark curls and dark brown eyes; 245 years old; Can hear others' thoughts and can fly; Was a male prostitute in England while still human; Bastard son of a prostitute from eighteenth-century London; Was made a vampire in 1790 in a New South Wales penal colony
• Catherine Crawfield: "Catherine Crawfield Russell" - "Cat" - "Kitten" (only by Bones) - "Red Reaper" - Half-breed turned full vampire; Bones' wife; Has red hair and medium gray eyes; Can only drink undead blood and then temporarily absorbs the donors special abilities; 29 years old
• Oscar: Vampire; One of Vlad's line
• Gabriel: Vampire; One of Vlad's line
• Lachlan: Vampire; One of Vlad's line; Speaks with an Irish brogue
• Hunter: Vampire; One of Vlad's line
• Dean: Leila's friend; A carnie; Has chains that run from his nostrils to his ears; Has green lizard-scale tattoos covering his entire body; Has bulky muscles
• Raquel: Leila's friend; A beautiful bearded lady; Owner of bar/restaurant
• J.D.: Leila's friend; A carnie; Is eight feet tall
• Katie: Leila's friend; A carnie; Has a fourteen-inch waist that looks even tinier compared to her ample hips and DD chest
• Stan: Leila's boss
• Ben: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in his 20's; A husky, curly-haired American guy; Has blondish-brown hair
• Sandra: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in her 20's; A pretty, petite, strawberry-blonde girl; Speaks in heavily accented English
• Joe: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in his 20's; Has a goatee and black hair
• Damon: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in his 20's; A tall, rangy brunet
• Tom: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in his 20's
• Angie: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in her 20's; Has blue eyes
• Kate: Human blood host under Vlad's protection; Is in her 20's; Her English isn't good
• Johnny Staples: Last boy Leila was able to kiss (in the eighth grade)
• Oslow: Bartender at Fane's
• Tanya: A girl who likes to shoplift
• Jillian: Sketch artist; A petite French woman with deep laugh lines and blonde hair that has mostly faded to white
• Josef: A farmer
• Jackie: Phil's wife; A blonde woman with brown eyes
• Phil: "Rude Dude" - Jackie's husband
• Jackal: Vampire; Is tall with auburn hair and blue eyes; Likes eating children
• Pervert: Vampire; A scraggly brunet
• Psycho: Nickname given to unknown Vampire by Leila
• Twitchy: Vampire
• Raziel: Vampire; Killed by Vlad
• Neddy: Vampire; Killed by Vlad
• Cordon: Vampire
• Mihaly Szilagyi: Vampire; Vlad's enemy; A distinguished-looking man; Appears to be in his 40's; Has a frame like a tree trunk; Has short dark hair with streaks of blond, piercing deep brown eyes and a very square jaw
• Radu Dracul: Vlad's younger brother; Tried to kill Vlad several times; Is long dead
• Tenoch: Vlad, Mencheres & Mihaly Szilagyi's sire; Had pyrokinetic, mind reading, flying, future seeing & degenerative powers
• Gabriel Tolvai: Vampire; A slender boy with russet-colored hair and amber eyes; He doesn't look old enough to drink
• Silver Hair: "Aron Razvan" - "Silver Hair" - Vampire; A young man with prematurely silver hair and cornflower-blue eyes; Has a runner's build and is attractive
• Frankie: Add a description of this character.
• Dracula
• Cat

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• “I don't see my death when I touch you, so I'm Team Vlad all the way.”

  Leila Dalton

• “I'm attracted to a lot of hot guys. If Chris Hemsworth were here, I'd light him up like a firecracker with how fast I'd jump on him.”

  Leila Dalton

• “I do my torturing in the dungeon like any other respectable castle owner.”

  Vladislav Basarab Dracul

• “I'm drunk," I said testily. "I'll try anything if I'm drunk.”

  Leila Dalton

• “You're meant for me, and I will have you.”

  Vladislav Basarab Dracul

• “They don't, however, sparkle.”

  Vladislav Basarab Dracul

• “Yeah, but how do you two do anything else, unless he has a special, current-repelling glove for his—”

  Gretchen Dalton

• “We are all more than the sum of our sins”

  Vladislav Basarab Dracul

• “Gotta love an evil mastermind”

  Leila Dalton

• “I didn't say any of the cliché things that sprang to my mind, like 'You don't want to do this' (yes he did), or 'We can talk' (we were past the talking stage).”

  Leila Dalton

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• Gibsonton, Florida: Town where many carnies spend the off-season
• Romania
• Wallachia, Romania
• Tropicana
• Tampa, Florida
• Red Roof Inn: in Tampa
• Slovenia
• Fane's: Nightclub in Romania
• The Royal Court of Targoviste: Vlad's family castle in Romania
• Germany
• Hungary
• Reghin, Romania
• Virginia
• Washington, D.C.
• Oradea, Romania
• Suceava, Romania
• Leurda, Romania
• Mortu River
• Castle Poenari: Vlad's former home
• Arges River

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Glossary edit see section history

• voivode: prince

Errata edit see section history

Jackal is first said to have blue eyes.
Later it is said he has hazel eyes.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Twice Tempted.

Preceded by The Bite Before Christmas, and followed by Twice Tempted.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jeaniene Frost (Author)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content. Violence

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• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Jeaniene Frost: Author's website

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