Real Vampires Have Curves

BERKLEY BOOKS

Written by Gerry Bartlett

Copyright 2007 by Gerry Bartlett

 



In Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett, Glory St. Clair is a centuries-old vampire who is eternally full-figured. Glory stops traveling and starts an after dark antique clothing store in Austin, Texas. After all, she loves clothes and she is an antique - the trouble is that there is a billionaire vampire hunter with high tech weaponry who is after Glory and her fellow vampires.

The first book in the Real Vampires series, this book concentrates more on the present day in the middle of Texas rather than on any European vampire history that took place centuries ago. While this is an erotic vampire story, the book is not as sexually graphic as I would have thought for a romance novel. Although, I do think Glory is hot and busty - even if she does wish for some weight loss. Just thinking of Glory's cleavage being stuffed into a Kevlar bra was very hot to me. I thought it was funny that the book takes place in Austin, Texas - cowboy vampires! There are also a couple of ghosts in the book and Glory's talking demon dog, who was given to Glory as her protector by her old boyfriend and vampire sire Jeremy Blade.

I was quite surprised that Glory had several sales to actual humans during her graveyard shift hours for her boutique. Enough sales that she can hire someone to assist with the sales. I guess no one else caters to that group of people of the graveyard shift, aside from the late night convenient stores. Glory is determined to make a go of her business despite Blade wanting to just take care of her and protect her. Although I do not recall Glory vamping out with fangs, having her learning about how to be a real vampire was interesting.

The vampire hunter going after all of them gives the sense of danger to these vampires, as well as adding suspicion amongst themselves.

 Pancho
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