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When fifteen-year-old girl is kidnapped by vampires, it's up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she's faced with something she's never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people--kids, grandparents, soccer moms--all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there's one martyr, there will be more... But even vampires have monsters that they're afraid of. And Anita is one of them.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Romance/Paranormal Romance
Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton
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