Vampires

 

The Brotherhood of the Blood

In the 1300s, six soldiers went into a Templar building searching for treasure. What they found changed them forever, making them vampires – and unlike any other of their kind. The suicide of one of their own and events that followed drove them apart, but six centuries later, an ancient evil conspires to reunite them once more.

 
Night After Night: Book Five in The Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith

Night After Night

Book #5 in The Brotherhood of the Blood
Release Date: JANUARY 27, 2009
Publisher: Avon Books

I am Temple, Guardian of the Blood Grail...

Centuries ago, this magnificent chalice sealed my fate as a vampire, and now I am its protector. Many have hunted me for it, but only Vivian has accomplished the task. Strong, lovely, haunted ... I am more attracted to her than I should be, yet her loyalty lies with a man determined to bring about my destruction. But I am not so easily locked in a cage, and now the captive has become the captor.

Though her stormy eyes tempt me, there is too much at stake – not merely my life, but the lives of my vampire Brotherhood. And I am not above using Vivian to achieve my goals, even if it means denying my own heart. The battle to end all battles is just beginning, and I must fight ... if I could only let my desire be damned."

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About the Book...
  • A top pick from Romantic Times! The third book in the series to garner such an honor!
  • Payen and Violet were actually introduced in the short story 'The Wedding Knight' in the anthology Weddings From Hell, as was Rupert Villiers.
  • I chose Ireland for the setting of this book because of the countries strong belief in the Faery folk. Since my vampire legend is tied to the origin of the Fae, I thought it only right that the book take place in Ireland.
 
Let The Night Begin: Book Four in The Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith

Let The Night Begin

Book #4 in The Brotherhood of the Blood
Release Date: JUNE 24, 2008
Publisher: Avon Books

A Vampire Will Not Rest Until He Satisfies His Hunger...

And what I, Reign, hungered for most of all was Olivia Gavin. I have never met a woman more beautiful, more tantalizing, and so I made her my bride. She promised me her heart and soul . . . in return, I plundered her flesh, and bound her to me for all eternity. Then, terrified of what I'd made her, she fled.

Now she has returned, desperate for my help in saving her beloved nephew. But my assistance comes at a price: She must share my bed once more, for the feel of her soft skin, the heat of her kiss, excite me still. And I know she desires me, even as she resists her own heart.

Yet, as we rediscover the passion that brought us together, an enemy waits to destroy us both...

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About the Book...
  • Reunion stories are my favorite, so it's no wonder that Let the Night Begin is my favorite book of the Brotherhood of the Blood series!
  • Special thanks to Anna Campbell for the photos of Edinburgh that made the city come alive for me.
  • The Sir Robert Anderson in Let the Night Begin is not to be confused with the Sir Robert Anderson who once ran Scotland Yard.
 
Taken by The Night: Book Three in The Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith

Taken By The Night

Book #3 in The Brotherhood of the Blood
Release Date: NOVEMBER 2007
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 978-0-06-124502-2

Look out London. Saint's back in town.

"They may call me Saint, but there is nothing saintly about me."

Saint came to London looking for a little rest, blood, and maybe some feminine company. He never wanted to avenge the murders of two prostitutes, and he certainly never asked for the censure he sees in Ivy Dearing's eyes. Though, the desire he sees there awakens a hunger inside him unlike any he has ever known. He is not the only man taken in by Ivy's considerable charms, but he plans to be the only man in her bed. And when the madman he's hunting turns his attention toward Ivy, Saint will risk everything – even his immortality – to save the woman he loves.

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About the Book...
  • Taken By The Night hit #19 on Borders Mass Market list!
  • Taken By The Night hit Bookscan and other national best seller lists
  • The plot of Taken By The Night is connected to the Jack the Ripper murders
  • The 'candle' painting Saint sees at the erotic art exhibit is based on a drawing I saw in a work of 'naughty' Victorian images!
 
Night of the Huntress: Book Two in The Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith

Night of the Huntress

Book #2 in The Brotherhood of the Blood
Release Date: JANUARY 2007
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 0060849916

"I am the vampire known as Bishop. And I have sworn to destroy evil in this world"

When the vampire Bishop returned to Romania for the first time in centuries he never imagined he would find himself the prisoner of a vampire slayer. Nor did he expect to risk his own life to save hers. Marika has spent most of her life killing monsters like the one who killed her mother, and hiding her most dangerous secret. She would use Bishop to her own advantage, but when Marika's own life is threatened she realizes Bishop is her only ally – and the one man who has ever laid claim to her heart.

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  • Night of the Huntress made the USA Today and Bookscan bestsellers lists!
  • Night of the Huntress has been nominated for a Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Paranormal Historical by Romantic Times Magazine
  • Romantic Times Magazine gave NotH a 4.5 Top Pick review!
  • Romantic Times Magazine also gave Bishop it's K.I.S.S award for February!
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Be Mine Tonight: Book One in The Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith

Be Mine Tonight

Book #1 in The Brotherhood of the Blood
Release Date: JULY 2006
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 0060849916

For centuries Chapel has served as a holy warrior, hiding himself away from human contact. Now he's forced to travel to England where an ancient evil may be awakened. Prudence Ryland almost out of hope. She desperately needs a miracle and thinks she might have found it. But she's about to discover that the greatest miracle awaits her in Chapel's arms. All she has to do is make her reluctant vampire believe in the power of true love.

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About the Book...
  • Be Mine Tonight has been nominated for "Most Hanky Read" in AAR's Annual Readers Poll!
  • Be Mine Tonight is a national bestseller! Thanks to all of you who put this book on the Bookscan chart for two weeks!
  • Prudence, the heroine in Be Mine Tonight, is the great grand-daughter of Blythe and Devlin Ryland, the couple featured in For the First Time.
  • Research into Pru's 'condition' was done primarily through my neice who is an oncology nurse. I'm grateful for the info -- and so proud of her!
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Anthologies

Weddings From Hell Anthology

Weddings From Hell

Release Date: MAY 27, 2008
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 0061472689

Violet Wynston-Jones was ready to walk down the aisle with another man, until vampire Payen Carr decided that forever was a long time to hold his peace.

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About the Book...
  • Payen and Violet show up again in Night After Night
  • A prequel to the Brotherhood of the Blood series, The Wedding Knight shows the beginning of the rise of the Order of the Silver Palm -- and the man behind it.
 

The Journal of Marcus Grey

Want to know more about the Brotherhood of the Blood? Check out the entries in the Journal of Marcus Grey

» July 28th, 1899
» July 28th, 1899 (evening)
» July 29th, 1899
» August 2, 1899
» August 6, 1899
» August 10, 1899