The lights over the surgical table were so bright that the patient couldn't see a thing. The young boy simply knew that he was about to become the surgical patient of a crazed scientist, who just happened to be a vampire. Halloween is supposed to be a fun time for boys and girls. At least, that was the plan of Bobby, Mikey, and his dog named Squash. Except nobody told Count Boris Batwing and his lovely, long-fanged wife, LaGoria, who operated a haunted house on Halloween night. Who would have thought that Mikey and Bobby would stumble into a trap that would take them to the Batwing mansion for a diabolical experiment at the hands of vampires? Mikey's twin sister, Gale Ann, and Squash face the biggest challenges of their lives inside the Batwing mansion, trying to outsmart the Count and his grizzled henchmen, Swarmy and Platelet. Can they save the boys? Or will they also become Vampire Snacks? This is a Halloween that Mikey, Bobby, Gale Ann, and Squash will never forget!

The story of a young heiress's initiation into the dark society of the Chicagoland Vampires continues... Ten months after vampires revealed their existence to the mortals of Chicago, they're enjoying a celebrity status usually reserved for the Hollywood elite. But should people learn about the Raves--mass feeding parties where vampires round up humans like cattle--the citizens will start sharpening their stakes. So now it's up to the new vampire Merit to reconnect with her upper class family and act as liaison between humans and bloodsuckers, and keep the more unsavory aspects of the vampire lifestyle out of the media. But someone doesn't want peace between them--someone with an ancient grudge...

Enter Grimalkin Academy and discover this complete urban fantasy academy series following best friends Mona and Daphne as they encounter problems of the magical kind - as well as with cats, and their hearts. Daphne is determined to find an old family spell. Studying at Grimalkin has been Daphne's dream since she was a little girl. With her best friend unable to do the simplest spells, her brother determined to find an old family spell to turn them into cats, and hot dates with a vampire, her hands are full enough. Add to that two other guys trying to get her attention, and a teacher that seems to hate her, and Daphne's school year isn't quite going to plan… - Catching A Vampire is book seven of Grimalkin Academy, an urban fantasy academy series featuring two best friends, lots of kittens, and a low-heat poly romantic subplot. If you enjoy paranormal academy, cute familiars, light-hearted romance, witches, and friendship, you should start the Grimalkin Academy series today. Grimalkin Academy Search Terms & Keywords: urban fantasy, supernatural suspense, fantasy, paranormal, friends to lovers, seeing dead people, coming of age, young adult, paranormal academy, university, school, supernatural academy, forced proximity, fated mates, young adult fantasy, young adult paranormal romance, paranormal romance, urban fantasy romance, new adult fantasy, fantasy romance, romantic fantasy, complete series, magical, slow burn, witches, best friend's brother, teaching assistant, reverse harem, rh, whychoose, poly, low heat, sweet romance, kittens, cats, familiars

Bats, blood, and baking, oh my! Enjoy more than 30 savory and sweet Halloween recipes inspired by your favorite spooky themes. Succumb to these yummy recipes perfect for October and year-round! Whether you want to enjoy a treat by yourself, or with your kids or guests, these frightfully fantastic meals will make boys and girls alike shiver... in anticipation! With pumpkins, spiders, and gore galore, create original recipes including: Vampire Blood Popcorn Spider Mini-Pizzas Jack o' Lantern Pumpkin Pie Hot Dog Fingers Matcha Frankenstein Cake Blueberry Muffin Mummies Chocolate Witch’s Hats And much more! These treats can be enjoyed at any time of day or for any meal, and range from simple to sophisticated, perfect for any beginning or expert baker. With easy-to-follow instructions, entertaining tidbits, and beautiful photography, these delicacies will add a bit of spook to your party or get-together (or at your own dinner table). You’ll delight everyone’s taste buds when you cook and bake using Tricky Treats!

**Four paranormal vampire romances for your reading pleasure.** VAMPIRE KISS The vampire hunter has been seeking her prey for years. Desperate to get revenge for her friends who were lost, she vows to kill him using any means necessary. Then she learns his secret, and everything changes. CHAOTIC WILD She wasn't supposed to screw up his order of blood from the hospital, but she did. Now, the vampire says that Juliet has to serve as his personal blood doll to replace the missing blood. ETERNITY She wasn't expecting to be kidnapped or stolen away into a world of vampires and magic. She wasn't expecting to like it. BITTEN BY THE VAMPIRES Vampire mates are just fairytales...just legends...at least, that's what she's always believed. Then she's rescued by a group of vampires so handsome, so menacing, so horrifying beautiful that she finally realizes they're her mates whether she wants them or not. BITTEN: A VAMPIRE ROMANCE COLLECTION is an anthology of four novels by Sophie Stern. This collection includes: Vampire Kiss, Chaotic Wild, Eternity, and Bitten by the Vampires. Each story includes steam, biting, and a happily-ever-after.

Luke Irontree just wanted to fly home. But the vampires had other ideas. Luke yearns to return to his friends and family after a hard winter fighting against the vampires of Western Europe. But when their plane is grounded in Portland, Maine, they stumble on a deadly plot to terrorize the region. Trapped 3,000 miles from home, Luke refuses to abandon the Maine pack to the predations of the vampires. Together with Roxi and his crew of werewolves, he rallies the locals and organizes their defenses. But what they find in the woods of Maine may be too much for their small team and their untested new allies. If Luke wants to see his loved ones again, he’ll need to use all his resources to unite the disparate packs of the northeast. But with the vampires and their dark god tightening the noose around his neck, his best might not be enough if he wants to live and return home…

Presenting the origins of vampires, as forged by their founding lords across time. From the mutated animal strains causing werewolves, to the plague of Dracula from his consumption of plague blood; causing his branch to to fear the sun.

42 creepy, icky, sweet, or sticky kid-friendly recipes for Halloween parties and events. Make your Halloween party a scream with these creepily cool snacks, munchies, sweets, and drinks found in Spooky Snacks and Treats: Frightfully Fun Halloween Recipes for Kids. Zac Williams serves up the best goodies in the neighborhood, sure to elicit squeals of delight from your young guests and goblins. With 42 recipes to choose from, you and your child can stir up a cauldron of Wolfsbane Elixir, scare up a platter of Vampire Bites, Coffin Crunchers, and Dusty Old Bones, or wrap up some Mummy Pups and Eye-of-Newt Salad that will keep trick-or-treaters of all ages feeling ghoulish and full. Boo!

It was not the ecstatic homecoming they had expected. Blue Moon is a pile of steaming ashes, the Frais is in meltdown, her home is infested with werewolves and Zoe goes AWOL. Then an unexpected midnight call sends Fee running for the hills: there is something malevolent on her track, something against which she has no defence… Is this the end, or can she find some way to deflect this menace? Now read on…

From the New York Times #1 bestselling author, Ilona Andrews, comes a new tale from the Innkeeper Chronicles “Ilona Andrews’s books are guaranteed good reads.”—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fire Touched Dina Demille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest... the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don’t stand too close, or you may be collateral damage. But what passes for Dina’s normal life is about to be thrown into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older sister, Maud, who’s been exiled with her family to a planet that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to all Dina holds dear. Now Gertrude Hunt is under siege by a clan of assassins. To keep her guests safe and to find her missing parents, Dina will risk everything, even if she has to pay the ultimate price. Though Sean may have something to say about that!