In the Company of Vampires : A Dark Ones Novel

View our feature on Katie MacAlister�s In the Company of Vampires . When Francesca arrives at GothFaire to save her mother from the trickster god, Loki, things go from bad to worse. Her immortal ex, Benedikt, is there, full of secrets-and with a new girlfriend. Now Fran must battle a power-hungry group who wishes to dominate both the immortal and mortal worlds-and the woman who claimed Ben's heart. It's a good thing Fran's no ordinary mortal... From Publishers Weekly This adult sequel to MacAlister's YA paranormals Got Fangs? and Circus of the Darned follows Francesca, ex-girlfriend and perforce soul mate of the ultra-hot vampire Benedikt, as she tries to live her own life. After rescuing her roommate from Norse god Loki's evil minions, Fran heads to the GothFaire in Germany in search of her missing mother. When she finds Ben with evil Naomi, she flips out. While resolving her emotional issues with Ben, she stumbles on one of her mother's secrets and meets Ben's shape-shifting brother, David, who has problems of his own. European myths get a workout in Fran's wisecracking narrative, at its best when her lusty Viking ghost guardians are on the scene. The pace is so fast and the sex so hot that the reader scarcely notices the lack of emotional, setting, or character depth. (Nov.) (c) Copyright � Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Fran was a young witch of 16 when she became Ben�s Beloved, bound to him by fate to save his immortal soul�as if puberty isn�t hard enough. Over the next five years, she fights hard for space, and time, to grow into her own person, pushing Ben away. But when her mother goes missing, she returns to GothFaire to find her, only to find Ben in another woman�s arms. Having not only to face Ben�s secrets, but also a vengeful Norse god, will Fran be able to find out what has really happened to her mother, and to her own heart, in time? Though at times the zaniness in this newest installment in the Dark Ones series can feel overwhelming, MacAlister delivers another tonic dose of her signature blend of steamy sexual tension and touching romance. --Nina C. Davis When Francesca arrives at GothFaire to save her mother from the trickster god Loki, things go from bad to worse. Her immortal ex Benedikt is there, full of secrets and with a new girlfriend. Now Fran must battle a power-hungry group who wishes to dominate both the immortal and mortal worlds