My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles #1) ~ Paperback ~ Alyxandra Harvey

Also published under the title "Hearts at Stake". A compelling and irresistible vampire novel, taut with thrilling adventure and romance. Solange is no ordinary vampire. She is the only female vampire ever born. Rival vampire tribes and bounty hunters are on the hunt for her, but she is protected by her band of seven older brothers and her mortal best friend, not to mention her own formidable martial arts skills. The Blakes are rather different to your usual neighbours. They are vampires and some of the members of the family date back to the twelfth century. One of the children, Solange, is the only born female vampire known and, as such, she poses a direct threat to the vampire queen. Her best friend Lucy is human, and when Solange is kidnapped Lucy and Solange's brother, Nicholas, set out to save her. Lucy soon discovers that she would like to be more than just friends with Nicholas. But how does one go about dating a vampire? Meanwhile, Solange finds an unlikely ally in Kieran, a vampire slayer on the hunt for his father's killer. Author Biography Alyxandra Harvey lives in Ontario, Canada. She studied Creative Writing and Literature at York University and has had her poetry published in magazines like The Antigonish Review, Room of One's Own, OnSpec and CV2. When not writing, she is a bellydancer and jewellery maker.