Just your average Cheshire housewife – who used to hunt vampires!
Hannah Oakley used to be a vampire hunter. She retired from active
service when she fell in love with the female vampire she was hunting, but old
wounds refuse to heal. She and the vampire fought almost to the death, and now
it seems that the vampire has tracked her down. Hannah must return to work,
grudgingly accepting help from a new hunting partner, and she is determined
that this time she will finish the job. But can she ignore the old lust for her
vampire lover? Is the mother able to be a vampire hunter one more time? And
will her marriage survive the ordeal?
Return of the Vampire Hunter is pure urban fantasy with a
hint of seduction thrown in for good measure. Set in Manchester, Northern
England, it is a contemporary story with all the darkness of classic Gothic
monsters.
Excerpt
We were on the motorway and I was in the passenger seat. I had been
passing food to the children in the back seat, and as I twisted back round to
face forward, I glanced at James. My heart skipped a beat and then pounded
heavily as the world spun around me.
“What is that on your
neck?” I asked sharply.
James glanced at me and
then checked his mirrors as he moved into the middle lane.
“What?” he asked
absently.
“That,” I said, “On
your neck.”
I reached across and
gently touched the mark on his skin. It looked like two small, neat puncture
wounds. A vampire bite. Shit.
James touched the
bruise, winced, and then shook his head.
“I don’t know,” he
said, “I must have cut myself shaving.”
“That is not a shaving
wound,” I said.
He glanced at me again
and frowned.
“Why are you so upset
about it?” he asked curiously, “It’s nothing.”
I stared at the tiny
wound as my whole world flipped upside down. Was it Elaine? Had she finally
found me? Or was it another stray vampire? One thing was certain; I had to
return to work. This one had to be destroyed before it came for my whole
family. Gathering my senses, I shook my head and smiled.
“Oh, forget it,” I said
lightly, “It looked more serious at first, that’s all. But if it doesn’t hurt
then it doesn’t matter. Can you see the sea yet, girls?”
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