Title:
Legally Undead
Author:
Margo Bond Collins
Release
date: May 2tth, 2014
Genre:
Paranormal
Book
Description:
A reluctant vampire hunter, stalking New York City as only a
scorned bride can.
Elle Dupree has her life all figured out: first a wedding, then her Ph.D., then swank faculty parties where she’ll serve wine and cheese and introduce people to her husband the lawyer.
Elle Dupree has her life all figured out: first a wedding, then her Ph.D., then swank faculty parties where she’ll serve wine and cheese and introduce people to her husband the lawyer.
But those plans disintegrate when
she walks in on a vampire sucking the blood from her fiancé, Greg. Horrified,
she screams and runs—not away from the vampire, but toward it, brandishing a
wooden letter opener.
As she slams the improvised stake
into the vampire’s heart, a team of black-clad men bursts into the apartment.
Turning to face them, Elle realizes Greg’s body is gone—and her perfect life
falls apart
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Guest Post
My
Favorite Vampire Hunters in Film and Television
Buffy:
Because what’s not to love about a
snarky blonde cheerleader with a destiny to be a vampire slayer? Add Joss
Whedon’s particular brand of brilliance, and Buffy is still one of my favorite
vampire hunters, even more than fifteen years after the television series first
aired.
Blade,
Whistler, and Abigail Whistler: I love the way
the Blade film series uses the conventions of vampire film and myth. The
dhampir (or half-vampire) as a vampire hunter is one of my favorite
semi-obscure vampire myths, and Wesley Snipes does a nice job of being a
taciturn, tortured hero in the dhampir role. Film scholar Jeffrey Weinstock has
claimed that the vampire film is always about technology, and Whistler (Kris
Kristofferson) is the consummate tech guy. Finally, the addition of Abigail
Whistler brings the kick-ass heroine into the series, making it just about
perfect, as far as I’m concerned.
Peter
Vincent: I know that the 2011 remake of Fright Night was not exactly a favorite
of either critics or fans. But I love, love, love David Tennant in the role of
the stage magician whose dark past makes him a vampire expert.
The
Winchester Brothers: Normally, these are top five lists. But I’m
going to count Sam and Dean Winchester from the television series Supernatural
together—it’s virtually impossible to consider them any other way. Technically,
Sam and Dean are monster hunters in general, and vampires make up only a small
percentage of their hunts—but since Dean was once briefly turned into a vampire
and Sam had to contemplate beheading his brother, I think it counts. Plus:
they’re just so beautiful.
Pike:
In the original film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she ends up with
Pike, a mechanic whose best friend is turned into a vampire. I like Pike
because, like Elle in my book Legally Undead, he doesn’t want to kill vampires.
In fact, he packs up to get out of town. But then he sticks around to help
Buffy figure out that she is, as he says, “the guy. The chosen guy.”
I really wanted to find
a film or TV version of Van Helsing to include in this list, but I just
couldn’t. The movie Van Helsing was simply laughable, and the Van Helsing character
in the various Dracula movies doesn’t seem strong enough. I’d love to hear
about any Van Helsings or other vampire hunters I might have missed who should
be considered!
About
the Author:
Margo Bond Collins is the author of Legally
Undead, first in an urban fantasy series coming in 2014 from World Weaver Press
(http://worldweaverpress.com/), Waking Up Dead, first in a
paranormal mystery series from Solstice Publishing (http://www.solsticepublishing.com/), and Fairy,
Texas, a YA paranormal romance series (also from Solstice). She lives in Texas
with her husband, their daughter, several spoiled cats, and a ridiculous
turtle. She teaches college English online. She loves paranormal fiction of any
genre and spends most of her free time daydreaming about vampires, ghosts, zombies,
werewolves, and other monsters.
Official Website:
www.MargoBondCollins.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MargoBondCollins
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