Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad.She has also published as:Roxanne LongstreetRoxanne ConradJulie FortuneIan HammellHer Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/rachelcainef...Her Instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/rachelcaine...
Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1)
Rachel Caine
RIDER ON THE STORMThe Wardens Association has been around pretty much forever. Some Wardens control fire, others control earth, water, or wind--and the most powerful can control more than one element. Without Wardens, Mother Nature would wipe humanity off the face of the earth....Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden. Usually, all it takes is a wave of her hand to tame the most violent weather. But now Joanne is trying to outrun another kind of accusations of corruption and murder. So she's resorting to the very human tactic of running for her life....Her only hope is Lewis, the most powerful Warden. Unfortunately, he's also on the run from the World Council. It seems he's stolen not one but three bottles of Djinn--making him the most wanted man on earth. And without Lewis, Joanne's chances of surviving are as good as a snowball in--well, a place she may be headed. So she and her classic Mustang are racing hard to find him because there's some bad weather closing in fast....
Ghost Town (The Morganville Vampires, #9)
Rachel Caine
Deep in the heart of Texas, Morganville is a small college town full of laid-back students and eccentric townies, not to mention the sort of creatures you wouldn't want to run into after dark. Despite their obvious differences, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have learned to coexist, but that doesn't stop genius student Claire Danvers from keeping up her guard. Because in Morganville, nothing is as it seems...
While developing a new system to maintain the town's defenses, Claire discovers a way to use the vampires' powers to help keep outsiders from spreading news of Morganville's "unique" situation once they've crossed the city limits.
But the new system has an unexpected and possibly deadly consequence: People inside the town start forgetting who and what they are - even the vampires. And when Claire's boyfriend, Shane, and her best friend, Eve, start treating her like a perfect stranger, Claire realizes she has to figure out a way to pull the plug on her experiment - before she forgets how to save herself... and Morganville.
Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires, #3)
Rachel Caine
MORGANVILLE IS SUCH A NICE PLACE TO LIVE... AND DIE. IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT SORT OF THING. When Claire Danvers learnt that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving student would do: she applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. The transfer is no longer an option, but that garlic may come in handy. Now Claire has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. All of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from Claire's past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home.
Lord of Misrule (The Morganville Vampires, #5)
Rachel Caine
In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn't the only threat. Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural.
Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, #1)
Rachel Caine
From the author of the popular Weather Warden series comes the debut of an exciting new series set in Morganville, Texas, where you would be well advised to avoid being out after dark.
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood. Will she be able to face the town's terror or will she drown like everyone else?
Carpe Corpus (The Morganville Vampires, #6)
Rachel Caine
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In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace-until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants-the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?
Fade Out (The Morganville Vampires, #7)
Rachel Caine
Withoutthe evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville,the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again…
Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve’s castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger—and way more dangerous—than anyone suspected.
Feast of Fools (The Morganville Vampires, #4)
Rachel Caine
The wait is over. dig into the feast...In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though, especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town's living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he's set for Morganville.
Undone (Outcast Season, #1)
Rachel Caine
Once she was a powerful Djinn. Then Cassiel defied her ruler, Ashan, who tore her very essence away and reshaped her in human flesh as punishment. Forced to live among mortals, Cassiel has found refuge among the Weather Wardens--whose power she must tap into regularly, or she will die.
Cassiel earns her keep by assisting the Earth Warden Manny Rocha on his missions--which she finds much easier than coping with the emotions and frailties of her human condition, especially her growing affection for Manny's brother, Luis. But when Cassiel encounters a malevolent force that threatens the Rocha family, she discovers that her perceived human weakness may be her greatest strengths...
Firestorm (Weather Warden, #5)
Rachel Caine
The genie is out of the bottle. Rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is racing to New York to warn her former colleagues of the impending apocalypse. An ancient agreement between the Djinn and the Wardens has been broken, and the furious Djinn, slaves to the Wardens for millennia, are now free of mortal control. With more than half the Wardens unaccounted for in the wake of the Djinn uprising, Joanne realizes that the natural disasters they've combated for so long were merely symptoms of restless Mother Nature fidgeting in her sleep. Now she's waking up - and she's angry -
Heat Stroke (Weather Warden, #2)
Rachel Caine
APOCALYPTIC ATMOSPHERICS
In Rachel Caine's tempestuous follow-up to Ill Wind--forecast as "a fun read" by bestselling author Jim Butcher--the Wardens Association still protects the human race from extermination by climatic extremes, when they're not turning on their own....
Accused of murder, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin was chased across the country--and killed--by a team charged with hunting down rogue Wardens.
Five days later, Joanne had a lovely funeral and was posthumously cleared of all charges. Her human life was over, but she had been reborn into Djinnhood. Now, until she masters her enhanced powers, Joanne must try to avoid being "claimed" by a human. But when a hazard that only a Djinn could sense infiltrates Earth's atmosphere, Joanne must somehow convince someone to do something about it--or the forecast will be deadly.
So who said being all-powerful was going to be easy?
The Dead Girls' Dance (The Morganville Vampires, #2)
Rachel Caine
Claire Danvers has her share of challenges---like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains, dealing with the homicidal girls in her dorm, and above all, finding out that her college town is overrun with vampires. On the up side, she has a great roommate (who tends to disappear at sunup) and a new boyfriend named Shane, whose vampire-hunting dad has called in backup: cycle punks who like the idea of killing just about anything.
Now a fraternity is throwing its annual Dead Girls' Dance and---surprise!---Claire and her equally outcast best friend, Eve, have been invited. When they find out why, all hell is going to break loose. Because this time both the living and the dead are coming out---and everybody's hungry for blood.
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
Rachel Caine
Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest works of history instantly—but the personal ownership of books is expressly forbidden.
Jess Brightwell believes in the value of the Library, but the majority of his knowledge comes from illegal books obtained by his family. Jess has been sent to be his family’s spy, but his loyalties are tested in the final months of his training to enter the Library’s service.
When his friend inadvertently commits heresy by creating a device that could change the world, Jess discovers that those who control the Great Library believe knowledge is more valuable than any human life—and soon both heretics and books will burn....
Bite Club (The Morganville Vampires, #10)
Rachel Caine
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine is "a first-class storyteller" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris).
After discovering that vampires populate her town, college student Claire Danvers knows that the undead just want to live their lives. But someone else wants them to get ready to rumble.
There's a new extreme sport getting picked up on the bare—knuckle fights pitting captured vampires against each other—or humans. Tracking the remote signal leads Claire—accompanied by her friends and frenemies—to discover that what started as an online brawl will soon threaten everyone in Morganville...
Kiss of Death (The Morganville Vampires, #8)
Rachel Caine
A new chapter in the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires saga.
Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big- time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some gigs-which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too-human friends. And with that mix of personalities, this is going to be a road trip from hell...
The Morganville Vampires, Volume 1 (The Morganville Vampires, #1-2)
Rachel Caine
In Rachel Caine's town of Morganville, "there's always a surprise just around every dark corner" - and it usually involves the undead. Now these secrets come to light in the first two books of the Morganville Vampires series, together in one volume.
GLASS HOUSES
Morganville is a small college town in the heart of Texas that has its share of quirky characters - and some evil ones too. When student Claire Danvers moves off campus into one of Morganville's oldest houses, she finds that her roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.
THE DEAD GIRLS' DANCE
Claire Danvers has her share of challenges - like living among creatures of the night. On the upside, she has a great roommate (who tends to disappear at sunup) and a new boyfriend. Now a fraternity is throwing its annual Dead Girls' Dance and - surprise! - Claire and her equally outcast friend have been invited. When they find out why, all hell breaks loose, because this time both the living and the dead are ready to tear up the night.
Windfall (Weather Warden, #4)
Rachel Caine
Less than a year ago, Joanne Baldwin was an agent for one of the most powerful organizations in the world, entrusted with the safety of millions of lives on a daily basis. Now she's a scantily clad "weather girl" for a Ft. Lauderdale television station.
After losing her job as a Weather Warden (those with the ability to manipulate the weather and avowed to protect humankind), Joanne is finding life in the "real world" not as enticing as she once thought. Her job as a cheesecake weather girl is humiliating, especially with a lecherous head meteorologist (deliciously named Marvelous Marvin McLarty) who delights in devising new ways to embarrass her on camera. But with her supernatural Djinn lover slowly dying and a recently divorced, shopping-addicted sister camping out on her sofa, Joanne's problems couldn't possibly get worse -- or could they? Throw in a highly suspicious detective bent on arresting Joanne on murder charges, a Djinn civil war, and a monster of an approaching hurricane --and suddenly Marvelous Marvin's antics don't seem so bad!
Wildly unpredictable weather -- and women! -- and an extraordinarily entertaining female protagonist with enough sexy panache and irreverent attitude to make Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake look like an octogenarian etiquette expert, Rachel Caine's Weather Warden saga (Chill Factor, Heat Stroke, et al.) is an absolute delight to read. You want guilty pleasures? Read these novels, which are a little romance, a little urban fantasy, and a whole lot of fun. Barometer not included.
Ash and Quill (The Great Library, #3)
Rachel Caine
Words can kill.
Hoarding all the knowledge of the world, the Great Library jealously guards its secrets. But now a group of rebels poses a dangerous threat to its tyranny…
Jess Brightwell and his band of exiles have fled London, only to find themselves imprisoned in Philadelphia, a city led by those who would rather burn books than submit. But Jess and his friends have a bargaining chip: the knowledge to build a machine that will break the Library’s rule.
Their time is running out. To survive, they’ll have to choose to live or die as one, to take the fight to their enemies—and to save the very soul of the Great Library…
Chill Factor (Weather Warden, #3)
Rachel Caine
GAMBLING WITH HER LIFE
In Rachel Caine's Ill Wind and Heat Stroke, Weather Warden extraordinaire Joanne Baldwin, who protects the human race from monster storms, was killed, reborn as a Djinn, and then restored to her original form. She's been through a lot -- and stuck her neck out many times -- to save innocent lives. Now she's rolling the dice to stop an infinitely powerful, deeply disturbed kid from destroying the world....
A teenager named Kevin has holed up in style at a Vegas hotel with the most powerful Djinn in the world, planning who knows what kind of mischief. The Wardens' senior leadership is dead, Djinn are disappearing, and a secret society wants to help Joanne destroy Kevin, even if doing so kills her (again). But everybody in Vegas has a game going, and Joanne has to learn the rules fast because the stakes have never been higher -- and all hell is about to break loose....
Total Eclipse (Weather Warden, #9)
Rachel Caine
New York Times bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires novels Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin, her husband, the djinn David, and the Earth herself have been poisoned by a substance that destroys the magic that keeps the world alive. The poison is destabilizing the entire balance of power, bestowing magic upon those who have never had it, and removing it from those who need it. It's just a matter of time before the delicate balance of nature explodes into chaos-and doom.
Cape Storm (Weather Warden, #8)
Rachel Caine
Check the forecast for the series that's "an addictive force of nature that will suck you in ." (News and Sentinel)Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her new husband, the Djinn David, are running from a malevolent hurricane bent on destroying her. Joined by an army of fellow Wardens and Djinn onboard a hijacked luxury liner, Joanne has lured the storm into furious pursuit. But even their combined magic may not be enough to stop it-nor the power-mad ex-Weather Warden controlling it...
Gale Force (Weather Warden, #7)
Rachel Caine
Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can't ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered, and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive.
Thin Air (Weather Warden, #6)
Rachel Caine
After preventing Mother Earth from destroying the planet, Joanne Baldwin lost her memories thanks to Ashan the djinn-and they will remain lost forever unless Joanne can recover her identity-and destroy the demon who is impersonating her, fabulous shoes and all...
Paper and Fire (The Great Library, #2)
Rachel Caine
Let the world burn.
With an iron fist, the Great Library controls the knowledge of the world, ruthlessly stamping out all rebellion and, in the name of the greater good, forbidding the personal ownership of books.
Jess Brightwell has survived his introduction to the sinister, seductive world of the Library, but serving in its army is nothing like he envisioned. His life and the lives of those he cares for have been altered forever. His best friend is lost, and Morgan, the girl he loves, is locked away in the Iron Tower, doomed to a life apart from everything she knows.
After embarking on a mission to save one of their own, Jess and his band of allies make one wrong move and suddenly find themselves hunted by the Library’s deadly automata and forced to flee Alexandria, all the way to London.
But Jess’s home isn’t safe anymore. The Welsh army is coming, London is burning, and soon, Jess must choose between his friends, his family, and the Library, which is willing to sacrifice anything and anyone in the search for ultimate control…
Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake, #4)
Rachel Caine
She’s investigating a cold case no one else could—by going places no one else would dare.
In spite of a harrowing past still haunting her, Gwen Proctor is trying to move forward. Until a new assignment gives her purpose: the cold-case disappearance of a young man in Tennessee. Three years missing, no clues. Just Ruth Landry, a tortured mother in limbo. Gwen understands what it’s like to worry about your children.
Gwen’s investigation unearths new suspects…and victims. As she follows each sinister lead, the implications of the mystery grow more disturbing. Because the closer Gwen gets, the closer she is to a threat that looms back home.
In a town that’s closed its ranks against Gwen; her partner, Sam; and her kids, there’s no bolder enemy than the Belldene family—paramilitary, criminal, powerful, and vengeful. As personal vendettas collide with Gwen’s investigation, she’s prepared to fight both battles. But is she prepared for the toll it could take on everyone she loves?
Wolfhunter River (Stillhouse Lake, #3)
Rachel Caine
A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller.
She can’t ignore a cry for help. But in this remote hunting town, it’s open season.
Gwen Proctor escaped her serial-killer husband and saved her family. What she can’t seem to outrun is his notoriety. Or the sick internet vigilantes still seeking to avenge his crimes. For Gwen, hiding isn’t an option. Not when her only mission is to create a normal life for her kids.
But now, a threatened woman has reached out. Marlene Crockett, from the remote town of Wolfhunter, is panicked for herself and her daughter. When Gwen arrives in the small, isolated rural community, Marlene is already dead—her own daughter blamed for the murder. Except that’s not the person Marlene feared at all. And Gwen isn’t leaving until she finds out who that was.
But it may already be too late. A trap has been set. And it’s poised to snap shut on everyone Gwen loves. Her stalkers are closing in. And in a town as dark as Wolfhunter, it’s so easy for them to hide…
Killman Creek (Stillhouse Lake, #2)
Rachel Caine
Every time Gwen closed her eyes, she saw him in her nightmares. Now her eyes are open, and he’s not going away.
Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids from her ex-husband, serial killer Melvin Royal, and his league of psychotic accomplices. But the war isn’t over. Not since Melvin broke out of prison. Not since she received a chilling text…
You’re not safe anywhere now.
Her refuge at Stillhouse Lake has become a trap. Gwen leaves her children in the protective custody of a fortified, well-armed neighbor. Now, with the help of Sam Cade, brother of one of Melvin’s victims, Gwen is going hunting. She’s learned how from one of the sickest killers alive.
But what she’s up against is beyond anything she feared—a sophisticated and savage mind game calculated to destroy her. As trust beyond her small circle of friends begins to vanish, Gwen has only fury and vengeance to believe in as she closes in on her prey. And sure as the night, one of them will die.
Heartbreak Bay (Stillhouse Lake, #5)
Rachel Caine
They’re hunting a killer so silent, so invisible, that his unspeakable crimes are the only proof he exists.
A car submerged in a remote pond. The bodies of two girls strapped into their seats. The mystery of their mother, vanished without a trace, leads Gwen Proctor and Kezia Claremont into dangerous territory.
On the surface, Gwen’s life is good—two children approaching adulthood, a committed partner, and a harrowing past dead and gone. But that past is attracting the attention of someone invisible…and unstoppable. Trouble’s just beginning. So is the body count in this backwoods Tennessee town.
As threats mount and Gwen’s hunted by an enemy who pulls all the strings, Kezia has her back. But working to solve these vicious and unreasonable crimes will expose them both to a killer they can’t for the life of them see coming.
Sword and Pen (The Great Library, #5)
Rachel Caine
With the future of the Great Library in doubt, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone must decide if it's worth saving in this thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.
The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble.
Smoke and Iron (The Great Library, #4)
Rachel Caine
For the US hardback, see ISBN13: 9780451489210.
To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.
The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct peril, with only his wits and skill to aid him in a game of cat and mouse with the Archivist Magister of the Great Library. With the world catching fire, and words printed on paper the spark that lights rebellion, it falls to smugglers, thieves, and scholars to save a library thousands of years in the making...if they can stay alive long enough to outwit their enemies.
Honor Bound (The Honors, #2)
Rachel Caine
Zara Cole was a thief back on Earth, but she’s been recently upgraded to intergalactic fugitive. On the run after a bloody battle in a covert war that she never expected to be fighting, Zara, her co-pilot Beatriz, and their Leviathan ship Nadim barely escaped the carnage with their lives. Now Zara and her crew of Honors need a safe haven, far from the creatures who want to annihilate them. But with two wounded Leviathan to treat, plus human and non-human refugees to help, they’ll have to settle for the nearest outpost, called the Sliver: a wild, dangerous warren of alien criminals. Zara’s skills from the Zone may be invaluable. However, Zara discovers that the secrets of the Sliver may have the power to turn the tide of the war they left behind—but in the wrong direction. Soon Zara will have to make a choice: stand against the ultimate evil or run from it. But she’s never walked away from a fight.
Honor Bound is the second installment in Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre’s thrilling and fresh space saga.
Honor Among Thieves (The Honors, #1)
Rachel Caine
Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that’s made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in New Detroit instead of moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn’t much better than a prison cell.
Still, when Zara commits a crime that has her running scared, jail might be exactly where she’s headed. Instead Zara is recruited into the Honors, an elite team of humans selected by the Leviathan—a race of sentient alien ships—to explore the outer reaches of the universe as their passengers.
Zara seizes the chance to flee Earth’s dangers, but when she meets Nadim, the alien ship she’s assigned, Zara starts to feel at home for the first time. But nothing could have prepared her for the dark, ominous truths that lurk behind the alluring glitter of starlight.
Trapper Road (Stillhouse Lake, #6)
Rachel Caine
Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.
Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight.
The case is that of a missing girl, last seen getting into a truck with a stranger before disappearing. Gwen has a reputation for finding those who are lost, but this time something is wrong. Her instincts are off, and every clue she uncovers only raises more doubts, not just about the missing girl and the circumstances of her disappearance, but also about the fragile safety Gwen’s created for her family.
The closer she comes to uncovering the truth, the more she unwittingly puts those she loves at risk. Someone from Gwen’s past doesn’t appreciate the new life she’s built for herself and is willing to do anything it takes to tear it apart. Except this time it isn’t Gwen in the crosshairs, but her partner Sam. Without her instincts to rely on, how can Gwen protect those she loves against an enemy she never sees coming?
Devil's Bargain (Red Letter Days #1)
Rachel Caine
Jasmine "Jazz" Callender is on the downhill slide to ruin. Once a decorated homicide detective, she's lost it all: her former partner's been convicted of murder, she's been cashiered out, and she's drinking away what little self-respect she's got left. But Jazz has a talent for trouble, and somebody knows it. When a mysterious, sexy stranger comes looking for her with a fateful red envelope in his hand, she's about to make the deal of her life...for good or bad.
The deal requires her to enter into a partnership with a stranger and investigate cases that arrive in special red envelopes...which is odd enough, but gets weirder as she and her new partner Lucia realize that they may be working for someone with supernatural abilities.
And maybe they're not on the side of the angels anymore.
No Love Lost (Weather Warden #1.5)
Rachel Caine
A Weather Warden short story
Working Stiff (Revivalist, #1)
Rachel Caine
Bryn Davis knows working at Fairview Mortuary isn't the most glamorous career choice, but at least it offers stable employment--until she discovers her bosses using a drug that resurrects the clientele as part of an extortion racket. Now, Bryn faces being terminated--literally, and with extreme prejudice.
With the help of corporate double-agent Patrick McCallister, Bryn has a chance to take down the bigger problem--pharmaceutical company Pharmadene, which treats death as the ultimate corporate loyalty program. She'd better do it fast, before she becomes a zombie slave--a real working stiff. She'd be better off dead...
Prince of Shadows
Rachel Caine
In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.
Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona—and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona…
… And will rewrite all their fates, forever.
Verfolgt bis aufs Blut (Haus der Vampire, #1)
Rachel Caine
Claire ist neu auf dem College in Morganville, und die schöne Monica macht ihr das Leben zur Hölle. So schlimm, dass Claire vom Campus in eine WG in der Stadt zieht. Sie weiß allerdings nicht recht, was sie von ihren Mitbewohnern halten soll. Zwei ziemlich gut aussehende Jungs und ein Gothic Girl. Der eine ist tagsüber nie zu sehen. Und Eve erzählt verrückte Sachen, von Vampiren! So ein Quatsch . . .?
Carniepunk
Rachel Caine
A star-studded urban fantasy anthology edited by bestselling author Rachel Caine and featuring fellow authors Rob Thurman, Seanan McGuire, Jennifer Estep, Kevin Hearne, and more, with the overarching theme being that of the creepy, mysterious, and sometimes magical world of traveling carnivals.
The traveling carnival is a leftover of a bygone era, a curiosity lurking on the outskirts of town. It is a place of contradictions—the bright lights mask the peeling paint; a carnie in greasy overalls slinks away from the direction of the Barker’s seductive call. It is a place of illusion—is that woman’s beard real? How can she live locked in that watery box?
And while many are tricked by sleight of hand, there are hints of something truly magical going on. One must remain alert and learn quickly the unwritten rules of this dark show. To beat the carnival, one had better have either a whole lot of luck or a whole lot of guns—or maybe some magic of one’s own.
Featuring stories grotesque and comical, outrageous and action-packed, Carniepunk is the first anthology to channel the energy and attitude of urban fantasy into the bizarre world of creaking machinery, twisted myths, and vivid new magic.
RACHEL CAINE’s vampires aren’t child’s play, as a naïve teen discovers when her heart leads her far, far astray in “The Cold Girl.” With “Parlor Tricks,” JENNIFER ESTEP pits Gin Blanco, the Elemental Assassin, against the Wheel of Death and some dangerously creepy clowns. SEANAN McGUIRE narrates a poignant, ethereal tale of a mysterious carnival that returns to a dangerous town after twenty years in “Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea.” KEVIN HEARNE’s Iron Druid and his wisecracking Irish wolfhound discover in “The Demon Barker of Wheat Street” that the impossibly wholesome sounding Kansas Wheat Festival is actually not a healthy place to hang out. With an eerie, unpredictable twist, ROB THURMAN reveals the fate of a psychopath stalking two young carnies in “Painted Love.”
Fall of Night (The Morganville Vampires, #14)
Rachel Caine
Thanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big-time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn't the only town with vampire trouble...
Claire never thought she'd leave Morganville, but when she gets accepted into the graduate program at MIT, she can't pass up the opportunity. Saying goodbye to her friends is bittersweet, especially since things are still raw and unsettled between Claire and her boyfriend, Shane. Her new life at MIT is scary and exciting, but Morganville is never really far from Claire's mind. Enrolled in a special advanced study program with Professor Irene Anderson, a former Morganville native, Claire is able to work on her machine, which is designed to cancel the mental abilities of vampires.
But when she begins testing her machine on live subjects, things quickly spiral out of control, and Claire starts to wonder whether leaving Morganville was the last mistake she'll ever make.
Bitter Blood (The Morganville Vampires, #13)
Rachel Caine
For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within…
Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town’s human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. But college student Claire Danvers isn’t about to take sides, considering she has ties to both the humans and the vampires.
To make matters worse, a television show comes to Morganville looking for ghosts, just as vampire and human politics collide. Now, Claire and her friends have to figure out how to keep the peace without ending up on the nightly news… or worse.
Last Breath (The Morganville Vampires, #11)
Rachel Caine
With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town-a mysterious individual named Magnus. After an uneasy encounter with Morganville's latest resident, Claire is certain Magnus isn't merely human. But is he a vampire-or something else entirely?
Potok (Stillhouse Lake, #2)
Rachel Caine
Svaki put kada bi sklopila oči, Gwen bi ga vidjela u svojim noćnim morama.
Ali sada su joj oči otvorene, a on ne odlazi.
Gwen Proctor uspjela je spasiti djecu od bivšega supruga, serijskog ubojice Melvina Royala i družine njegovih suučesnika psihopata. Ali rat se nastavlja nakon Melvinova bijega iz zatvora i primitka zastrašujuće poruke:
Sada više nigdje nisi sigurna.
Utočište na jezeru Stillhouse postaje zamka. Gwen ostavlja svoju djecu pod zaštitom i nadzorom dobro naoružana susjeda, pa uz pomoć Sama Cadea, brata jedne od Melvinovih žrtava, kreće u lov. Naučila je to od jednoga od
najbolesnijih živih ubojica. Ali suočava se s nečim što nadilazi sva njezina strahovanja – s profnjenim okrutnim psihološkim igricama sračunatim da dovedu do njezina uništenja. Kako povjerenje maloga broja ljudi kojima je okružena počinje iščezavati, Gwen preostaje samo vjera u bijes i osvetu dok se približava svome plijenu.
I sigurno kao svitanje, jedno od njih će umrijeti.
Jezero (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
Rachel Caine
Gina Royal utjelovljenje je prosječnosti — sramežljiva kućanica sa Srednjega zapada, koja je u sretnom braku i ima dvoje divne djece. Ali kad automobilska nesreća otkrije tajni život njezina supruga, serijskog ubojice, mora se preobraziti u novu osobu, Gwen Proctor — i postati prava majka ratnica.
Dok je njezin bivši suprug u zatvoru, Gwen nalazi utočište u novom domu, na udaljenom jezeru Stillhouse. Iako još uvijek na meti uhoda i internetskih trolova koji misle da je povezana sa zločinima svojega supruga, Gwen se usuđuje pomisliti kako njezina djeca konačno mogu spokojno odrastati. Ali u trenutku kada se već počinje osjećati ugodno u svojemu novom domu, u jezeru se pojavljuje tijelo — i prijeteća pisma počinju stizati s odveć poznate adrese.
Gwen Proctor mora se okružiti bliskim prijateljima i spriječiti neprijatelje da joj naude, kako bi izbjegla da je otkriju – ili u protivnom gledati kako njezina djeca postaju žrtve ubojice koji uživa u njezinu mučenju.
Jedno je sigurno: naučila je kako se boriti protiv zla. I nikada neće prestati.
La mansión Glass (Los vampiros de Morganville, #1)
Rachel Caine
Para Claire Danvers, el instituto era el infierno, pero la universidad probablemente será el asesinato: Bienvenidos a Morganville, Texas. No estéis fuera cuando llegue la oscuridad.
Claire Danvers, estudiante de primer año en la Universidad, ya tiene bastante con su situación de pesadilla en el dormitorio, donde las chicas populares nunca le permiten olvidar dónde está situada en la escena social de la escuela: algo inferior a cero. Tras salir del campus, la vieja casa donde finalmente encuentra una habitación no parece ser mucho mejor. Sus nuevos compañeros de habitación no muestran demasiados signos de vida, y parece que todos esconden secretos. Pero el mayor de los secretos parece no serlo, excepto por Claire: Morganville está infestada de vampiros. Es una suerte que sus amigos la tengan a ella a sus espaldas, porque Claire es la joven de 16 años más inteligente que jamás ha visto la ciudad. Necesitará todas las ventajas que logre para sobrevivir en Morganville… muchas menos que para conseguir una carrera.
Midnight Bites - Tales of Morganville (Morganville Vampires (Paperback))
Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine said this in her recent newsletters
MIDNIGHT BITES, the new Morganville Vampires short story anthology! It will bring together almost everything that I've written in short form about Morganville ... though I did leave out some of the original "diary" entries that appeared on an earlier version of the Morganville website, simply because they were just scenes and not stories, and were generally really short snippets. This is all short fiction, and it's been carefully organized into the timeline, so you can read from the earliest adventures (some of which belong to vampires) all the way through some post-Daylighters goodies.
MIDNIGHT BITES includes a total of more than 50,000 words of brand new content, which makes me very happy indeed (and I hope will also make you happy, too). From stories featuring our favorite bunny-slipper-wearing mad scientist to a mystery solved by police chief Hannah Moses, I think you'll find this is a diverse group of stories that will shine a little more light in the murkiest corners of Morganville.
Daylighters (The Morganville Vampires, #15)
Rachel Caine
While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one…
Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away. The town looks cleaner and happier than they’ve ever seen it before, but when their incoming group is arrested and separated—vampires from humans—they realize that the changes definitely aren’t for the better.
It seems that an organization called the Daylight Foundation has offered the population of Morganville something they’ve never had: hope of a vampire-free future. And while it sounds like salvation—even for the vampires themselves—the truth is far more sinister and deadly.
Now, Claire, Shane and Eve need to find a way to break their friends out of Daylighter custody, before the vampires of Morganville meet their untimely end…
Black Dawn (The Morganville Vampires, #12)
Rachel Caine
When a tide of ferocious draug, the vampire's deadliest enemy, floods Morganville, its eclectic mix of residents must fight to save their town from devastation.Chaos has taken over the quiet college town of Morganville as the threat of the of draug rapidly spreads with the help of the city's water system. Whilst most of the locals have already fled, student Claire Danvers and her friends Shane, Eve and Michael choose to stay and fight.Things take a turn for the worse when vampire Amelie, the town's founder, is infected by the master draug's bite. Unless Claire and her friends can find an antidote to save Amelie and overcome the draug, Morganville's future looks bleak . . . 'Thrilling, sexy, and funny! These books are addictive. One of my very favourite vampire series.'Richelle Mead, author of the international bestselling Vampire Academy series
Myrnin's Tale (The Morganville Vampires)
Rachel Caine
Myrnin's Tale is a short story present on Rachel Caine's blog archive. It is a Morganville Short Story.
This story came about just because I wanted to know more about Myrnin for my own understanding of his character, and sometimes, the best way to achieve that is to write a character’s history from his/her point of view. The character tells me what’s important, and what changed, for better or worse. Discovering that Myrnin’s father had some type of mental disorder was important to me, because of course when he was born, such things weren’t really understood. When I was working on the draft of the first book in which Myrnin appeared, my co-worker who read it said, ‘Oh, you’ve written a bipolar character, and he’s actually really cool! Did you know that I take medication for that?’ She went on to relate all the ways he was familiar to her. I was amazed, and honoured. I won’t name the co-worker, for privacy, but I say now, as then: thank you for sharing your story with me, and you know who you are. I hope Myrnin continues to make you proud.
Identity (Stillhouse Lake #3.5)
Rachel Caine
Free with preorder of Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake #4)
Takes place before events in Bitter Falls
Wrong Place, Wrong Time (The Morganville Vampires 10.1)
Rachel Caine
Richard Morrell Short Story.
Another free-on-the-Web story under the Captain Obvious hidden content, I wrote this story to give a little shading and understanding to Richard Morrell, Monica’s (exasperated) older brother. We first met him in Glass Houses, and I took a liking to him immediately … It’s not easy being the son of the most corrupt human in Morganville, while also being the brother of the most outrageous, selfish bully. Add to that a real desire to do some good in the world, and help protect his fellow Morganville residents, and you’ve got a man who has a hard day ahead of him.
But one thing’s for certain: Richard does love his sister. He knows her flaws, but that doesn’t mean he won’t go to the wall for her … and even compromise his ethics, from time to time.
This will be a very bad day to be a criminal in Morganville.
Viper and the Farmer
Rachel Caine
A Morganville Vampires short story about Myrnin and how/when he was turned.
El baile de las chicas muertas (Los Vampiros de Morganville, #2)
Rachel Caine
Buenas noticias, chicas: ¡aquí están vuestras citas!
Claire Danvers no lo tiene precisamente fácil: es un genio en una universidad que valora más el físico que el cerebro, debe enfrentarse a unas compañeras de residencia homicidas y, sobre todo, acaba de descubrir que la ciudad en la que vive está llena de vampiros. Aunque, por otro lado, tiene un compañero de piso genial (con tendencia a desparecer cuando sale el sol) y un novio, Shane, cuyo padre cazavampiros acaba de regresar a Morganville con refuerzos: una banda de moteros punk ávidos de venganza.
Malas noticias, chicas: están muertos.
Una fraternidad está a punto de celebrar su baile anual de las chicas muertas y -¡sorpresa!- Claire y su mejor amiga, Eve, quien tampoco figura en la lista de las más populares de la ciudad, han sido invitadas. Aunque cuando descubran el motivo, será demasiado tarde. Porque esta vez tanto los vivos como los muertos tienen ganas de fiesta… y todos están sedientos de sangre.
Il mistero della casa sul lago
Rachel Caine
«Un thriller al cardiopalmo.» Publishers Weekly Dall’autrice bestseller del New York Times Gina Royal ha una vita assolutamente normale: è una timida e riservata casalinga del Midwest con un matrimonio felice e due bambini. Ma quando un incidente in macchina rivela la doppia vita di suo marito, tutto cambia. Mel, l’adorabile Mel, è un serial killer. Ha torturato e ucciso varie donne nel garage di casa. Sconvolta, Gina è costretta a crearsi una nuova identità dopo l’altra: anche se è stata scagionata dalle accuse di complicità, l’opinione pubblica la considera ancora un’assassina. Ed è così che si trasferisce nella località remota di Stillhouse Lake, con il nuovo nome di Gwen Proctor. Nonostante sia ancora bersaglio degli attacchi spietati degli stalker su internet, spera di aver trovato finalmente un posto in cui i suoi figli possano crescere sereni. Ma si sbaglia di grosso. Un corpo rinvenuto nel lago e alcune inquietanti lettere riportano a galla l’incubo da cui tentava di mettersi in salvo. Gwen dovrà cercare di proteggere coloro che ama da un pericolo strisciante e nascosto. E anche questa volta dovrà difendersi da sola. Una vita tranquilla. Una scoperta sconvolgente. È impossibile cambiare vita se il pericolo è in agguato. «Un thriller al cardiopalmo. L’autrice ha costruito una storia potente sull’amore materno e sul coraggio che serve per farsi una nuova vita.» Publishers Weekly «Un thriller da brivido.» Criminal Element «Un libro che toglie il fiato dall’inizio alla fine.» Fresh Fiction Rachel Caineè un’autrice di bestseller (oltre cinquanta libri, tra cui la serie The Morganville Vampires). Ha fatto la contabile, la musicista professionista e l’assicuratrice, mantenendo sempre segreta la sua doppia vita di scrittrice. Vive in Texas con il marito.
Unseen (Outcast Season, #3)
Rachel Caine
After Cassiel and Warden Luis Rocha rescue an adept child from a maniacal Djinn, they realize two things: the girl is already manifesting an incredible amount of power, and her kidnapping was not an isolated incident.
This Djinn—aided by her devoted followers—is capturing children all over the world, and indoctrinating them so she can use their strength for herself. With no other options, Cassiel infiltrates the Djinn’s organization—because if Cassiel cannot stop the Djinn’s apocalyptic designs, all of humanity may be destroyed.
Unbroken (Outcast Season, #4)
Rachel Caine
For millennia, Cassiel was a powerful Djinn—until she was exiled to live among mortals. Now the threat of an apocalypse looms, and Cassiel is in danger of losing everything she has come to hold dear… As the world begins to fall apart around her, Cassiel finds herself fighting those she once called her the Djinn. With Weather Warden Luis Rocha and the rescued child Ibby by her side, Cassiel struggles to find a way to protect those who are in her charge and come to terms with the leadership role she never asked for. Cassiel is opposed by Pearl—a powerful Djinn bent on raising an army of kidnapped Warden children to bring about nothing less than the end of the world. It will take everything Cassiel has to stop the Djinn from starting a war that will wipe all of humanity from the face of the earth. She knows that this might not be a battle she can survive, but protecting those she loves is worth any cost…
Unknown (Outcast Season, #2)
Rachel Caine
Living among mortals, the djinn Cassiel has developed a reluctant affection for them—especially for Warden Luis Rocha. As the mystery deepens around the kidnapping of innocent Warden children, Cassiel and Luis are the only ones who can investigate both the human and djinn realms. But the trail will lead them to a traitor who may be more powerful than they can handle...
Devil's Due (Red Letter Days, #2)
Rachel Caine
The money Lucia and her new partner received to open their detective agency had come with strings: any assignment delivered via red envelope had to be top priority. No sweat. No one could make Lucia do something she didn't believe in -- right?
Wrong. Lucia soon learned that every choice she made meant life or death for innocent people. No one could be trusted, not even the ex-cop she'd hired -- and fallen for. In fact, Ben might be her fatal weakness, if the powers warring to control the future used him to control Lucia....
Midnight at Mart's (Weather Warden, 3.25)
Rachel Caine
A free Weather Warden short story
Oasis (Weather Warden, #2.5)
Rachel Caine
A free Weather Warden short story
Tigers in the Cage (The Great Library, #0.1)
Rachel Caine
A prequel story about the young woman who'd some day become the Obscurist Magnus: Keria Morning ... and mother to Scholar Christopher Wolfe.
Keria's world is the Iron Tower, though she longs to fly beyond those walls and away from the hothouse intrigues of all those trapped with her. But her world is about to be turned upside down by the arrival of a new, unwilling Obscurist.
Set in the world of The Great Library.
Carniepunk: The Cold Girl
Rachel Caine
From the mesmerizing Carniepunk anthology, a vampire short story from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine—the author who brought you the immensely popular Morganville Vampires series.When Kiley learns firsthand what evil lurks in the heart of her boyfriend, he’ll learn about the Cold Girl, and her penchant for retribution.
Eve's Diary (Morganville, #1.5)
Rachel Caine
Eve's Diary is a short story in Eve Rosser's point of view.
Midnight Bites
Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine said this in her recent newsletters
MIDNIGHT BITES, the new Morganville Vampires short story anthology! It will bring together almost everything that I've written in short form about Morganville ... though I did leave out some of the original "diary" entries that appeared on an earlier version of the Morganville website, simply because they were just scenes and not stories, and were generally really short snippets. This is all short fiction, and it's been carefully organized into the timeline, so you can read from the earliest adventures (some of which belong to vampires) all the way through some post-Daylighters goodies.
MIDNIGHT BITES includes a total of more than 50,000 words of brand new content, which makes me very happy indeed (and I hope will also make you happy, too). From stories featuring our favorite bunny-slipper-wearing mad scientist to a mystery solved by police chief Hannah Moses, I think you'll find this is a diverse group of stories that will shine a little more light in the murkiest corners of Morganville.
Pitch-Black Blues
Rachel Caine
Another brand-new offering!
Jennifer, bless her, wanted a Shane/Myrnin story as part of her Kickstarter contribution, and I was happy to oblige. So here is Shane, and Myrnin, and a tie-in to a story earlier in this collection: ‘Nothing like an Angel.’ If you read them back-to-back, you’ll see why I say that; events in this particular story feed into events in that one, though it might not be obvious without a closer look. We get graveyards, corpses, mysterious alchemical machines, time travel (maybe), and the payoff on a romance that I built between Bitter Blood through to Daylighters. This story occurs after the end of the series, so you may think of it as an epilogue, of sorts.
No matter how many times I destroy Myrnin’s lab, I always want to rebuild it and bring it back as a setting, because it so perfectly reflects the state of the inside of his mind. ‘Pitch-Black’ refers to many things in this story, not the least of which is the state of Myrnin’s mind at various times in his history.
Honor Lost (The Honors, #3)
Rachel Caine
Space renegade Zara Cole may have finally met her match. Lifekiller—a creature that can devour entire planets is spreading terror throughout the universe, and it seems nothing can stand in the monstrous godking’s way.
Reeling from a series of battles, Zara and her wounded band of allies are going to need a strategy before they face Lifekiller again. Zara’s street smarts may not be enough when their enemy could be anywhere, destroying civilizations and picking his teeth with the bones.
And just when it feels like she’s reached a special place in her bond with Bea and Nadim, an ex from Earth with an ax to grind comes after her with nefarious intentions. With human enemies, alien creatures, and mechanical stalkers on her tail, it’s down to the wire for Zara to save the galaxy—and the people she calls home—before the godking consumes them all.
Your Mileage May Vary
Rachel Caine
If you’re one of the lucky backers of the The Series web series, or you placed preorders for the DVD, you got access to this story in mid-2015 … and that’s the only place it’s been available until now.A Morganville Vampires short storyPost-DAYLIGHTERS
Terminated (Revivalist, #3)
Rachel Caine
Already addicted to the pharmaceutical drug that keeps her body from decomposing, Bryn has to stop a secretive group of rich and powerful investors from eliminating the existing Returné addicts altogether. To ensure their plan to launch a new, military-grade strain of nanotech, the investors’ undead assassin—who just happens to be the ex-wife of Bryn’s lover Patrick—is on the hunt for anyone that stands in their way.
And while Bryn’s allies aren’t about to go down without a fight, the secret she’s been keeping threatens to put those closest to her in even more danger. Poised to become a monster that her own side—and her own lover—will have to trap and kill, Bryn needs to find the cure to have any hope of preserving the lives of her friends, and her own dwindling humanity…
Two Weeks' Notice (Revivalist, #2)
Rachel Caine
In New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine’s “thrilling”* Revivalist series, Bryn Davis finds out that making a living can be rough if you’re already dead... After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife—with regular doses to keep her going. But Bryn knows that the government has every intention of keeping a tight lid on Pharmadene’s life-altering discovery, no matter the cost. Thankfully, some things have changed for the better; her job at the rechristened Davis Funeral Home is keeping her busy and her fragile romance with Patrick McCallister is blossoming—thanks in part to their combined efforts in forming a support group for Returne addicts. But when some of the group members suddenly disappear, Bryn wonders if the government is methodically removing a threat to their security, or if some unknown enemy has decided to run the zombies into the ground…
The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3 (The Morganville Vampires, #5-6)
Rachel Caine
With the arrival of the evil master vampire Bishop, the small college town of Morganville, Texas, has dissolved into chaos. Now together in one volume, the fifth and sixth books of the Morganville Vampires series show that defeating Bishop is a task that's going to take some serious skill....
LORD OF MISRULE
In Morganville, violent black clouds promise a storm of devastating proportions. As student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against the elements - both natural and unnatural - the unexpected happens: Morganville's vampires begin to vanish one by one. Discovering why leads Claire to one last choice: Swear allegiance to Bishop - or die....
CARPE CORPUS
An underground resistance is brewing in Morganville. In order to contain it, Bishop vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants - the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules after having such a taste of power?
The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 (The Morganville Vampire, #7-8)
Rachel Caine
Now together in one volume, the seventh and eight books in the Morganville Vampires series show that even without an evil masyer vampire controlling the town, Morganville is still a dangerous place to be - for humans and vampires alike...
FADE OUT
Without Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, life has changed - dramatically. The resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again, but when a filmmaker goes missing after starting work on a short documentary about vampires, Clair and her friends are feeling anything but safe.
KISS OF DEATH
Vampire Michael Glass just received the call he's been waiting for all his life. His music has attracted the attention of a heavily connected music producer who wants to cut a demo and play some dates - which means Michael and his friends will have to enter the human world. But between a pack of hateful humans and a savage party of traveling vampires, Michael, Claire, Shane, and Eve may not make it to the show on time...or ever.
The Morganville Vampires, Volume 2 (The Morganville Vampires, #3-4)
Rachel Caine
During the day, Morganville is just a small college town in the heart of Texas. But after dark, students like Claire Danvers know that studying can take a backseat to staying alive. Now together in one bloodthirsty volume, the second two books of the Morganville Vampires series show why underestimating a vampire can be deadly....
MIDNIGHT ALLEY
Claire Danvers has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. But being under Amelie's protection doesn't offer much comfort when people start turning up dead, a talker resurfaces from Claire's past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons at his secluded home in Midnight Alley. To what end, Claire will soon discover - and it will give a terrifying new meaning to night school.
FEAST OF FOOLS
In Morganville, vampires and humans have learned to live in relative peace, but the tenuous good-neighbor policy is abruptly turned on its head with the arrival of Mr. Bishop. The ancient old-school vampire is bad to the bones, and what he wants from the town's living and dead is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball attended by vampires and their human dates that Claire realizes Bishop's plan - and the elaborately evil trap he's set for the warm-blooded souls of Morganville.
Lunch Date (The Morganville Vampires)
Rachel Caine
Lunch was always an iffy proposition at the Glass House. Some days all of Claire’s house mates were all in, most days nobody was; some days there was food in the fridge. Most days, not. Claire had made a fine art out of scrounging up crackers and cans of soup. Her favorite was cream of tomato. Yum.
Follow the link to read full short.
I rarely wrote stories from Claire’s point of view, mainly because she’s the main character in the books, so it seemed redundant to have her take the lead in the shorts, too. But I did enjoy it from time to time, like in this short story (free on the website) that just gives us a taste of the romance building between Claire and Shane. This is set in that late-romance period somewhere around Feast of Fools when things are hot … but not yet reaching the boil that they would in Carpe Corpus.
One of Shane’s many terrible jobs is featured, which is always fun for me. Poor Shane. Poor bosses.
Dark Rides (The Morganville Vampires, #12.5)
Rachel Caine
It’s a Gothic welcome-to-autumn thrill-ride featuring Morganville’s hottest newlyweds, Eve and Michael – written in the POV of Mrs. Eve Glass.
It was probably inevitable I’d get around to writing about carnivals and Morganville, right? Yeah. I thought so, too. But this one is unique, even so, in that I have Michael and Eve off on a mission together, from Amelie. Hijinks and life-threatening danger may ensue. Also, a brand-new vampire character that I really need to explore more, because I liked him a lot.
Fun factoid: I used to work in a haunted house – not a carnival but one of those seasonal death traps that was set up fast and taken down faster, run by virtual amateurs. Working as a character in them is fine for me, because I’m in on the mystery and the joke, but I am completely unable to handle haunted houses any other way as ‘fun’. They really do creep me out. Also, I got stuck in one of the secret passages of that seasonal haunted house once, and nobody notices or cares if you’re banging on the door and yelling for help when everyone is screaming already. (Yes, I intend to write that murder mystery, someday.)
Signs and Miracles
Rachel Caine
I was so awestruck that no less than the fantastic urban fantasy/YA author Kelley Armstrong helped us get our Morganville digital series off the ground, and she then donated the custom hardcover to one of her readers. She allowed me to choose the characters for this story, and I decided to explore one that I particularly love and have never written in point of view: Hannah Moses. This is a mystery story with Hannah as our detective, unravelling the story of a girl left for dead and a mysterious peddler of anti-vampire drugs, with bonus Monica Morrell, being heroic against her will, mostly. Glimpses inside the Morganville Police Department we’ve not previously been able to see, too.
I love mystery stories, and getting to write one like this was a total treat. Thanks, Kelley!
The Morganville Vampires, #1-3
Rachel Caine
Welcome to Morganville. Just don't stay out after dark - Morganville is a small town filled with unusual characters - when the sun goes down, the bad come out. In Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows - one that will spill out into the bright light of day. For Claire Danvers, high school was hell, but college may be murder. It was bad enough that she got on the wrong side of Monica, the meanest of the school's mean girls, but now she's got three new roommates, who all have secrets of their own. And the biggest secret of all isn't really a secret, except from Claire: Morganville is run by vampires, and they are hungry for fresh blood.
Den døde piges bal (The Morganville Vampires, #2)
Rachel Caine
Claire Danvers has her share of challenges---like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains, dealing with the homicidal girls in her dorm, and above all, finding out that her college town is overrun with vampires. On the up side, she has a great roommate (who tends to disappear at sunup) and a new boyfriend named Shane, whose vampire-hunting dad has called in cycle punks who like the idea of killing just about anything.Now a fraternity is throwing its annual Dead Girls' Dance and---surprise!---Claire and her equally outcast best friend, Eve, have been invited. When they find out why, all hell is going to break loose. Because this time both the living and the dead are coming out---and everybody's hungry for blood.
Chicks Kick Butt
Rachel Caine
Today’s women don’t stand around waiting for a hero. These days, women are quite capable of solving their own problems and slaying their own dragons (or demons, as the case may be).
In this all-new anthology, Kerrie L. Hughes and New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine have collected original stories from thirteen of today’s most exciting urban fantasy and paranormal authors. Each story features a strong heroine who kicks butt and takes names in a dangerous world and makes that world a better place for everyone in it—except the bad guys, of course. And if she finds a bit of romance along the way, well, a little heat warms the heart and sharpens the mind…just as long as the man can keep up.
Includes:
Shiny by Rachel Caine
In Venito Veras by Karen Chance
Hunt by Rachel Vincent
Monsters by Lilith Saintcrow
Vampires Prefer Blondes by P.N. Elrod
Nine-Tenths of the Law by Jenna Black
Double Dead by Cheyenne McCray
A Rose by Any Other Name Would Still be Red by Elizabeth A. Vaughn
Superman by Jeanne C. Stein
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Stormcrow (The Great Library, #0.5)
Rachel Caine
In this exclusive short story, a young Scholar is on his first mission for the Library. Nothing has prepared him for the unexpected danger that he now faces...
Amelie's story (The Morganville Vampires)
Rachel Caine
A brief vignette, and one that I wrote mainly to understand Amelie and Oliver’s relationship. This was written very early on, between Glass Houses and The Dead Girls’ Dance...
It was also before I’d thought about Bishop, or even much about Myrnin, although I already had the broad strokes of his character in mind.
This little scene was written to help me understand how these very long-lived, somewhat disinterested characters would see these teenagers who’d defied them...and it also gives us a bit more about Shane’s father, since I was beginning to write that book and had a feeling for what was coming.
The characters changed over time, developed more depth and richness and personality, but I think the outlines are there in this story, and the sense of their long view of things.
This was originally posted as part of the Captain Obvious ‘hidden content’ on the Morganville website.
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (The Morganville Vampires, #0.5)
Rachel Caine
Eve Rosser is turning eighteen. Does she accept the Protection or go without?
This novella is found in the anthology Many Bloody Returns.
This was my very first Morganville short story, published in Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner’s fantastic collection Many Bloody Returns. Because when Charlaine Harris asks you if you’d like to contribute a story to an anthology that has the theme of ‘vampires and birthdays,’ you definitely say yes to that.
I realised that I had the perfect birthday to discuss: Eve’s eighteenth, on which she had to make the choice to either be a good little Morganville resident, sign her Protection agreement, and fit in … or be Eve. I think you already know the answer, but it’s fun getting there.
A little factoid – the Glass House address is a combination of the numbers of my first dorm flat in college and a book by Stephen King: 716 Lot Street (as in ‘Salem’s Lot).
Honor entre ladrones (Los honores, #1)
Rachel Caine
Zara Cole es una joven ladrona con un doloroso pasado que ha elegido vivir en Nueva Detroit en lugar de irse a Marte con su familia.
Tras huir de la escena de un crimen, es reclutada para la ceremonia de los Honores. Los Honores son un grupo de cien jóvenes seleccionados para pilotar a los Leviatanes, una raza de naves alienígenas inteligentes que exploran el universo. Y la única raza extraterrestre que ha contactado con la humanidad... hasta el momento.
Cuando Zara conoce a Nadim, la nave alienígena que le han asignado, empieza a sentirse como en casa por primera vez. Pero Zara está a punto de descubrir que la ceremonia que ha unido a los Honores y los Leviatanes oculta un oscuro secreto.
Automatic (The Morganville Vampires)
Rachel Caine
Published in Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions.
Another anthology tale, written for the Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions collection, edited by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong. That amazing anthology is the result of Melissa and Kelley inviting a bunch of their author friends along for a road-trip signing tour called the Smart Chicks Kick It event, and it was a huge success and blowout fun. To help fund the tour (because all of us pitched in for costs), they put together this anthology, which also allowed us to give back a little to our readers.
This stand-alone story is set late in the series, but before the Daylighters show up, and it deals with something I’ve always wondered about … We have vending machines for snacks, cold drinks, even hot drinks. Why don’t the vamps have one for blood?
Well, this examines why it might not be such a great idea, by way of Michael’s experience. A sweet little love story, too, in an unexpected way.
Fun factoid: I was addicted to soft drinks in college (not coffee) and if I couldn’t find a working machine that served Dr Pepper, my day was bound to go almost as badly as Michael’s is about to, in this story. Physics class without the sweet relief of soda? Unthinkable!
Anger Management (The Morganville Vampires, #10.5)
Rachel Caine
The events of this story occur after BITE CLUB (Book 10 of the Morganville Vampires).
This is a free short story hosted on the authors website.
It occurred to me, post-Bite Club, that Shane might need some counselling for his anger issues. It’s common knowledge he has them, but they made an epic appearance in that book, and surely if he didn’t seek some help, someone would seek it for him … leading to this Amelie-mandated counselling session with Dr Theo Goldman, who is the closest thing the Morganville vampires have to a mental health professional.
I didn’t do right by Dr Goldman and his family when I introduced them, and I apologise for that; my first attempts were clumsy and awkward and painfully badly drawn, and I hope that their characterisations improved in later books. But this portrait of Theo is, I think, somewhat more flattering, if not where I’d like to take the character someday.
But mostly, it’s Shane being Shane, and maybe growing a little bit from his experiences. Baby steps, Shane. Baby steps.
Vexed
Rachel Caine
And now, we have our next original short story … and another one for Myrnin, because Cassie wanted it that way! Technically, it’s Myrnin and Oliver, who have a strange affinity, mostly because they’re both capable of being utterly weird and cruel when pushed, but also capable of kindness, too. Myrnin’s kindness is on display here, but so is his weirdness, and Oliver’s cruelty. A little of everything, and a creepy tale of a pursuit that ends in a sinister house with secrets, ghosts, lies, and monsters.
Some of the monsters, they’ve brought in with them.
Fun factoid: I borrowed (as I am prone to do, with vampire tales) from history for this, specifically the gruesome story of the Bloody Benders, who ran a combination store/traveller’s inn, with murder on the side, in 1870s Kansas. The names I used were correct to that period, and I have a fondness for bizarre names, having great-aunts named Pearly Lake and Precious Jewel in my family tree. Rumour says there was also a relative named Holy Bible, but I can’t swear to that one.
Sam's Story (The Morganville Vampires)
Rachel Caine
I know what you’re thinking. I KNOW! Why? Why did I do … okay, I’ll avoid spoilers, but I hear the question a lot. Well, this story doesn’t answer that, unfortunately, but it does show a little bit of Sam’s history and character. I do plan to write, in detail, a story of Sam and Amelie, and how their romance came to be … but I’m not quite ready yet. This is a little piece of character study that I did to help understand Sam in my mind – who he was, what he felt, how he related to the other characters around him.
And if you’re asking WHYYYYY … I can only say that Sam told me it was the right thing to do. Would I do it again? Probably not, because at the time, I didn’t know that we’d continue Morganville for so many more books, and reach so many more readers. But choices get made, and there’s no going back. I think Sam would say that, too.
Worth Living For (Morganville Vampires #7.5)
Rachel Caine
Morganville Vampires short story.
This story is set between 'Fade Out (Morganville Vampires #7)' and 'Kiss of Death (Morganville Vampires #8)'.
This short story is exclusively available in 'Ghost Town (Morganville Vampires #9)' UK Edition.
Another free website story, but a late addition … one I’d been kicking around for years before I finally finished it. I wrote it a couple of ways, but this was the best version, I believe … It dates back to the period shortly after Michael turns vampire, and Shane’s still deeply uncomfortable about it. He’s also still picking fights to work off his rage, which never really helps him.
Warning: there’s drinking. And confessions. And secret missions with night vision. Bonus Bishop, and scary battles. Michael and Shane, being heroes together.
Which seems about right.
Fun factoid: for most of my late college flat living, spaghetti was the only thing I was good at making. That, and mac-’n’-cheese with tuna. But we shall not speak of this again.
All Hallows (The Morganville Vampires, #6.6)
Rachel Caine
Eve, Michael, Shane, and Claire go to the EEK party one year after the events in The Dead Girls' Dance. When Michael ends up leaving and doesn't come back, Eve goes to search for him...
Note: This novella is now available in the anthology The Eternal Kiss.
What goes together better than Morganville and Halloween? Morganville, Halloween, Eve, Shane, a sinister stranger at a rave … This short story was originally printed in the Eternal Kiss anthology, edited by Trisha Telep, and I was delighted to write it. Michael’s a vampire, and Eve’s desperately in love and trying to make that Romeo-Juliet thing work.
Miranda delivers another of her eerie prophecies, which hasn’t quite come true … yet? But who knows? More Morganville stories yet to be told.
I always wanted to put the Glass House Gang in full costume; we got to do a little with Feast of Fools, but I wanted to see what they’d wear if they picked it themselves. Not sure it’s a total surprise, but it was a pleasure.
Murdered Out (The Morganville Vampires, #6.1)
Rachel Caine
Originally published as an exclusive extra in the UK edition of CARPE CORPUS.
Normal life in Morganville. As far as normal ever was, Shane Collins thought; nobody was overtly rioting, getting arrested, or killing anyone. Not on the street, anyway.
Not on this street, anyway.
One of the hard-to-find exclusive stories written specifically for the UK editions (which at the time were being published a month or two after the US releases, meaning that die-hard fans rushed to buy internationally) … it was offered as an extra to help the UK publisher convince fans there to wait for the local edition, and it seems to have worked!
I didn’t give Shane his own car early on in the series for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it was fun for him to have to ask nicely for rides. The fact that he couldn’t quite earn enough to buy his own said something about Shane’s job-related experiences, too. But finally, at this particular point (after Kiss of Death, before Bite Club) Shane is ready to make the commitment.
I mostly love this story for the small-town details I got to put into it, and the introduction of Rad, the mechanic. Fun factoid: this story was inspired by me getting the rims on my car (a Smart car, which Shane would never drive, but Claire totally would) painted black. The shop salesperson said, ‘Oh, you mean you’re murdering it out.’ I’d never heard the term before, and loved it.
Dead Man Stalking (The Morganville Vampires, #4.5)
Rachel Caine
Originally published in the IMMORTAL anthology, edited by P.C. Cast.
Living in West Texas is sort of like living in Hell, but without the favorable climate and charming people. Living in Morganville, Texas, is all that and a takeout bag of worse. I should know. My name is Shane Collins, and I was born here, left here, came back here—none of which I had much choice about.
This story was first published in the BenBella Books anthology Immortal, edited by none other than P. C. Cast, so if you want to read some other killer YA vampire tales, go in search of it! You won’t be disappointed.
I decided to do an action-oriented story from Shane’s point of view. There was a running joke at the time that I should throw some zombies into Morganville, and while I didn’t succumb to the temptation in the books, I veered into it here … in a way. We get to visit some great Morganville locations, fight some zombies, and find out where Michael has disappeared to … and what Shane’s father has been doing just beyond the town’s borders that might change everything.
This story is set sometime after Michael’s transformation to full vampire, but not long after; Shane’s still getting used to the idea that his best not-a-vamp friend has switched sides. There’s a little bromance, and a lot of Frank Collins.
I might have been thinking just a little bit about the iconic Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode ‘The Zeppo’ … but only in the undead football player sense. And yes, I quoted the eighties movie Buckaroo Banzai. Guilty as charged.
Grudge (The Morganville Vampires, #2.6)
Rachel Caine
CONTENT WARNING: This story details events discussed in The Dead Girls’ Dance about the death of Shane’s sister Alyssa. Please be warned that there is intense emotional content in this story, and adult themes.
I wrote this story, again, as a kind of backstory exercise...this one was done to get on paper the story behind the death of Shane’s sister, Alyssa, and his family’s flight from Morganville, which was such a pivotal event in his life. I also wanted to see who Michael, Shane, Eve, and Monica were before, and after, those events, and before they met Claire...because even though Claire is the main character of the Morganville series, relationships between the other characters formed long before she arrived.
So here, in its entirety, is the story of that night told mainly from Shane’s point of view.
El Señor del Caos (Los Vampiros de Morganville, #5)
Rachel Caine
En Morganville los vampiros y los humanos han coexistido en armonía (relativa) desde hace años, sin derramamiento de sangre excesivo… hasta la llegada de Bishop, un poderoso vampiro que amenaza con dinamitar la frágil paz que gobierna la ciudad.
Mientras Claire Danvers y sus amigos y aliados se preparan para defender Morganville, sucede algo inesperado: los vampiros empiezan a desaparecer uno por uno en extrañas circunstancias. Claire solo tiene una opción: jurar fidelidad a Bishop o morir.
Baile de máscaras (Los Vampiros de Morganville, #4)
Rachel Caine
En la ciudad universitaria de Morganville, los vampiros y los humanos han aprendido a vivir en relativa paz. Aun así, los estudiantes como Claire Danvers saben que, en cuanto se pone el sol, los estudios quedan en un segundo plano y lo único importante es sobrevivir. No obstante, la sutil política de buenos vecinos sufre un importante revés con la llegada del señor Bishop.
Malo hasta la médula, Bishop es un antiguo vampiro de la vieja escuela que no siente el más mínimo interés por la armonía. Su única obsesión es seguir ocupando el puesto más alto en la cadena alimenticia. Lo que pretende hacer con los vivos y los muertos de la ciudad parece inconcebiblemente siniestro. En el baile de máscaras al que asisten todos los vampiros y sus acompañantes humanos, Claire descubrirá los auténticos planes de Bishop… y la elaborada y perversa trampa que ha ideado para las almas de sangre caliente de Morganville…
El callejón de la medianoche (Los Vampiros de Morganville, #3)
Rachel Caine
MORGANVILLE ES UN LUGAR ESTUPENDO PARA VIVIR…
Cuando Claire Danvers descubrió que la ciudad donde estudia estaba dirigida por vampiros, hizo lo que hubiera hecho cualquier estudiante inteligente y con instinto de supervivencia: pedir un traslado y hacer acopio de ajos. El traslado ya no es una opción, pero los ajos puede que le resulten útiles.
… Y PARA MORIR, SI NO TE IMPORTA ESE TIPO DE COSAS.
Ahora Claire ha jurado obediencia a Amelie, el vampiro más poderoso de la ciudad. No obstante, la protección que proporciona el contrato no despierta mucho entusiasmo entre sus amigos. De la noche a la mañana, la ciudad se sumerge en una oleada de asesinatos, un acosador resurge de su pasado y Claire recibe una escalofriante invitación por parte de un viejo chupasangre para asistir a clases particulares en su solitaria guarida. Claire no tardará mucho en descubrir con qué fin… lo que dará un nuevo y aterrador significado al concepto de clases nocturnas.
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
Rachel Caine
Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom.
With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband’s crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace.
But just when she’s starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake—and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed—or watch her kids fall victim to a killer who takes pleasure in tormenting her. One thing is certain: she’s learned how to fight evil. And she’ll never stop.
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