High Stakes: A Tale of Vegas Vampires by Erin McCarthy

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The Barnes & Noble Review
No woman has gotten the best of vampire Ethan Carrick in 700 years, but that's about to change. Alexis is a karate-kicking spitfire, a Las Vegas prosecutor with a 95 percent conviction rate, and -- let's face it -- very short and 100 percent human. She also has a rescue complex where her half sister, Brittany, is concerned. Which is how she meets up with Ethan, who has talked Brittany into playing the part of his girlfriend during the course of his election campaign. To save Brittany, Alexis takes over the fake-girlfriend role, and neither Ethan nor Alexis can ignore their growing attraction. The plot kicks up a notch as Alex gets an email invitation to join a vampire slayers listserv; Brittany gets involved with a banished vampire who knows her family secret; and someone tries to kill Ethan, knowing full well he won't call the cops.

Erin McCarthy brings her trademark breezy humor and sexy scenes to this odd-couple romance, a battle of the sexes with a twist. Ginger Curwen

From the Publisher

From the USA Today bestselling author, a vampire-meets-girl story set in the city that never sleeps-except during daylight.

He's a bloodsucking freak of nature. But, unlike other politicians, Ethan Carrick is actually a nice guy. Not to mention a very hot, wealthy, casino-owning vampire. It's an election year for vampires, which means he'll first have to escape his opponent's hit men. Then he'll have to find a suitable First Lady, preferably here in Vegas.

Brittany Baldizzi fits the bill. She's smart, pretty- and sweeter than a glass of diabetic O-Negative. But her protective sister Alexis steps in with a message for Ethan: Bite me. It's then that he realizes it's the sexy, no-nonsense Alexis who raises his stake. And as much as she denies it, Alexis wouldn't mind a romp in the coffin with him. But can a mere mortal, even one who risks her life for him, make a centuries-old, womanizing vampire feel something entirely new?

Product Details

• ISBN: 042521978X
  
• ISBN-13: 9780425219782
• Format: Paperback, 320pp
• Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
• Pub. Date: January 2008
• Edition Description: Reprint
• Sales Rank: 6,648
• Series: Berkley Sensation Ser.

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