Quercus Books

'A refreshingly original twist on the vampire story. Fast-paced and fun' Kelley Armstrong, NY Times bestselling author.

'This is a fresh take on the fantasy trope ... despite its myriad eccentricities, the plot seems strangely believable ... It's dark, sexy and very human' Sci-fi Now.

'Lynda Hilburn has created a fascinating world of vampires and the supernatural ... believable, exciting, and different, this series is one any vampire lover will surely adore' Night Owl Romance.

'Action-packed and sexy, with a sprinkle of humour ... a really good book' Affaire De Coeur, 5 stars.

'Lynda Hilburn creates a fascinating world; wicked and sexy!' Kerrelyn Sparks, New York Times bestselling author.

'Kismet is a heroine of many talents, not the least of which are her determination and her wry humour. A good choice for the ever-demanding aficionados of vampire fiction. For both romance and fantasy collections' Library Journal.

Kismet Knight is a young psychologist with a growing clinical practice, and she's always looking for something to give her the edge in her chosen career. When her new client turns out to be a Goth teenager who desperately wants to become a vampire, Kismet is inspired to become the vampire shrink, offering her services to people who believe they are undead. Kismet herself, as a scientist, knows it's hokum, but she's looking at it in a purely psychoanalytic light, already imagining the papers she's going to write on this strange subculture.

That's until she meets the leader of a vampire coven, a sexy, mysterious man who claims to be a powerful 800-year-old vampire, and she is pulled into a whirlwind of inexplicable events that start her questioning everything she once believed about the paranormal.

Lynda Hilburn's varied career has taken her from rock'n'roll, as a singer/musician, to psychology, as a certified psychotherapist. She has also worked as a typesetter/copy-editor a professional psychic/tarot reader, a university instructor and a workshop presenter, before she turned her talents writing fiction. Her first novel is the dark fantasy The Vampire Shrink. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

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