Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion

I just finished a series about angels that didn't include much romance, so I'm in desperate need of a paranormal romance (preferably about vampires). I just started Morganville Vampires and I don't think I'm going to finish it. I'm kind of annoyed with YA books right now.

I'm looking for series similiar to
BDB
Night Huntress
Night Huntress World
Vampire Academy
Chicagoland Vampire's
The Hollows
Sookie Stackhouse
Love at Stake


I wasn't really a fan of
Vampire Diaries
Thirst
Night World
Vampire Kisses
The Immortals

I'm not sure it will be your cup of tea, but you may want to try If Angels Burn if you like dark stuff. I really like the Darkyn series.

Have you tried Karen Chance's, Cassie Palmer series?

Try The Breed series by Lara Adrian. It is very good and reminds me a lot of the BDB.



You could also check out Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series.



Both are definitely NOT YA. ;-)

Vampires in America is pretty good.
is the first

Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark is really good.

Lara Adrian's Breed books are great. At first I thought of them as BDB lite but then I started to appreciate them on their own. Very entertaining.

Lynsay Sands' Argeneau Vampires is a light entertaining read.

As much as it pains me to say, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter actually starts off pretty good, but somewhere around book 9 or 10 she takes a trip to "get the hell outta here with that mess" land and hasn't come back yet. Worth a listen but you can decide for yourself.

Laura Wright Mark of the Vampire series

I just finished the Guardians of Eternity series by Alexandra Ivy and absolutely LOVED IT!! The 1st book is . I highly recommend this series!

Taria wrote: "Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark is really good.

Lara Adrian's Breed books are great. At first I thought of them as BDB lite but then I started to appreciate them on their own. Very entertaini..."

You are so right about Anita Blake - what a hot mess! Every time I finish one of her more recent books I vow that I will never read another one......until the next one comes out and I just have to read it. Its like a train wreck that you just can't look away from....

yup that's exactly how I describe it. I figure after 22 books I just gotta know how this trainwreck ends, but it seems as if LKH has no designs on stopping....le sigh...

Taria wrote: "Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark is really good.

Lara Adrian's Breed books are great. At first I thought of them as BDB lite but then I started to appreciate them on their own. Very entertaini..."

Great series recomendations. I think you mentioned most of what I was.

Alyssa Day - The Warriors of Poseidon (action, romance/sex, vampires, warriors)
Feehan - Carpathian (vampires, action, romance/sex)
Molly Harper - Jane Jameson (vampires, family disfunction, romance)
Bartlett - Glory St Clair (vampires, some action, romance/little sex)
Bardsley - Brokenheart Oklahoma (vampires, wolfs, jaguar, fae, action, romance)

Scanguard Vampires


Vampires in America


Primes





Elemental Mysteries

Vampsessed wrote: "I just finished a series about angels that didn't include much romance, so I'm in desperate need of a paranormal romance (preferably about vampires). I just started Morganville Vampires and I don't..."

Beth Fantaskey has a YA series, 1rst book is Jessica's Guide To dating On The Dark Side. 2nd book is Jessica Rules The Dark Side (has Jessica's wedding in it, but the wedding is also on the author's website). Pretty good for a YA series. Good twists. The first book she's a HS senior & he's a exchange student staying with her parents in PA. 2nd book they're married & living in Europe and dealing with backstabbing and warring vampire families. Both books move along.

Wings in the Night series by Maggie Shayne is a good series. Though not a vampire series, if you like BDB you would probably like Lords of the Underworld.

Have you tried I thought it was pretty fun and I am a huge fan of the Love at Stake series :D

Heather-
http://bookwormrflects8.blogspot.de/

Heather, I did try the Undead series, think I only got through one book and moved on to something else. I might have to give the rest of the series a try soon.
I decided to try out the Breed series next, thanks for all the recommendations!! I wish there was a way to bookmark this topic :\

Sweetblood by Laurie London

Im so glad someone started this one I to am looking for another vampire series. I would suggest dark hunters or Riley jenson

Awesome series

I love this series.

Julie Kagawa has a new series that just started this month. Audio Sample

In a future world, vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.

Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die…or become one of the monsters.

Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.

Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.

I generally prefer vampires as well, but I highly recommend the Georgina Kincaid series even though the main characters aren't vamps.

Blood DestinyBlood AwakeningBlood Possession
I would highly recommend

I really love the Jane Jameson books. They are really funny:
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Also, I'm currently reading the second book in the Immortality Bites series, and really enjoying it so far:
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Both series are funny and have romance as well.

Right now I'm finishing Immortal Guardians series by Dianne Duvall that is quite similar to BDB you mentioned you liked. I also really loved Georgina Kincaid, Vampires in America and Dark Hunter series.

Vampsessed wrote: "Heather, I did try the Undead series, think I only got through one book and moved on to something else. I might have to give the rest of the series a try soon.
I decided to try out the Breed series..."

The Undead series is good until the book before the last one released. That one is so weird & confusing, and just made you shake your head wondering where things went wrong.

Cmkage wrote: "I really love the Jane Jameson books. They are really funny:
[bookcover:Ni..."

Loved the Immortality Bites series. Reminds me a little of the Chicagoland Vampires series and the relationship between the two main characters.

The Jane Jameson series is funny. Did you try Driving Mr Dead? Just as funny, and is suppose to be a spin off from the Jane series.

Missyb wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "I really love the Jane Jameson books. They are really funny:
[bookcover:Nice Girls Don't Live Foreve..."

I haven't read Driving Mr Dead yet, but it's on my wishlist. I love Molly Harper's humor.

Jennifer wrote: "I just finished the Guardians of Eternity series by Alexandra Ivy and absolutely LOVED IT!! The 1st book is . I highly recommend this series!"

Very good to KNOW I have the first 3 books and will read it prolly this month. YAY

This thread is WONDERFUL and HORRIBLE at the same time. LOL I found like 16 more books to add to my TBR mountain! Also like 7 more series to start. PHEW So many books so little time. Thank you all for sharing!

Cmkage wrote: "Missyb wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "I really love the Jane Jameson books. They are really funny:
[bookcover:Nice Girls Do..."

Me too. The family disfunction is great & makes for so many laughs. My Mom & I went to a Aunt's funeral to see if a fight broke out at the grave side service portion, it didn't, but one could have with the fighting that happened in the days before she died.

Jennifer wrote: "This thread is WONDERFUL and HORRIBLE at the same time. LOL I found like 16 more books to add to my TBR mountain! Also like 7 more series to start. PHEW So many books so little time. Thank you a..."

I feel your pain/joy. Every time I buy something at B&N the receipt gives a listing of books that you may like based on what you just purchased. Makes me want to turn around and go back inside

Missyb wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "This thread is WONDERFUL and HORRIBLE at the same time. LOL I found like 16 more books to add to my TBR mountain! Also like 7 more series to start. PHEW So many books so little t..."

THAT'S HOW THEY SUCK YOU IN!!!! It's a sickness I tell ya. Like Crack!

I haven't read it yet but maybe The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

It looks amazing!