We’ve got a great book giveaway (with a bonus!) for you this month, dear visitors.
The lovely and talented Lara Adrian has graciously provided autographed copies of her first two titles (Kiss of Midnight and Kiss of Crimson) from her Midnight Breed series. These are fantastic books and a great addition to any vampire romance collection.
As a bonus, Ms. Adrian has also provided autographed cover flats of books three and four in the series, Midnight Awakening (due out later this month) and Midnight Rising.
To enter, simply leave a comment to this post telling us where your interest in vampire romance books began.
We’ll be taking entries through November 30, with the name of a lucky reader to be drawn from the hat on December 1. The winner will be contacted via e-mail and will be announced here as soon as they have replied to us.
BE SURE AND READ THE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES, for information on eligibility.
Good luck and thanks so much for participating!
Sweepstakes Winners
Below is a partial list of the lucky readers who won prize packages in our anniversary sweepstakes:
- Grand Prize: Christian Brothers (commenter #54)
- First Place: Darlene H (commenter #136)
- Second Place: Debi Welbon (commenter #97)
- Third Place: Pamela White (commenter #253)
Thanks to all who entered! Stay tuned to VRB.com for future giveaways!
November 1st, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I had a friend tell me that I just had to read the Anita Blake novels since I have always loved Vampires. I had never read any books in the genre and well now I’m hooked and can’t even count how many I’ve read.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I got my interest in vampire books when a friend of mine got me started reading Sherrilyn Kenyon’s The Dark-Hunter series. Now I’m hooked on all vampire reads!
November 1st, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunters were the first vampire books for me. I now read all different vampire books and series.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:27 pm
My addiction to vampire romance books also started with the Anita Blake series. My aunt started sharing her books with me, and she told me they would be a series I’d enjoy. I totally loved them and moved on to many other authors. Now I’m following so many series and authors that it’s hard to keep them straight.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm
I started reading vampire romances about a year ago when I picked up Christine Feehans Dark Prince. I have been addicted ever since. I love Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Savannah Russe, JR Ward, Keri Arthur, Colleen Gleason, Kresley Cole, and Jennifer Armintrout!!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:18 pm
My love of vampire romance novels began with the Anita Blake novels. I just happened to pick one up at the library one day over 10 years ago and haven’t stopped reading them since. I don’t think that I have ever read a bad vampire book. They are all good even if they are all so very different. To all you authors out there….quit reading this and start writing!
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Hey everyone. My interest in vampire romances started with Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire series. I’m not sure I’d call them romances, but other fans of the series have steered me towards books that are, such as Lynn Viehl’s, Colleen Gleason’s, and Keri Arthur’s.
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 am
My first vampire romance was BE MINE TONIGHT by Kathryn Smith. It was fantastic and I’ve been hooked ever since!
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 am
I have always read romance books in the past but my sister said I just had to read these 2 books one was Christine Freehan’s Dark Prince and another vampire romance by Amanda Ashley. So ever since that is all I seem now read now I just love them
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
My first vampire romance was Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. I haven’t stopped since. I would list my favorites but they are too many.
November 4th, 2007 at 12:01 am
i have alway loved vampires. My interest in the vampire romance books started when I borrowed some books from my sister. I was hooked then and have read every one I can get my hands on. :0)
November 4th, 2007 at 6:53 am
A friend of mine gave me the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Now I read nothing but paranormal romance.
November 4th, 2007 at 8:11 am
I have loved vampire books as long as I can remember at least 15 years…they draw me in and I can’t explain why….Love all of them.
November 4th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
My addiction to vampire books started about a month or two ago with Demon’s Kiss by Eve Silver. After that I read Sex and the Immortal Bad Boy by Stephanie Rowe, Blood Secrets by Vivi Anna, and most recently Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin. I started reading them after hearing about them so much online.
November 4th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
My love started from my sister, who also loves vampires. She had me reading Anne Rice at about 12 years old.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:50 am
it all started when i went to the libaray, that when i saw the book twilight by stephine meyer. it was so good it had action, and love it was wow
November 5th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
I have always loved vampires. From the time I was a little girl I have been facinated with them. In the past I never enjoyed reading. When I was a kid I hated to read and was terrible at it. Nothing I could read would ever hold my attention long enough to finish it. That is until I read my first vampire romance book. I read one of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s books and became hooked. Now I am a vampire romance novel junkie. I love to read now, I guess I just had to find a genre that was to my liking.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
i never really like reading books until two years ago when my moms friend tony gave my mom some books to read. i got bored one day and started reading one “the midnight cafe” by Laurell K. Hamiltion ever since then i have love vampires.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:58 am
I’ve always been fascinated with vampires. Heather Graham’s series got me really hooked.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Like many of you, I started with the Anita Blake series. I saw them in a book list and could not resist.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I first became interested in vampires when I read Sherrilyn Kenyon and then J.R. Ward, now I can’t get enough. I am anxiously awaiting Lara Adrian’s next book. I also watch ‘Blood Ties’ and ‘Moonlight’ on TV.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:13 am
My dad picked up one of Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire series for me as a joke, but I took it, read it, and never stopped.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
I picked my first one up at a resale shop and ever since I’ve be addicted.
November 8th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
My first vampire books were anne rice books and then
the anita blake books.
November 8th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
My first experience reading about vampires was Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire. I was hooked. I read the entire Vampire Chronicles and thus embarked on a new and exciting indulgence. Vampires let me explore my “darker side.” And I don’t think my husband minds too much either!!!
November 8th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Sherrilyn Kenyon got me hooked on vampire books. Since then I have read any I can get my hands on. I love J.R. Ward, Lara Adrian and Christine Feehan too.
November 8th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I BEGAN READING THIS GENRE OF BOOKS QUITE BY ACCIDENT A FEW YEARS AGO. I THOUGHT I GRABBED A HISTORICAL ROMANCE BOOK, UNTIL I GOT HOME AND SEEN IT WAS A VAMPIRE ROMANCE. I READ IT AND HAVE READ ALOT SINCE THEN.
November 9th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I have been reading for a long time, started out with joann lynsey for romance then one day i picked up a book called Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Eric yummy) and since then I read all i can get my hands on Laurel K Hamilton (I swoon over Jean Claude), Christine Feehan, Serrilyn Kenyon (Ash wow), J.R.Ward. Yes it is all fantasy but after a hard days work and when your done with your taken care of your family that doesn’t leave much time so the best way to relax is in a good romance that can take the bite off and leave you waiting for the next book. Oh and yes I’m looking forward 2008 when Sookie comes to TV, I just hope the TV series doesn’t ruin the books. As for Lare Adrian I have not read any of her stuff yet so I must go and buy one of her books, hahaha then when I win this contest I will be able to value it all the more.
November 9th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
i know i’m not 18 but i would like to win these books for my mom! cuzz her b-day is on the 8th of december and well i don’t have money to buy htem for her so yea it would just rock her world if i could win these for her! and plus she loves vampire books! So yea she’ll freakn love it! and i’ll love this website even more!!
November 10th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
My fascination with vampires began when I was little when my mom bought me a book about them for Halloween. I was amazed at the idea that they might be real and that they had super powers. Since then I read mostly vampire books in every genre available. They just keep you coming back for more with all the different legends and theories authors come up with. They totally are the lords of the paranormal. Once i was old enough to grow into romance they basically became about 75% of all my book material. Vampires Rule the Night! (pun intended).
November 11th, 2007 at 2:47 am
i have not read any of lara adrian’s books yet, but i am willing to give them a shot. they were recommended to me by the same friend who recommended jr ward’s books and i really like those. luckily for me i have an awesome librarian who is willing to search her library, the state and the country for any of the 40 billion books i request on an almost weekly basis. personally i think she makes bets with the other librarian as to what this week’s author will be: stephen king, mark twain, anne mccaffrey, jr ward, patricia cornwell, janet evanovich or any other of the authors i read on a fairly regular basis.
November 11th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Well I’m a Deputy and one night I had an inmate at the hospital really boaring. My best friend sent the first three book’s of The Black Dagger Brotherhood to the E.R. I hadn’t read in years needless to say I started to read and couldn’t put them down. In the last 9 months I have read about 300 books its a wonderfull addiction. I love many differnt authers and I am always trying to find new books and authors all the time. Your web page has been a blessing thanks.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
My interest in vampire romance books happened by sure chance. A year ago I was told that I have a incurable muscle disease. I tend to have to lay around in bed a lot because of the pain. On one of my good days i went to the book store to try and find something to help pass the time. I just grabbed random books off the shelf. Two of which were the undead series and the sookie series. Ever since I have been hooked and have my book shelves full of vampire romance novels.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Yet another reminder that I have to pick these books up. I’ve been hooked on vampire romance novels since I read some 4 book teenage series years ago. The Vampire Diaries or something like that. I’ve been reading them ever since, and will probably continue reading them forever.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I came across a copy of christine feehans dark prince a few years ago in a bookstore and she had me hooked.went on to devour her whole dark series after running out i started to look elsewhere and havnt looked back since , i dont think ill ever get bored of them.At the moment im really into the J R Ward series.
November 12th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Like so many others… Laurell K Hamilton. One day I picked up “Micah” at the library, and the rest, as they say, is history !
I love Feehan and yes, Charlaine Harris ( I think she’s in the genre). There are SO many wonderful authors and wonderful stories to read now that I have become “addicted” !
November 12th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
I believe I began with Lynsay Sands’s Argeneau series… it gives an interestingly scientific explanation of vampires which hooked me from the beginning! Many other authors just fell into place from there. Christine Feehan is one of my favorites, and I also enjoy Laurell K. Hamilton, J.R. Ward, and Sherrilyn Kenyon. It has become a bit of a family addiction, as my mom, grandma, and I trade our books back and forth!
November 13th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
When my husband and I first got together he had learned of my love of reading. He had passed me the book Dark Demon by Christine Feehan on to me. After reading that one we started reading more and more vampire themed romance novels together. It’s a genre that we both enjoy. We often find our self similar to the charters. I have to admit I’m as bull headed as thoughts girls. Reading these books gives us common ground.
November 13th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I just fininshed reading the twilight, new moon, & eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. I bought them and it took me 3 days to read all three. Once I started I couldn’t put my book down. My husband thought I was crazy. He had never seen me in my vampire reading frenzy. I can’t wait for book 4. I loved these stories.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
My obsessions with Vampire novels began about 6 months ago…but oh boy has it be a ride. My family, friend and boyfriend think I’m insane. It all started on day at the book store and they were closing for the day. I was in desperate need of a book. I grabbed the first book I saw. When I got home I finally saw what I had purchased. OMG! It was a romance novel….a VAMPIRE romance novel. To be exact it was Lara Adrian’s Kiss of Midnight (NO LIE). I was not happy. I started to read it either way by the first two chapters I was hooked. After I finished with her two novels I went and bought JR ward’s five books and read them in one week! I’m so hooked that I can reread the books and still cry and laugh with them.
November 14th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Anne Rice got me interested in Vampires and Tanya Huff sealed the deal with her Blood series. From there my love of the paranormal genre and romance genre made it natural for me to seek Vampire romances.
November 15th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I happened to order some books from a book club and the front cover looked interesting. The book was “Night of the Huntress” by Kathryn Smith. It usually takes me a couple of weeks to finish a book due to time contraints but this book was finished in a weekend and I was left desparately wanting more. I felt myself pulled into the story and I felt like I knew the characters personally. I read the first book afterward, not knowing it was a sequel when I read the second one and I like it when she refers to other characters that I am familiar with. There books are about 5 vampire warriors and I can’t wait to read about the other guys. The men are just so sexy and seductive and yet tender and compassionate and protective over the women they love. Their emotions and feelings run very very deep and you just want to experience that over and over. Needless to say, I’M HOOKED!
November 15th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
New to vampire literature. Just wrote my first vampire novel and realized it wasn’t Horror Genre but Romance! I had no idea all of you were out there. I’ve read ann Rice but that was it [and of course, Dracula] I am looking forward to a new treasure trove!
November 16th, 2007 at 2:23 am
I picked up a copy of Christine Feehan’s Dark Prince and I have just kept reading. I just love these types of books. I keep all of my books to read again. Can’t wait til Lara Adrian new book is out. She is wonderful
November 16th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
My first vampire books were Linda Lael Miller’s Forever series and Nancy Gideon’s Midnight series. Been reading vamps ever since.
November 17th, 2007 at 10:46 am
My interest in reading vampire books started when I became one!
November 18th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I have always been drawn to vampires myths and legends and have seem to be captivated and gripped by books showing vampires as the romantic being in which one wishes our lovers would be. To be honest I was first drawn to vampire romance books by the cover of the book…it caught my eye and the words of the book caught and capture my heart and mind…I didn’t know they existed until then and now I can’t get enough of them.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
My husband has been a big fan of vampire novel for many years but I didn’t get interested in them until I picked up Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. My interest in them as only increased as I have fell in love with the new CBS show “Moonlight.”
November 19th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
From my love of reading, started to volunteer at my local library for two years, was reading a book a week. Then moved to a smaller town which turned out to be a mistake due to the lact of bookstores! started out with charline harris - sookie series, a coworker of mine told me about christine feehan, laurel k. hamilton books- but now my favortite authors in paranormal romance :Feehan,Lynsey Sands,Katie Macallister. can read at work, and the first thing i do when get off work is open the book again- theres no room for watching tv - the books are more exciting, there’s humor, twists and turns !! if my favorite authors read this “Please keep up the great work , and don’t stop !!!!!!
November 20th, 2007 at 7:04 am
I got interested in vampire books when my sister got me started on the Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton. Since then I have read many books by many authors. I love the dark mysterious fantacy that comes from reading these books. So much better than your basic romance novels.
November 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Hey Everyone…My love for Vampire Books started about 7 years ago when I was at the library. I was just browsing around…looking for something different to read and I came across Anne Rice. I started reading her series of books and then on to, of course, Laurell Hamilton. I haven’t stopped since. I believe I am hooked. I look at life in a whole new light or some say…darkness.
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
I would have to say Tanya Huff started me on the vampire pathway
November 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Got hooked on the vampire stories of LKH and Sherrilyn Kenyon, and always have a vamp story in my tbr pile.
November 24th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
My love of Vampire Romance started with Anne Rice and J.R. Ward’s Dark Lover reeled me the rest of the way.
November 24th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
I love these book’s. They have love loss and humor in them. They Rock
November 24th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
I became hooked on vampire romances when I discovered Christine Feehan. From there I have devoured anything that had to do with vampires.
November 24th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I think it was the book “even vampires get the blues” by katie macallister that got me hungery for vampire novels
November 25th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I am very new to the vampire romance theme but love it. J.R. Ward has opened a new world for me.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:46 am
I started reading vampire novels with the Anita Blake Series. I haven’t read the last few novels in the series, but I still love vampire novels. I read the Ward series, which is outstanding.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
I first got my taste for vampire novels when I started readind Twilight by Stephanie Meyers. I completely fell in love with it! I finished the rest of the available books within the week and have been searching for others like this ever since. It’s now become one of my obsessions!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
After I picked up a copy of “Interview With The Vampire” by Anne Rice,(now I’m giving my age away, LOL) I was hooked!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
I have always loved little vampire storys i read on the internet,but then when i was looking for a vampire story I came across Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. After reading it soon I was hooked all i wanted to do was read more vampire/romance novles. so I finished reading the the other two books and moved on to other authors.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
My interest in vampires started with Sesame Street. The Count was my favorite and still is today. I later started liking vampires even more after reading Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. And of course, I read the Anita Blake series by Laruell K. Hamilton. Then along came Katie McAlister’s Single Girl’s Guide to Vampires, etc. Now I’m reading Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter series. I love all of the beautiful, dark and haunted men in these books. They help add life to my already erotic fantasies.
November 28th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
for me it started with a theresa medieros vampire book
November 28th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I have just started reading the vampire books. I didn’t think I would like them but I have discovered that I just love to read them. Everyone should try reading just one vampire romance.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
my infatuation with vampire/dark romance began probably with Brad Pitt’s movie, interview with a vampire, which lead me to read Anne Rice’s entire Vampire Chronicle series. I enjoy reading darker romances now because they seem to defy the normality of daily routines and explicitize the possibilities of the supernatural.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:17 am
I found Twilight by Stephanie Meyer and fell instantly in love with Edward (the vampire lover) he was my new hero. I loved how he was strong and invincible and wanted to read a ton more books like this one. The only problem was? I couldn’t find a single other book then I started searching for books online and came across this site which had 100s of books of just that kind. The first books I read were Keri Arthur’s Riley Jenson Guardian series and I haven’t read another kind of book since.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:58 am
I will have to say it started around 7 years ago in 6th grade when I read Silver Kiss by Annette Klause. After that I started reading almost everything in my middle school had about vampire romance or similar like Midnight Kiss, Shattered Mirror, etc. As high school student, I started reading the young adult vampire romance novels like After Midnight, and The Vampire Who Loved Me by Teresa Medeiros. I did not know of this series and would like to read it also.
November 30th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
My Entire Life I have enjoyed the company of books, all types and creations. Yet I have always been more drawn to the romance Aspects of a novel. When my passion for reading guided me a few years ago to great YA books such as in the forest of the night, i was captured and intrigued. Since i Have been searching for more. The Midnight Breeds titles seem like they can quench my thirst…
November 30th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Thanks for the review of the latest (third) title in the series. Definitely following the stories - great reads!
November 30th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Oh, and to answer the question! My interest in vampire romance books is pretty new - it started with Angela Knight and MaryJanice Davidson with their Red Sage titles, then JR Ward and luckily I started when the first three had already been released so I could catch up in the series right away. The combination of immortality/able being with your loved one “forever” and memorable characters of good fighting evil is addictive reading!