Kimberly Raye, Dead and Dateless

Dead and Dateless

Kimberly Raye

Ballantine, February 2007, $6.99, 373 pp.

ISBN: 034549217X

Lil Marchette doesn't have the superiority complex, the arrogance or the aristocratic attitude of a born vampire. While her mother wishes she would find a born eternity mate and have babies, Lil is more interested in getting her business Dead End Dating up and running. She caters to vamps, born and made, shifters and other worldly beings that want to date.

At present she is trying to find twenty-eight alpha males to mate with female weres, who are only fertile during a lunar eclipse. She is also trying to figure out who would be a good candidate to date a female were Chihuahua. During the height of the busy season, the police arrive with an arrest warrant. Using her vamp powers she escapes their clutches and seeks help from made vampire Ty, a sexy bounty hunter. Through his contacts they find out Lil is accused of killing a male client, and the cops have overwhelming proof, including her DNA. Ty thinks someone who hates her is framing her, but Lil doesn't think she has an enemy in the world. While he tries to find the real killer, Lil is fighting him to let her out of his sight so she can conduct business and get away from the attraction that threatens her resolve, to make it with a potential born eternity mate.

Fans of MaryJanice Davidson and Erin McCarthy will definitely want to read this light hearted vampire paranormal tale, that has elements from the romance and chick lit sub genres. Lil is a strong woman who doesn't take much seriously, but what she does care about she gives it her full attention. Ty is a cipher wrapped up in an enigma, meaning he is the typical alpha stud who communicates on a primitive level. Readers will thoroughly enjoy this second book in Kimberly Raye's trilogy.