MIDNIGHT GAMBLE is the book that brought my paranormal career “back to life.” The original three books of my “Midnight” vampire romance series had come and gone in the ‘90s, but readers were constantly demanding it rise again . . . and ImaJinn, now BelleBooks, made that happen, not only with reissues of the original trio, but a continuation of a series that began with this book, the first of five to carry the series from the jazz age in MIDNIGHT GAMBLE, into the present. Here’s a nibble . . .

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Will the hunter . . .

Against the uninhibited decadence of 1920’s New York, where bootleg liquor flows until dawn to the sound of hot jazz and rolling dice, day-walking vampire, Frederica Lavoy stalks those of her kind to bring them to her father’s court for crimes against humankind. A series of careless murders leads her to an exclusive club where patrons drink more than champagne from unsuspecting guests. Drawn to the club’s owner, the enigmatic Darcy Edwards, Rica’s loyalty is torn when she suspects he’s the man her father has sent her to find.

. . . become the hunted?

Tricked into embracing the night during the time of Pharaohs, Eduard D’Arcy struggles to bring peace to those who are damned by what they must do to survive. Yet he’s found no forgiveness for himself - until he’s captivated by the unique and spirited Rica. But in this game of cat and mouse they’re playing, the stakes are not just heart and soul, but life and death itself . . .

"4 1/2 Star Top Pick: Readers will want to sink their teeth into this hypnotic and compelling tale." — Kathe Robin, Romantic Times

"Nancy Gideon is one of the best supernatural writers on the market today." — BookBrowser

"Fun, entertaining vampire romance that makes the supernatural seem natural." — Under the Covers Book Review

The Excerpt

Time flowed toward dawn on a seemingly endless supply of champagne and Crème de Menthe, the bouncy strains of “Ain’t We Got Fun,” blending into the steady hum of conversation as Frederica listened on an entirely different level. As she moved between the elegant fox trotting couples, she wasn’t hearing the scuffle of their feet flying across the lighted dance floor, she was focused on a more basic rhythm, one that beckoned to her on a subliminal level in a hot, hurried tempo.

Heartbeats, fast, flurried, human, the blood of their existence pumping in time to the flinging elbows and twitching hips. The unmistakable tune of life.

But as she wove through the crowd of close to eighty bodies pressed tightly together in the artificial moon-drenched glow, not all greeted her with that resounding pulse of the living. Some met her mild queries with another force so strong and fierce it was almost physical.

Hunger.

That relentless surging need to feed pounded as purposefully beneath an Ivy League jacket or within a shimmering panel of pastel silk as the human heart did within the normal breast.

Vampires. The glittering room was filled with them.

Sink your teeth into the series with one of my favorites, MIDNIGHT GAMBLE, featuring the granddaughter of the original couple as she stalks the Roaring ‘20s in search of a killer amongst her own kind. It’s now ON SALE for only $0.99 from October 1 to 15! Frederica “Rica” Lavoy (no relationship to shapeshifter Max Savoie!) is unique, a daywalker out to bring those who threaten to expose their kind to unsuspecting mortals. Reading the first three isn’t necessary but don’t blame me if once you’ve had a taste, you want to devour them all!

Once this series whetted my appetite for the paranormal, it couldn’t be quenched, leading from vampires to shapeshifters in my 15-book “By Moonlight” series.

Which intrigues you more: Vampires or Shapeshifters?

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