Blood and Black Roses: A Dark Bouquet of Vampires, Romance and Horror

"Blood and Black Roses: A Dark Bouquet of Vampires, Romance and Horror" is an arrangement of six intriguing stories of blood and romantic horror. These stories are dark fantasies in which the protagonists are all strong women and the vampire is portrayed as a darkly romantic figure. In classic style, the real villains always get their just deserts. It includes the following: Blood and Money: The Vampire and the Robber Blood on the Stage: The Vampire and the Stalking Victim Blood and Linen: The Vampire and the Runaway Wife Blood and Black Lace: The Vampire and the Call Girl Blood and Stilettos: The Diary of a Vampire Stripper Blood and Cashmere: The Vampire and the Rich Girl Blood and Money: The Vampire and the Robber - Two desperate women rob a bank, but things don't go as planned and they end up in a creepy old mansion with a vampire. This is one robber's strange confession to the police. Blood on the Stage: The Vampire and the Stalking Victim - After leaving her controlling boyfriend, Julia is besieged by unwanted letters, gifts and threatening messages. As her life becomes increasingly miserable and terrifying, she finds an escape by attending a stage play about vampires called "Blood and Stilettos." She falls in love with the actor who plays the lead role and begins to fantasize that she is the story's heroine. Blood on the Stage might be called "psychological horror" because of the way the protagonist questions her own perceptions and state of mind. Blood and Linen: The Vampire and the Runaway Wife - A lonely woman who is married to an increasingly sadistic husband, makes her escape late one night down a dark and lonely road. At the end, she encounters a darkly handsome, mysterious man who helps her re-claim herself. Blood and Black Lace: The Vampire and the Call Girl - A high class call girl gets the call of her life. Unravel the mystery as you learn about her life and her ultimate fate! Blood and Cashmere: The Vampire and the Rich Girl - Chloe was born into a family of bloodsuckers. She was accustomed to the best of everything, but when her father is investigated for banking corruption, her life takes a drastic turn for the worse. Valentino, a handsome artist with a bloody secret, may be her last resort. Blood and Stilettos: The Diary of a Vampire Stripper - This is the diary of Tilly Rose Marlowe, a young 19th century girl who becomes a vampire and goes on existing until the present. She begins life as a young, innocent New England girl who learns the cruelties of life at an early age. She inherits and loses a family fortune and is forced to work in a factory where she becomes the victim of a mad killer. Her life begins anew when she awakens in the underground lair of the mysterious Vasco Valverde, a very old vampire with a talent for gambling. The two begin a torrid love affair and all is going well until they become the prey of vampire hunters.