The Girls with Games of Blood
Listen to what I tell you, son, every word is true
The sisters haunt the night, and might fight over you
Nothing can steal your soul and stamp it in the mud
Like being the new play-pretty for the girls with the games of blood...
The old song warns of the beautiful Bolade sisters, Patience and
Prudence, whose undying rivalry was said to stretch even beyond the
grave. But Count Rudolfo Vladimir Zginski has never heard the song. A
suave Continental vampire, staked to death more than sixty years ago,
he has risen to stalk the Southern nights of Memphis, Tennessee, circa
1975. Although new to the modern world, he has quickly developed a
taste for its hot blood, willing women, and high-speed automobiles.
Yet
the seventies are not without their perils, even for so cunning and
ruthless a predator. Zginski’s insistent pursuit of a cherry 1973 Mach
1 Ford Mustang soon brings him into conflict with a legendary redneck
sheriff with a short temper and a big baseball bat. His dangerous
fascination with an enticing undead chanteuse and her equally seductive
sister, threatens not only his own ageless existence, but that of the
small group of modern-day vampires he has grudgingly taken under his
wing. Zginski has already escaped limbo once, but can he free himself
from the tangled web of the girls who play games of blood?
Alex Bledsoe, author of Blood Groove, returns to he world of the undead with a tale of fast cars and vengeance that never dies...
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Alex Bledsoe
Alex Bledsoe grew up in west Tennessee an hour north of Graceland and twenty minutes from Nutbush. He's been a reporter, editor, photographer and door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. He now lives between two big lakes in Wisconsin, writes before six in the morning and tries to teach his two sons to act like they've been to town before. He's published more than fifty short stories on topics as diverse as big-game hunters, mermaids, modern witches, Victorian gentlemen and country musicians. The Sword-Edged Blonde is his first novel.
The Memphis Vampires
The Memphis Vampires consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
