Best vampire romance novels

Love stories about vampires not so long ago began to enjoy simply incredible popularity among the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity. And this is not surprising. No woman can resist the sight of a beautiful, charming man with amazing manners, even if he does not breathe and has the habit of drinking blood at night - each has its own shortcomings.

Vampire Kiss Series

The beautiful cycle of the American writer Ellen Schreiber, which includes 9 novels. All books were highly appreciated by readers, which is quite rare, because usually the series "rolls" already in 3-4 parts. The audience of the writer is mainly teenagers.

The cycle “Kiss of the Vampire” includes the following works:

• “Beginning” - for a long time the old castle on the hill was empty, but once a mysterious tenant appeared in it. Who are they? Are speculation and gossip not lying? These rumors could scare away from a strange family anyone but Raven, a sixteen-year-old admirer of the "dark world." But what awaits the girl behind the gloomy ancient facade?
• “The Dark Knight” - the book continues the story of Raven, who managed to fall in love with a real vampire. Everything went well, the feelings were mutual, but the beloved suddenly disappears in an unknown direction.
• Vampirville - Raven's hometown is in real danger. Twin vampires appeared in it, planning to turn all living in their own kind.
• "Dance of Death" - Raven did not have time to save the city from the bloody twins, as their twelve-year-old relative announced. The vampire quickly became friends with the brother of the main character, and now she fears for his life.
• “Club of the Immortals” - Raven’s lover disappears, the heroine is afraid that a misfortune happened to him. The girl decides to go in search of a vampire, but does not even suspect what danger awaits her ahead.
• “Royal blood” - the happiness of lovers did not last long. Soon Alexander’s parents should come and take him to Europe. From their point of view, Raven is clearly not an enviable bride for their noble son.
• “Bite of Love” - Raven is waiting for Alexander to decide to convert it, but this does not happen. When the childhood friend of her beloved comes to the city, the girl has a hope for the fulfillment of her cherished desire.
• “Secret desire” - a new club is being prepared for the opening, in which vampires and people can go. But what will this mean for the latter?
• “Immortal Hearts” is the final book of the series, in which it will finally become clear whether Alexander will turn the main character, and what fate awaits her.

"Dusk"

Perhaps the most famous vampire saga is the creation of Stephanie Mayer. Breaking Dawn, the final book of the series, was released back in 2008, but interest in novels has still not faded. Largely thanks to the film adaptation of books, as well as the talent of the writer.

The cycle included only four main stories and two related ones. We list them:

• Twilight is the first book that describes the meeting of an ordinary schoolgirl, Isabella, with Edward Cullen, a hundred-year-old vampire. The novel entered the list of best sellers and received recognition from readers around the world.
• "New Moon" - at Bella's birthday, an accident occurs that provokes one of the vampires to attack. Everything ends happily, but Edward, fearing for the girl’s life, decides to part with her. After a while, the Cullens leave the city.
• "Eclipse" - the confrontation between werewolves and vampires is becoming more acute. The situation is aggravated by the fact that Edward and Jacob, representatives of the warring parties, are fighting for Bella’s love.
• “Dawn” - the book tells about what happened after the wedding of Bella and Edward. Returning after a honeymoon, the heroine realizes that she is pregnant. Childbirth may cost her life, but by all means she wants to save her child.

Love stories about vampires are usually written only on behalf of the heroine, but Mayer decided to correct this injustice. In 2008, she began working on the book The Midnight Sun, in which the events of the first part of the series were to be set out on behalf of Edward. But in the course of work, part of the chapters was stolen. After that, the writer stated that she was not ready to finish the book. The novel remained unpublished.

Another addition, but already completed, is “Until Dawn. Brief second life Bree Tanner. " The events of this book take place shortly before those that were described in Dawn. But the heroine of the story is the vampire Bree. The work was published in 2010.

The Chicago Vampires Series

A rather large series of Chloe Neil, the main characters of which are not only vampires, but also werewolves. In total, it includes 14 major novels:

• "Some Girls" - the main character of the novel Merit accidentally finds herself bitten during an evening walk. She did not want to become a vampire, but now she will have to abandon her studies and plunge into the new world of Chicago at night.
• “Friday Night Bite” - people learned about the existence of vampires. While they do not show aggression and only bother with countless questions, but what will happen if they find out about secret feeding parties? Merit will become a link between the two races. However, someone stubbornly does not want a reconciliation of the parties.
• "Vampires of the City of the Winds" - to prevent a war between vampires and people was worth a lot of effort. Now the main character has other concerns - she has to choose between the Masters of the two vampire houses. Who will Merit prefer?
• “Twice Bitten” - werewolves from all over the country come to the City of Winds, including their alpha, to whom the Vampire Master proposed Merith as a bodyguard. The girl was instructed not only to protect a representative of another species, but also to spy for her. However, she still does not know that a hunt has opened for her ward.
• “Cruelly bitten” - the House of Cadogan is restless, as well as on the streets of Chicago. Both vampires and humans have complaints about vampires. But Merit first needs to restore order in his own house, and then already tackle other problems.
• "Devastated" - hard times have come for vampires. People are preparing a bill to register all supernatural beings. But this turns out to be not the worst - all of a sudden Lake Michigan turns black, and really terrible things begin to happen.
• “Ice Bite” - Merit is in the Midwest. Her trace of an unknown thief who stole an ancient artifact that can raise a terrible evil brought here. If the girl does not stop the villain, even vampires will not be greeted.

List Continuation

Vampire romance novels tend to turn into very long cycles. The books of Chloe Neil were no exception. We have already listed seven novels above, but let us name the remaining:

• “House Rules” - Merith realizes that a conspiracy is waving around her House. Intrigues entangled all of Chicago, and friends and even those who were friends were involved in them.
• “Painfully Bitten” - anti-vampire riots begin in Chicago. Armed people intend to cleanse their city of blood-sucking reptiles. The disappearance of vampires is becoming more frequent, and Merit will have to figure out how to get out of this situation and save her people.
• "Wildness" - the magical alliances that Merit and her Master have for so long entered into under the influence of other people's magic. The name of the secret enemy remains unknown. But whoever he is, this is a very powerful creature.
• "Bloody Games" - in Chicago bloody killings begin to occur. People unsuccessfully chase a criminal, but nothing can help stop him. A new threat to humans and vampires has to unite, despite the fact that they do not get along well with each other.
• “A happy accident” - Ethan and Merit embark on a romantic journey, but troubles do not leave them here. Lovers are drawn into the centuries-old enmity of werewolves and vampires.
• "Dark duty" - at a social gathering, where representatives of the nobility of vampires and people gathered, an attempt is made on one of the guests. Merit manages to prevent it, but who is the customer?

The Chicago Vampires series also includes the Howling for You and High Stake novels, whose characters are secondary characters in main books.

The Knight of the Night cycle

Now let's talk about the books of the Russian writer Yaroslav Lazareva, whose work quickly won female hearts. Her most famous series, “Knight of the Night,” consists of six books so far:

• “Knight of the night” - Lada, going on vacation to her grandmother, did not even imagine that her fate would bring her to the mysterious handsome Greg. The arrogant and rich man clearly keeps some kind of gloomy secret, the light on which the hunter for vampires Dino helps to shed.
• "The Legend of the Night" - in order to be with Lada, Greg is ready to give up immortality and become a man. But the text of an ancient spell is stored in London with an ancient and ruthless vampire. Will he agree to reveal the secret to lovers?
• “Kiss of the night” - Lada and Greg are forced to leave. For some reason, the ancient ritual has no effect, maybe it's their relationship? The heroine is looking forward to her beloved and unexpectedly meets a guy very similar to him.
• "Heart of the night" - in the area where Lada and Greg decided to settle, they begin to find bloodless bodies. A vampire is involved in the murder, but who is he? Despite the fact that this is the fourth book in the series, this is far from all the stories that pleased readers of Yaroslav Lazarev.
• “Tenderness of the night” - Greg’s dream came true, he is again a man. That's just the ritual had one consequence - the man suffered in 1923, and his lover remained in the present tense.
• "Call of the Night" - Greg is still in the past, but Lada has a hope to save him - this is an artifact stored in the werewolf tribe and fulfilling any desire.

Also, Lazareva is the author of several other cycles “From the Life of an Ordinary Girl”, “Full Moon Guest”, “Diary of My Love”.

Other books of the writer

Several novels were also released outside the series. What other books did Yaroslav Lazarev write? The Knights of the Full Moon is a very unusual book. Her hero is the Saxon poet Rubian Harz, and the plot is the story of his life. According to an official biography, at age 18 he tried to commit suicide, after which he imagined himself a vampire. After this incident, all of his poetry acquired a mystical connotation. But what really happened to him? The book is written in the form of a poet's diary. This novel showed how talented Yaroslav Lazarev really is.

“My beloved vampire” is not a novel, but a collection that includes the stories of several authors. Among them, besides Lazareva herself, Ekaterina Nevolina and Elena Usacheva. The stories are united by a common theme - love for the vampire.

Books by Robin Mackinley

Now let's talk about one of the best writers creating love stories about vampires. Compared to her colleagues, McKinley has written very few novels - only six. Four of them are included in the cycles, the rest are complete independent works.

First, let's talk about cycles:

• Damar is a magical story about a princess, dragons, witches and kingdoms.
• "Tales" - also apply to fantasy-style novels for teenagers created by writer Robin McKinley.

“Sunlight” is the book that will interest us. It tells of a world in which a war between vampires and humans ended a few decades ago, in which the latter won. Now all supernatural beings are required to register. The main character of the novel is Rae Saddon, she is a witch who hides her gift. The girl always tried not to interfere in the affairs of others, but she was suddenly abducted by the minions of the vampire Beauregard, who wants to get the title of City Master. Rae needs him as a decoy. The current Master is Cohn, but he alone can not defeat an opponent. The heroine will not only reveal her abilities, but also enter into an alliance with the vampire.

Books Richelle Mead

Let's talk about the famous creator of the "Vampire Academy", which was recently filmed. This cycle was glorified by Richelle Mead. “The Last Victim” is by far the last completed novel in the series. It tells about the murder of Tatyana, the Queen of the Moroi. All evidence indicates that the perpetrator of the crime is Rosa Hasevei, recently graduated from the Academy of Vampires.

As for the world of novels. Vampires secretly live among people and have mystical abilities. In the very center of America is the Academy, where these creatures hone their magical skills. The only trouble is that the peaceful vampire race of the Moroi constantly fights with strigoi - vampires who do not shun dark magic and killings.

Also included in the series:

• “Hunters and Victims” - tells how Lissa, the Moroccan princess, and her guard Rosa first enter the Academy and are immediately involved in dangerous events.
• "Ice Bite."
• "Kiss of darkness."
• Bloody Promises.
• "The shackles for a ghost."

"Blood Ties"

Another vampire cycle is Richelle Mead. “The Blood Princess” is the first book in the series, in which the reader first gets acquainted with the main character - this is Sidney Sage. The girl is an alchemist, she is one of those who can use magic and connects the world of people and vampires. The events of the book unfold in the universe of the Academy of Vampires, then this time the hero will be a girl without fangs.

Cycle books:

• Golden Lily - Sydney is tasked with protecting the vampire princess Jill.
• “Indigo Charm” - the heroine meets the mysterious white alchemist Marcus Finch, who promises to reveal some ancient secret to her.
• “Flaming heart” - Sydney has the opportunity to enter into a secret society of alchemists who hide the existence of the supernatural from people. There are a lot of events, and here also appears the rebellious and beautiful vampire Adrian.
• "Silver Shadows" - Cindy finds herself in the center of re-education for alchemists. Management is very unhappy with her relationship with Adrian.
• “Ruby Ring” - the heroine and her lover manage to escape, but Princess Jill is kidnapped, and Cindy offers her help in the search.

Books of Irina Molchanova

Another of our compatriots writes wonderful love-science fiction novels about vampires. Irina has a lot of love stories on her account, but we will be interested in only one tetralogy, since only it is related to our theme - this is “The Seasons”.

The story of the heroine begins with the fact that she accidentally meets a vampire. The dark knight falls in love with her, but their worlds are completely different from each other. In addition, the heroine has a choice - eternity and loneliness or a gentle earthly feeling, albeit short, but close and understandable. In this cycle, Irina Molchanova does not get tired to amaze and intrigue her fans.

“Vampires are the children of fallen angels. Music of a Thousand Antarctica ”is the first tetralogy novel. It was very highly appreciated by readers who note unexpected plot twists, unpredictable behavior of heroes, and dynamic development. Other novels in the series did not disappoint. We list them:

• Voices of Drifting Ice.
• "Dance of the Bloody Poppies."
• Requiem of Falling Leaves.

"Code of love"

This story is a separate finished work. This is a wonderful book authored by Maximiliana Morrel. “Code of Love” is the only work of the writer translated into Russian. The plot, as in all similar stories, tells about the love of a human woman and a vampire. From other novels, this one differs in a certain maturity. The heroine is not a young inexperienced girl, but a young woman who behaves accordingly. Her lover is not just a sugary youth, whose character has not been reflected in the centuries lived. Everything is completely different. In the book, the reader can see how the relations of the ancient wise being and man could be built.

Such a serious attitude of the author to the topic bribed many readers, making them real fans of Morrel’s creativity.

Anita Blake

If we decided to consider the most popular love-science fiction novels about vampires, then we definitely cannot do without one writer. This is Laurel Hamilton, who created the famous Anita Blake cycle, the main character of which was the vampire hunter.

The series has about 24 books of the main story and four more, telling about other heroes of the novels. The first book of the cycle is called The Forbidden Fruit, in which readers first get acquainted with the rather gloomy and soulless world of vampires.

As for the reviews, many fans write that on the fourteenth book the series loses all its charm. Why did Laurel Hamilton so upset her admirers? "Dance of Death" - this is the name of the novel, which made many to quit the cycle in the middle. The plot is based on the fact that a dark spell is cast on the heroine, which attracts men to her, making her a welcome prey for vampires and werewolves. Among the main shortcomings of the book is the repeatability of the scenes, the lengthy plot, the lack of dynamism.

For those who are not familiar with Hamilton's work, we recommend reading the first four books of the series, as they received the most positive and laudatory reviews. And those who did not stop at book 14 and read all the translated novels, we want to please - the cycle is incomplete and we can expect the continuation of the story of the beloved heroine.

So, we examined the most famous and popular novels about vampires, the authors of which are both foreign and domestic writers. We hope that you will not get confused in the variety of such literature and can easily choose what to read.