Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kerrelyn Sparks (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 27, 2011 | Series: Love at Stake

Who’s the Sexiest Vampire Alive? Without a doubt, it’s undead playboy Gregori Holstein, the dashing immortal hero of this wity, charming, and super-hot paranormal romance winner from New York Times bestseller Kerrelyn Sparks. Another fabulous entry in her Love at Stake series—which author Lynsay Sands, creator of the popular Argeneau vampire family novels, has called, “an absolute delight”—the Sexiest Vampire Alive has met his match, and she’s the beautiful, brave, and brainy daughter of the President of the United States, whom Gregori must accompany on a dangerous secret mission to China. Kerrelyn Sparks does vampire romance to perfection, which is why she is up there at the very top with the other paranormal superstars, like Sands, Katie MacAlister, and Mary Janice Davidson.

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From the Back Cover

The secret is out . . . Vampires do exist!

When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax. But first the president wants a favor, one that requires Gregori to spend forty-eight hours in very close contact with the First Daughter.

Abby Tucker would rather spend her nights in a lab than attend her father's state dinners. She's dedicated her life to finding a cure that will save her dying mother and needs only two more ingredients. To find them, she'll have to venture into the most dangerous region of the world—with a vampire. Her Armani-clad escort may be Undead, but he still makes her heart race. And the greatest danger won't be the predatory hordes lying in wait for them; it will be her undying desire for the Sexiest Vampire Alive.

About the Author

A former tap dancer and high school French teacher, New York Times bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks has always searched for creative ways to express herself. A prolific reader since childhood, she discovered that writing her own stories provided the ideal way to combine her loves of comedy, language, and history. And what a relief that the voices in her head have led to a paycheck instead of a padded room! A native Texan, Kerrelyn lives with her husband in the Greater Houston area.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon; Original edition (September 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061958050
• ISBN-13: 978-0061958052
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.3 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kerrelyn Sparks is the New York Times bestselling author of the Love at Stake series. Her heroes are generally fanged or furry, but never suffer from cavities or fur balls. And in spite of a tendency to nibble or howl at the moon, they're still wonderfully romantic. Please feel free to visit www.kerrelynsparks.com where you can read excerpts, play vampire games, join the forum, or send Kerrelyn an e-mail. She loves hearing from readers!

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Kerrelyn Does it Again! September 27, 2011

By Jutzie TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks ISBN# 978-0061958052

The Love At Stake Series is full of humor and fun but there is always danger lurking as well. We have known Gregori Holstein since book one. Playboy, bottle fed and Vice President of Marketing are a few things he is known as. He is only an eighteen year old vampire and forever twenty-nine. He likes to sing "I'm too sexy for my fangs, too sexy for my cape." He has enjoyed teasing and being the life of the party, or so we thought until his story. His mom is alive and works for Roman. It was because of her job that Gregori was attacked in the parking lot by an evil vampire and his mom begged Roman to turn him, and he did.

At first sight of the man getting out of the Limo below her, Abigail Tucker, the President's older daughter, felt drawn to him. Her sister Madison had heard that their father had a meeting with vampires and she was watching for some to fly in. Abby has been out of the lime light as she looks for a cure for her moms lupus. When they find that vampires do exist and can teleport, her dream of getting to China for special healing plants is realized. If only she can continue to convince herself that she does not want to fall for a vampire.

Another exciting adventure for our guys. And a book full of new quips to laugh about. A crabby Sean Whelan who is trying to convince his CIA guys he's still human, Howard Barr and his never ending hunger for Bear Claws, more of Rajiv the were-tiger, and JL Wang, and most of our friends return for this journey. Connor & Marielle are still honeymooning since it was only last week they married. So until next time...we can read the first eleven books again.

**Sexual situations & language

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars. Had a few issues but I still enjoyed it September 27, 2011

By Stephanie G

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Vampires are threatened after a video revealing their existence is shown to the human public. Gregori Holstein is sent as a vampire representative to the president in hopes he can form an alliance with the U.S. government and have the video labeled a hoax. In exchange for the governments help, Gregori will need to take the president's daughter into unfriendly territory so she may find items that could help cure her dying mother. The trip itself is the easy part, for Gregori the real challenge will be keeping his hands off the beautiful and intelligent Abigail.

Gregori has been part of this series since the beginning and I was thrilled to learn he was getting his own book. He's one of the younger vampires so there's a modern feel to him especially when compared to the centuries old males from previous books. He's smart, charming, hardworking and an all around great guy. Abigail is a good fit for his character. She's not just another vampiress who is looking to bed him. She has actual depth and intelligence to her and like Gregori, is close to her mother. I didn't think that there was much of a transition between Abby being afraid of what Gregori is and falling head over heels in love with him. It just seems to have happened and I felt as if I missed out on something. There also wasn't a lot of sexual heat between them. It was more about emotions and overcoming obstacles than a physical relationship. All that is fine of course I just thought with it being Gregori's book, there would be more sexually intense scenes. Despite the couple issues I had, I thought they made a cute couple that really deserves their happy ending.

In the previous book, the malcontents (evil vampires who enjoy drinking from humans and have no problems killing them) suffered a big loss during a battle which led to the release of the video tape to the humans. In Sexiest Vampire Alive, Gregori and his fellow vampires are dealing with the aftermath and trying to contain the situation before it's open season on the undead. There are brief cameos from several regulars but most of the time was given to Gregori and Abby. The mission to help save Abby's mom takes them and their team of vampires and shifters into China and took the plot in a more dramatic and action filled direction. I thought this was great because we learned more about characters that we've briefly met before without taking the story in a confusing and unnecessary direction.

Sexiest Vampire Alive is a book I think fans of the series will be happy with. Gregori is so much more than the ladies man and people pleaser he wants everyone to think he is and I enjoyed seeing all the different layers to him. His and Abby's relationship was sweet, it's just that I wish the transition to being in a relationship didn't happen so quickly. There have been human/vampire pairings before but I felt Gregori and Abby had more to overcome and it made for a really emotional read at times. This wasn't the best installment in the series but I still thought it was a really good read.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Modern and Funny. September 27, 2011

By cocomom

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

The beginning was laugh out loud funny. Gori has some great one liners and I was entertained. I must admit that before the summery came out I thought it was about Phineas (cause when you say the sexiest vampire alive I think of the Love Doctor). There was very little of the other characters. Sure we saw Howard a lot, but we didn't get to know anyone any more then we did-though Angus and Phineas cracked me up. The fight scenes seem to be all the same from one story to the next-but I guess it is to be expected they were a bit boring compared to the huge war in the last book. Obviously the attraction was there, but the scenes lacked heat that were in the other books-can you say Vanda and Phil!!! Glad they showed him more masculine-cause I don't go for the metro sexuals. I HOPE we see more Phineas in the next book (I love him) and get updated with Connor. Their community is getting HUGE. I almost need to make a spreadsheet that list everyone and who they married! Cant wait for the next book.