title: Vampires Are Us: Understanding Our Love Affair with the Immortal Dark Side
author:  Margot Adler 
description: "Insightful and compellingas a tool for understanding the drift of human culture over the last two centuries. The ever-morphing vampire, powerful and at the same time significantly flawed, invites us to reflect on our own life as we seek control, community, and some sense of self-worth." -<b>J. Gordon Melton</b>, Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Baylor University<br /><br />"Margot Adler's new book does what I most appreciate in a piece of writing: it makes me look at the world differently. Vampires became a lens to help us examine our attitudes toward sex, death, and how we are sucking the life-blood out of the earth. She explores her personal fascination and our cultural obsession with vampires with humor, insight, and great emotional honesty. An illuminating and fascinating work!" -<b>Starhawk</b>, author of <i>The Spiral Dance</i> and <i>The Fifth Sacred Thing</i><br /><br />"Reading this was pure pleasure. First rate!" -<b>Whitley Strieber</b>
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  **THE VAMPIRE’S**
  
  
  
  
  
  **ACCIDENTAL WIFE**
  
  
  
  
  
  Nocturne Falls, Book Eight
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  **Kristen Painter**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Las Vegas headliner and vampire Desdemona Valentine is one cool, collected
  diva on the outside. On the inside, she’s petrified of falling in love after
  her last relationship nearly killed her…literally. Protecting her wounded
  heart makes for a lonely life, but she has her fame and fortune to keep her
  company. Who needs anything more?
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Julian Ellingham does. One look at Desdemona on stage, and the vampire is
  smitten. She initially ignores him, but his relentless pursuit pays off when a
  wild night ends in a Vegas wedding. Finally, Julian has everything he wants
  while all Desdemona wants is…a divorce.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Julian sweet-talks Desdemona into letting him prove his love, but his time is
  running out. Especially after someone repeatedly tries to turn his bride to
  ash. When Desdemona flees Vegas f