title: Blood Ties (A Blood Coven Vampire Novel)
author:  Mari Mancusi 
description: Mari Mancusi used to wish she could become a vampire back in high school. But she ended up in another blood sucking professionjournalisminstead. Today she works as a television news producer for the NBC station in Boston and has won two Emmys for her work. As if writing and TV producing weren't enough to keep her busy, Mari also enjoys snowboarding, clubbing, shopping, 80s music, and her favorite guilty pleasurevideo games. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and two dogs.
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  _**Glossary of Terms and Proper Nouns**_
  
    
  
   _ **Black Dagger Brotherhood**_ (pr. n.) Highly trained vampire warriors who
  protect their species against the Lessening Society. As a result of selective
  breeding within the race, brothers possess immense physical and mental
  strength as well as rapid healing capabilities. They are not siblings for the
  most part, and are inducted into the brotherhood upon nomination by the
  brothers. Aggressive, self-reliant, and secretive by nature, they exist apart
  from civilians, having little contact with members of the other classes except
  when they need to feed. They are the subjects of legend and the objects of
  reverence within the vampire world. They may be killed only by the most
  serious of wounds, e.g., a gunshot or stab to the heart, etc.
  
    
  
   _ **blood slave**_ (n.) Male or female vampire who has been subjugated to
  serve the blood needs of another. The practice of keeping blood slaves ha