title: Midnight Bites: Stories of the Morganville Vampires
author:  Rachel Caine 
description: <b>Praise for the Morganville Vampires Novels</b><br /> <b></b><br /> Rachel Caine is a first-class storyteller who can deal out amazing plot twists as though she was dealing cards.#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Charlaine Harris<br /> <br /> Fast-paced adventureClaires tough-girl attitude may remind adult readers of Rachel Morgan and her world of human-vampire interactions. A tremendously popular series.<i>Booklist</i><br /> <br /> Rachel Caines Morganville Vampires series is my all-time favorite. I love love love the characters, the town, and the surprising plots.<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Maria V. Snyder<br /> <b></b><br /> Thrilling, sexy, and funny! These books are addictive. One of my very favorite vampire series.Richelle Mead, International Bestselling Author of the Vampire Academy Series
zlib_text: **MIDNIGHT ALLEY**
  
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  _**a Morganville Vampires novel**_ ****
  
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  _**RACHEL CAINE**_
  
   **CHAPTER ONE**
  
   **Parents had some kind of sin radar, Claire thought. They always called
  when** **you were in the middle of something you just knew they'd consider
  wrong. Or** **at least risky.**
  
   **Claire Danvers slid off of her boyfriend Shane's lap with a regretful
  sigh,** **licked her damp, tingling lips, and went to answer the ringing phone
  in the** **kitchen. Michael was just getting up from the table to grab it, but
  Claire** **waved him off. She just knew it would be her mother.**
  
   **She was right.**
  
   **"Claire! Oh my goodness, I've been worried sick, honey. We've been trying**
  **to call you on your cell for days, and -- "**
  
   **Crap. Claire rubbed her forehead in frustration. "Mom, I wrote you guys
  an** **email, remember? My cell got lost, I'm still working on getting another
  one."**
  
   **Best not to mention how it had gotten lost. Best not to mention anything**
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