P.N. Elrod Page

I have found P.N. Elrod's books to be some of the best I've ever come across; she puts a new twist on the old vampire concept that is absolutely wonderful. Her vampires are a whole different breed from the usual gothic, morbid, self-pitying type that seems to abound in popular literature and movies. I think she is due this page and many more.
I have below the back-of-the book descriptions of her novels.

Elrod, P.N. :

Vampire Files Series
• (#1) Bloodlist - I've always had a weak spot for strange ladies. One very beautiful girl had even warned me that she was - get this - a vampire. But did I listen? No
  Well, before you know it, I'm being chased by an ugly thug with a gun, and a bullet blasts its way through my back, and - believe it or not - nothing happened. I survived! How?
  You guessed it, I, Jack Flemming, ace reporter, have been transformed into...a vampire! Which has it's advantages. You never die, you never grow old, you sleep all day, and best of all...
  You can hunt down your own murderer.
• (#2) Lifeblood - As nosferatu go, I'm basically a nice guy. Sure, I need a little blood now and then , but I never meant to hurt anyone.
  Too bad some people don't feel the same about me.
  Now I've got a bunch of crazy vampire-hunters on my trail, armed with crosses, silver bullets, and sharp wooden stakes. How did they find out about me? Why are they - pardon the expression - out for my blood? I don't know, but I'm going to get some answers even if it kills me...
  Again
• (#3) Blood circle - As a vampire, I have a number of handy skills - I can hypnotize mortals, walk through walls, and shrug off bullets like insults. The one thing I haven't been able to manage, so far, is to find the woman who made me what I am.
  Until now. Maybe.
  Her trail has led me to the palatial estate of a wealthy widow - and a two-hundred-year-old gigolo with a taste for young blood. He claims not to know where my long-lost lady is - or who is trying to kill me - but then again, you can never trust a vampire.
  I should know.
• (#4) Art in the Blood - I'm a vampire, not an artist, but I know what I like.
  And I don't like murder.
  So when the career of a talented young artist is fatally cut short, I know I won't sleep easy in my coffin until I find the killer. But the world of high art - with its big money, begger egos, and expensive forgeries - makes even a bloodsucking seem simple. And safer.
  Dead artists can live forever. An undead detective may not be so lucky...
• (#5) Fire in the Blood - Even the dead have to work for a living, this time, a priceless heirloom bracelet's been stolen from the wealthy Sebastian Pierce. And guess who's been hired to find it? I'll give you a hint. Me.
  Peirce has plenty of hard cash, a soft heart - and a hot-blooded daughter named Marian.
  Marian has big eyes for yours truly - and a very jealous boyfriend. And me?
  I have a night job I can really sink my teeth into.
• (#6) Blood on the Water - There's a new crime boss in town and he's gunning for a vampire. So are the police.
  Lucky me.
  What's worse, my thirst for the red stuff is getting out of control. I'm not sure what scares me more: the mob...or the darkness gnawing at my gut.
  When Chicago gets this hot, even a vampire can get burned.
• A Chill in the Blood - Jack Fleming was a man of many trades. When he was alive he was a reporter with a nose forthe grittiest news. Now that he'sdead, he's a private eye with a thirst for justice - and blood. But being a vampire with morals is no midnight stroll on the mean streets of post-Prohibition Chicago. There's a cold wind blowing off the lake. It smells of death. And even Jack can feel its chill. For in the city of sin, the gangs still rule - and they're on the vrink of an all-out war. No one - not the crooks or the cops - cares how much blood, innocent or otherwise, flows during the fight. No one - except a certain undead PI.
  Caught between the local hoods and the boys from New York, can Jack stop the battle before it starts? And how much of his remaining humanity will he have to give up to do so?
• The Dark Sleep -
Johnathan Barret, gentleman vampire
• Red Death - A young upstart, Jonathan Barrett is sent to London in 1773 for his college education. There he meets Nora Jones, an unearthly beauty whose lovemaking talents entrance him - even as she drinks his blood during their nightly trysts...
  Forced by impending war to return to America, Jonathan stands ready to spill his blood for his country. But Nora's kiss has left him craving the blood of others - for all time...
• Death and the Maiden - Johathan Barrett died in the early days of the American Revolution, but he did not rest for long. He rose again, with strange new abilities - and an irresistible thirst for blood.
  Now Jonathan must learn to control his new powers in the embattled spendor of the Barret estate, in the company of father, his sister, and his seductive young cousin. But there are soldiers without and intrigues within that threaten his sanctuary. To save his loved ones - and fulfill his darkest desires - Jonathan Barrett must kill again...
• Death Masque - When he died, Jonathan Barrett was buried. But it was not his fate to stay in the freshly turned earth - the legacy of a new vampire bloodline pulled him from that early grave. Is his strange destiny a miracle, or a curse? Only one unearthly soul knows...and Nora Jones has disappeared.
  Jonathan's quest to find her draws him back into the strange fold of his family, where a malevolent plot against them is taking shape. But his enemies will soon discover that ei is not easy to kill a Barrett - especially one that is already dead...
• Dance of Death - Jonathan Barrett has died - again and again. And risen each time to continue his earthly existence as a young gentleman of quality in eighteenth -century London. He's grown used to his powers and his hungers. After all that he has bveen through, life holds few surprises for him.
  Then he meets a most engaging four-year-old boy. A boy with his face and his eyes. His son, the child of an almost-forgotten night's dalliance.
  Jonathan intends to do right by the lad, but his enemies intend to use his affection for the boy against him. And the only one who can help him save his mortal son is his long-lost immortal love...