Being cursed can be a real problem, and Meena Harper's curse is a doozy. Not only does she know when someone is going to die; no one will believe her warnings about their impending demise. When Meena foresees the death of her ex, however, and goes to tell him he's doomed, she's too late. He's dead and undead. When he makes the mistake of attacking Meena, another ex, Lucien, who is also supposed to be dead, appears from nowhere and battles the deranged new vampire. The irony of the situation won't be lost on Cabot's legions of fans, who first met Meena in the popular Insatiable (2010), and who know that Lucien is the son of Dracula, and Meena works for the Palatine, a secret military unit under the auspices of the Vatican, whose mission is to protect humans from demons and the like. In this sequel, Cabot, adored for her Princess Diary series and Heather Wells mysteries, holds her own in the crowded paranormal arena, proving that she is truly a versatile, entertaining writer. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With a mega-readership for #1 New York Times bestselling author Cabot's first vampire novel, Insatiable, the second will pull an equally avid audience.--Mosley, Shelle. Copyright 2010 Booklist

Meena Harper is a soap opera writer turned psychic demon hunter who still carries a torch for her vampire ex, Lucien Antonescu-Dracula's morally ambivalent son. Not only is Meena caught between her love for the elusive vampire and her attraction to the hot, but cryptic, demon hunter Alaric Wulf, she's also torn between protecting innocent humans and saving Lucien's soul. Now Lucien returns with a dangerous and mysterious new scheme, while a troop of gung-ho Vatican vampire hunters roll into town. Written in Cabot's usual charming style, this sequel to Insatiable bears the marks of second book syndrome: pages spent awkwardly retelling past events; aimless wandering from subplot to subplot; and the inclusion of characters from the previous book who turn out to be irrelevant to the current story. Full of riffs on everything from The Vampire Diaries to Anita Blake, the book is never quite gripping enough to work as a real vampire drama or funny enough to work as a parody, but may still delight Cabot diehards and vampire completists. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.