When a young reporter on assignment from the "San Francisco Observer" has been sent to write about a grand mansion that must be sold, the young man, bitten by a beast he cannot see in the rural darkness, experiences a terrifying yet seductive transformation called the wolf gift.

When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a ""cult"" and changes in terrible ways.

Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vamps--and nothing about weres. Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works--and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it. But there's a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race...

"As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, ace car mechanic Mercy has had to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human within the Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington on more than one occasion. But this time she may be in over her head. Marsilia, the local Vampire Queen, has learned that Mercy crossed her by slaying a number of her clan. Now she's out for blood. But since Mercy is protected from the vampire's direct reprisal...

Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, having survived the Fae War but upset over the loss of loved ones and still recovering from the torture she endured, realizes the doors to Faery were closed before some fae were able to leave the human world and they are holding her responsible, while her relationship with vampire Eric Northman is scrutinized by the vampire king and she is drawn into a dangerous debate through her connection to one particular...

In the mist-shrouded streets of London's dreaded Whitechapel district, werewolves, vampires, and a clockwork army are one step away from battle... No One to Trust Dangerous. Unpredictable. That's how people know the hulking Will Carver. And those who don't like pretty words just call him The Beat. No matter how hard Will works to suppress his werewulfen side, certain things drive him beyond all control. And saucy Miss Lena Todd tops the list. Lena...

When Sookie learns the reason why Eric's vampires are keeping their distance from her, she is devastated. Then a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime in this final Sookie Stackhouse novel.

After a Fenris, or werewolf, killed their grandmother and almost killed them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.

Cincinnati witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan must decide how far she will venture into the dark arts to accomplish her goals when her mortal ex-boyfriend Nick enlists her partner Jenks' son in a criminal enterprise and the two end up imprisoned by werewolves in Michigan.

Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.