Hollywood After Dark Series by Cricket Starr, Janet Miller

All Night Inn By Janet Miller Sharon Colson is desperate. Stranded in the California coastal town of Los Niños de la Noche, she's broke, locked out of her rooming house, and needs a job. Jonathan Knottmann, the local vampire, is the only one in town hiring but he won't take her on as a bartender without her becoming his vampire companion. With no other options, Sharon accepts the mark of his fangs on her neck and thus enters the parafolk world of the All Night Inn... moreAll Night Inn By Janet Miller Sharon Colson is desperate. Stranded in the California coastal town of Los Niños de la Noche, she's broke, locked out of her rooming house, and needs a job. Jonathan Knottmann, the local vampire, is the only one in town hiring but he won't take her on as a bartender without her becoming his vampire companion. With no other options, Sharon accepts the mark of his fangs on her neck and thus enters the parafolk world of the All Night Inn. Over the course of the next few weeks Sharon learns many lessons from Jonathan—what brand of dog food shapeshifters like to nibble on with their beer, the kinds of drinks spellcasters favor, and that he'd rather be known as a nightwalker than the politically incorrect term of vampire. As the parafolk celebrate the full moon with howls and dancing, she even learns to love him the way he loves her. But the biggest lesson is one Jonathan and Sharon must both learn—that love cannot thrive unless it is based on trust, in yourself and your partner. less

White Hot Holidays - Ghosts of Christmas Past By Cricket Starr * A Hollywood After Dark Holiday Tale Christmas is hard for a lot of people, but for Calla Douglas it's become unbearable. She thought to end her life, but when the wind blows her off a tall building, she isn't sorry to be rescued in midair by a flying man, although finding out he has fangs dampens her relief... moreWhite Hot Holidays - Ghosts of Christmas Past By Cricket Starr * A Hollywood After Dark Holiday Tale Christmas is hard for a lot of people, but for Calla Douglas it's become unbearable. She thought to end her life, but when the wind blows her off a tall building, she isn't sorry to be rescued in midair by a flying man, although finding out he has fangs dampens her relief. Nightwalker Daniel Wilde rescued Calla to be the temporary companion he takes before Christmas Eve, to keep at bay the loneliness he feels each year. Both Calla and Daniel have "ghosts" of past Christmases, bad memories that haunt them, but through love, companionship-and a lot of mind-blowing sex-this holiday may become the last one those ghosts will ever visit. less

A Hollywood After Dark book. Former movie star now turned vampire Cleopatra Lutz is bored with delivery boy dinners, but Michael Brown is far more excitement than she's bargained for. The utterly delicious man wants to be her nightwalker companion-her regular blood source as well as her lover-but she's wary of letting any man get too close to her. Michael has had a crush on Cleo for years, but when she takes sexual advantage of him, eats then runs, he decides not to let her get away with it... moreA Hollywood After Dark book. Former movie star now turned vampire Cleopatra Lutz is bored with delivery boy dinners, but Michael Brown is far more excitement than she's bargained for. The utterly delicious man wants to be her nightwalker companion-her regular blood source as well as her lover-but she's wary of letting any man get too close to her. Michael has had a crush on Cleo for years, but when she takes sexual advantage of him, eats then runs, he decides not to let her get away with it. It doesn't help that she's left the mark of her fangs in a very sensitive location and he needs proper ones to designate him as her companion. He is willing to do anything, even kidnap her and hold her prisoner in an abandoned movie studio, to work things out with her. Michael offers Cleo a life with others of her kind plus a return to her career as a movie star, but ultimately it is his love and trust that will win her mark. less

A parafolk tale set in the world of Hollywood after Dark.Andrea would have a pet if animals weren’t terrified of vampires, so when she finds what she thinks is a large dog with a nail through his paw, she’s delighted when he decides to come home with her. Her delight turns to passion when the “dog” turns out to be a shifter who insists on introducing her to parafolk-style sex and the games shifters play with their mates... moreA parafolk tale set in the world of Hollywood after Dark.Andrea would have a pet if animals weren’t terrified of vampires, so when she finds what she thinks is a large dog with a nail through his paw, she’s delighted when he decides to come home with her. Her delight turns to passion when the “dog” turns out to be a shifter who insists on introducing her to parafolk-style sex and the games shifters play with their mates.Ronald wants more than a night with the lovely Andrea, assuming she can get over her hang-ups about his fur and her fangs…and assuming the source of the nail in his paw doesn’t get in the way! less

Al isn't happy when a beautiful, upper-class werewolf female in heat struts into his bar looking for her underage sister. Barbara is trouble, proving it when a riot breaks out over the right to mate her, although he can't complain when he ends up taking her to bed instead. Barbara needs Al to keep her heat under control while she searches for her sister but there can't be anything permanent between them... moreAl isn't happy when a beautiful, upper-class werewolf female in heat struts into his bar looking for her underage sister. Barbara is trouble, proving it when a riot breaks out over the right to mate her, although he can't complain when he ends up taking her to bed instead. Barbara needs Al to keep her heat under control while she searches for her sister but there can't be anything permanent between them. She might be attracted to Al's "Bad Dog" persona but she knows he isn't the right wolf for her. Too bad he's so good at scratching that pesky itch she has at the moment-although she really wishes he'd stop calling her Babe. Lots of werewolf sex and encounters with vampires, spellcasters and other parafolk lie in their future-just another busy weekend in Hollywood After Dark. less