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Vampyres of Hollywood #2
Love Bites
Ovsanna Moore is the star of 17 blockbuster horror films, a few not quite so successful, and 3 that went straight to video. She’s also a 450-year-old vampire, whose clan includes Orson Welles and Theda Bara and most of Hollywood’s A-list actors…but not too many people know that.
Peter King is the poster boy for hunky Beverly Hills police detectives. When he detects Ovsanna’s pearly whites are often times bloodied fangs, instead of borrowing his mother’s garlic and holy water, he asks Ovsanna for a date. And a romantic Christmas Eve turns into a holiday of horror. Right through New Year’s.
First the paparazzi, then the werewolves, then the agents, and the rougarou at the Sportsmen’s Lodge--everyone wants a piece of Ovsanna. Literally. And it doesn’t help that Ovsanna’s personal assistant and sometimes lover is using black magick to get rid of Peter.
Ovsanna calls on her clan, the Vampyres of Hollywood, to help her and Peter fight for their lives against a menagerie of supernatural beasts that give John Carpenter’s The Thing a run for its money. Love does more than just bite in this witty, vampire-thriller romance.
Barbeau's “Scream Queen” credentials make her the only author who could combine such a fast-paced, edgy plot with tongue-in-cheek references to the inner workings and vanity of Hollywood. A whirlwind of action, Love Bites is a hilarious and clever take on vampyres--as well as on Hollywood--that readers will never forget.
Peter King is the poster boy for hunky Beverly Hills police detectives. When he detects Ovsanna’s pearly whites are often times bloodied fangs, instead of borrowing his mother’s garlic and holy water, he asks Ovsanna for a date. And a romantic Christmas Eve turns into a holiday of horror. Right through New Year’s.
First the paparazzi, then the werewolves, then the agents, and the rougarou at the Sportsmen’s Lodge--everyone wants a piece of Ovsanna. Literally. And it doesn’t help that Ovsanna’s personal assistant and sometimes lover is using black magick to get rid of Peter.
Ovsanna calls on her clan, the Vampyres of Hollywood, to help her and Peter fight for their lives against a menagerie of supernatural beasts that give John Carpenter’s The Thing a run for its money. Love does more than just bite in this witty, vampire-thriller romance.
Barbeau's “Scream Queen” credentials make her the only author who could combine such a fast-paced, edgy plot with tongue-in-cheek references to the inner workings and vanity of Hollywood. A whirlwind of action, Love Bites is a hilarious and clever take on vampyres--as well as on Hollywood--that readers will never forget.
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First published August 24, 2010
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About the author
Adrienne Barbeau
35 books72 followersAll my life I’ve been a performer – an actress, a singer, a dancer, even a talk show host – but never in the wildest dreams of my first 50 years did I ever imagine I would write something that other people would read. I still can’t quite get over it.
Adrienne began her career entertaining our servicemen throughout Southeast Asia. She made her Broadway debut as Tevye’s daughter, Hodel, in Fiddler on the Roof. A Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award for her creation of Rizzo in Grease led to the role of Bea Arthur’s daughter, Carol, in the hit series Maude.
Since then she has become a best selling author, a recording artist, and the star of numerous features, films for television, concert performances, musicals and plays.
Her films include The Fog, Escape From New York, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, Back to School, and Cannonball Run, the award winning “zombie film” Alice Jacobs is Dead and Oscar's Best Film winner, Argo.
With a Golden Globe nomination and over 450 screen performances to her credit, she starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO’s series, Carnivale. Her recent appearances include Son’s of Anarchy, Dexter, and Revenge.
Off camera, Adrienne is the voice of Catwoman in Batman, The Animated Series, and she can be heard in a myriad of video games: God of War and Halo 4 among them.
Adrienne is the author of three books: the best-selling memoir There Are Worse Things I Could Do; Vampyres of Hollywood; and the most recent Love Bites.
In March of 1997, Adrienne gave birth to identical twin boys, William and Walker Van Zandt, m age 51, “the only woman on the maternity ward who was a member of AARP”. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels to Japan whenever she can to visit her older son, Cody Carpenter.
Adrienne began her career entertaining our servicemen throughout Southeast Asia. She made her Broadway debut as Tevye’s daughter, Hodel, in Fiddler on the Roof. A Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award for her creation of Rizzo in Grease led to the role of Bea Arthur’s daughter, Carol, in the hit series Maude.
Since then she has become a best selling author, a recording artist, and the star of numerous features, films for television, concert performances, musicals and plays.
Her films include The Fog, Escape From New York, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, Back to School, and Cannonball Run, the award winning “zombie film” Alice Jacobs is Dead and Oscar's Best Film winner, Argo.
With a Golden Globe nomination and over 450 screen performances to her credit, she starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO’s series, Carnivale. Her recent appearances include Son’s of Anarchy, Dexter, and Revenge.
Off camera, Adrienne is the voice of Catwoman in Batman, The Animated Series, and she can be heard in a myriad of video games: God of War and Halo 4 among them.
Adrienne is the author of three books: the best-selling memoir There Are Worse Things I Could Do; Vampyres of Hollywood; and the most recent Love Bites.
In March of 1997, Adrienne gave birth to identical twin boys, William and Walker Van Zandt, m age 51, “the only woman on the maternity ward who was a member of AARP”. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels to Japan whenever she can to visit her older son, Cody Carpenter.
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January 24, 2023
Adrienne Barbeau demonstrated that she is more than an actress when she wrote Love Bites. She writes witty and funny dialogue, but it was too much humor for what I expected and wanted. The story is firmly tongue in cheek, not meant to be taken seriously. It is not my type of book. It is OK, but really goes overboard on the schlock. I was hoping for more horror and if there is SOME humor, that is OK, but it was too much for my horror sensibilities. It was schlocky type horror which again is not a bad thing, just not my type of thing. If you like 'Old Hollywood Mystique' it might be perfect for you. The writing is strong which is also more than I expected. I love Ms. Barbeau as an actress, but her wit, although cutting is more humor than not, more apropos and akin to her burlesque training and experience. Not bad, just silly and ribald.
October 2, 2010
Love Bites is the second installment in Adrienne Barbeau's Vampyres of Hollywood series, and let me just tell you, this series gets better and better with every new book. Barbeau is a fantastic and imaginative writer, breathing new life into my favorite of all genres - paranormal novels. The crime/detective side of the story reminds me of the spirit of the original Anita Blake novels by Laurell K. Hamilton, and the realistic characters are a bit like the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, but Love Bites is truly original and thoroughly entertaining.
You never know how a sequel is going to work out in a series, but this one is a real winner. Love Bites is every bit as clever as its predecessor, and manages to add a new level of suspense to the series. The mystery aspect in Love Bites will keep you turning pages well into the night, while the appearances of famous actors and references to vampire lore and well-known movies is delightful. These books are so much fun - I recommend them highly for anyone looking for a unique spin of the traditional vampire stories.
You never know how a sequel is going to work out in a series, but this one is a real winner. Love Bites is every bit as clever as its predecessor, and manages to add a new level of suspense to the series. The mystery aspect in Love Bites will keep you turning pages well into the night, while the appearances of famous actors and references to vampire lore and well-known movies is delightful. These books are so much fun - I recommend them highly for anyone looking for a unique spin of the traditional vampire stories.
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August 4, 2020A very good vampire story about the love between a human and a vampire
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April 25, 2011
Very Impressed with this Author. She has style!!!!I would recommend this to friend...
August 17, 2020
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
Love bites is a beautiful story with yearning, and sad ending about two souls locked up in their respective flats due to pandemic situation. Both the characters Meera and Kevin are charming, and the way author portrayed their beautiful glimpses of communications, through their balconies, is very fresh and cozy.
This story is visually very impactful, where you can actually feel the beautiful, and raw element of effervescent scenes.
A beautiful, breezy and light read.
#𝗾𝗼𝘁𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ?
#lovebites #lovebitesmovement
Love bites is a beautiful story with yearning, and sad ending about two souls locked up in their respective flats due to pandemic situation. Both the characters Meera and Kevin are charming, and the way author portrayed their beautiful glimpses of communications, through their balconies, is very fresh and cozy.
This story is visually very impactful, where you can actually feel the beautiful, and raw element of effervescent scenes.
A beautiful, breezy and light read.
#𝗾𝗼𝘁𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ?
#lovebites #lovebitesmovement
February 20, 2019
I’m really glad this one was free. Maybe it was my fault for starting off with book 2 but I really couldn’t get into it. They made enough references to what happened in book one that I didn’t feel the need to go back and read it. I felt like I was lied to a bit with the description of this one being a mystery with a back and forth similar to Sookie and Eric. It had more of a dumbed down Basic Instinct that struggled to seem hip. I felt like more time was spent name dropping Hollywood actors than developing an interesting story. And honestly, it bugged me that with all that attention to celebrities and theatrical references, the author couldn’t bother with the correct spelling of Colombia. (A knitpicky complaint sure but come on). The characters/supernatural elements were all over the place and the police work was sloppy at best. I finished it but I definitely sped read that last couple chapters, skipping over monotonous details while still staying abreast of the action.
January 20, 2019
The Vampyres of Hollywood are lead by Ovsanna Moore- and she’s got a lot going on right now. Not only is there a serial killer on the loose, but someone has a personal vendetta against her. Can the handsome police detective keep her safe or will he just get in her way?
Fun story, but not having read the first book of the series, I felt a little behind. There was a lot of old school actors being name dropped which was slightly boring to me. Also, too many overly described bloody battles with limbs and organs being ripped out and eaten... for my taste.
Fun story, but not having read the first book of the series, I felt a little behind. There was a lot of old school actors being name dropped which was slightly boring to me. Also, too many overly described bloody battles with limbs and organs being ripped out and eaten... for my taste.
December 14, 2019
I found this book actually pretty entertaining. Ossvanna Moore is the “leader,” for lack of a better explanation (read the book) of an old vampyre clan in Hollywood made up of powerful A list actors who come from various vampyre lines around the world. There’s werewolves, wereneasts, and all kinds of magick. Not to mention she finds herself attracted to a very attractive human detective. It’s clear she doesn’t take herself seriously in this book, which makes it even better, but she does mix in quite a lot of lore.
September 8, 2019
Ovsanna Moore, horror movie scream queen, is a vampire, and so are many other well-known names from Hollywood. When she starts dating Peter, an LA police officer who helped her destroy some evil non-humans (including one I'd never heard of--a rougarou), there are those that disapprove, and others that are determined to get revenge. A fun take on the paranormal urban fantasy genre.
April 24, 2022
Chociaż pierwsza ksiązka mi sie podobała na tyle aby kupić ta, autorka dalej próbowała pisać pozycje i kobiety i męszczyzny ale jej się to nie udało. Niestety w połowie stwierdziłam ze ta książka nie jest dla mnie własnie z tego powodu. Była nudna i ztraciła esensje tego co mi się podobało w pierwszej.
January 3, 2019
Enjoyable
This was an entertaining read, however it was a bit far-fetched even for a vampire novel. The old movie stars were just a little over-the-top for me. The primary characters were amusing and entertaining but other than that not so much
This was an entertaining read, however it was a bit far-fetched even for a vampire novel. The old movie stars were just a little over-the-top for me. The primary characters were amusing and entertaining but other than that not so much
March 22, 2019
Very enjoyable sexy vampire and hunky LA detective mystery story. Lots of action and sexual tension. It was so enjoyable I got "There are worse things I could do"; "Love Bites"; and "Make me Dead" by Adrienne Barbeau.
April 7, 2019
Love Bites
I'm enjoying the storyline of these books. They maybe a standalones, but you really should read the books in order. I do have some problems some of the things Ovsanna and Peter seem to get away with. But, I guess, this is fiction.
I'm enjoying the storyline of these books. They maybe a standalones, but you really should read the books in order. I do have some problems some of the things Ovsanna and Peter seem to get away with. But, I guess, this is fiction.
September 6, 2019
Who knew "Maud's" daughter could write?
Inventive characters making up the Vampyres of Hollywood are entertaining if improbable. I could hardly keep up with the variety of supernaturals that inhabit modern Hollywood. A fun read.
Inventive characters making up the Vampyres of Hollywood are entertaining if improbable. I could hardly keep up with the variety of supernaturals that inhabit modern Hollywood. A fun read.
June 15, 2018
I usually love quirky books but this one was just outside my zone. More silly and eye rolly than fun.
August 10, 2018
This was better than expected. I am not a big fun of vampires books but this was entertaining. I was to go back and read the first one in the series.
October 31, 2018
Loved it!!
March 30, 2019
Different. Most certainly different. I've not read this kin of book before, nor a I likely to again. That's not to say I didn't enjoy this strange yarn, I did. Weird.
July 22, 2019
I'm not a fan of vampires, but these ones are awesome. So entertaining and funny.
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April 23, 2020
It has been a long time since I have really liked a character from the first page.
Very interesting Characters.
I can not get enough of this series.
Very interesting Characters.
I can not get enough of this series.
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June 12, 2020Haven’t read this yet
April 18, 2021
Second Volume in the Vampires of Hollywood trilogy. A fun way to spend an afternoon.
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February 26, 2023Purchase Amazon June 22, 2015
August 1, 2023
I read the Galenta book
March 18, 2025
Refreshing
The characters built upon their strengths from the first book and made the story line progress to a high pinnacle.
The characters built upon their strengths from the first book and made the story line progress to a high pinnacle.
September 11, 2017
This is the second book in the Vampyres of Hollywood series by Adrienne Barbeau. I enjoyed it even more than her first book. Ovsanna, a Vampyre actress and producer in Hollywood, and Peter King, a detective with the Beverly Hills police, are well-rounded characters. The story kept me involved and wanting more.
November 14, 2015
I was very excited to read Love Bites, the second book in the Vampyres of Hollywood series by Adrienne Barbeau. I wasn't sure what happened to Michael Scott, as he co-wrote the first first book in this series, but I think I missed him. Michael Scott has written a ton of Fantasy and Horror books for both Adults and Young Readers, and I think that his missing talent was something that slightly hurt this book.
I found the continuing sexual tension be Peter King and Ovsanna Moore to be something I really wanted to read about. I really liked both of these well-though out characters and couldn't wait for them to get together. As the story progressed, I was frustrated that outside events always seemed to keep them apart. As I was reading the book, I seriously wondered whether I was going to have to wait for the third book in this series for these two exciting and interesting characters to get together. Luckily, that was not the case.
With the first book in this series, there was a lot of tension in the story because of the horrific murders, and that kept me heavily involved. Whereas, with the second book, the story focuses more on the relationship between Peter and Ovsanna, while the werewolf story takes a back seat. I think I was a little disappointed in this. To me, this book started to feel more like a romance book rather than a detective, paranormal book. I guess I was expecting a book more like Vampyres of Hollywood with a lot of action and massive murders with Peter and Ovsanna working together to solve.
Another thing I was disappointed in was the abrupt conclusion of the big battle at the end of the book. Here I was thinking, "Ahh, Ovsanna is finally going to attack the bad guy. I cannot wait to read this!" And then it was over. The fight was one paragraph long. That is not to say there there wasn't a lot of battling going on around her with other creatures and some of the Vampyres of Hollywood, but I expected the final battle to be a little more climactic than it was. I know that the movie Van Helsing wasn't a very successful movie monetarily, but at least the final battle between the vampire and the werewolf was pretty frickin' awesome. I wanted that kind of explosive conclusion to the final battle in this book, but it just wasn't there.
Still, even thought his book wasn't exactly what I had hoped, I had a wonderful fun time reading it. It was great witnessing the relationship between Peter and Ovsanna grow and change as the book progressed. The story involving Maral and DeWayne was fascinating and ended the way I hoped . . . but I'm sure it isn't over yet. As for the werewolf part of the story, that seemed to reside on the back burner to the relationship part of the book came to a full boil.
Overall, Love Bites is a great story and a nice addition to the Vampyres of Hollywood series. I am looking forward to seeing what will happen in the third book in this terrific series. I'm sure that it will be bloody delicious.
I rated this book an 8 out of 10.
I found the continuing sexual tension be Peter King and Ovsanna Moore to be something I really wanted to read about. I really liked both of these well-though out characters and couldn't wait for them to get together. As the story progressed, I was frustrated that outside events always seemed to keep them apart. As I was reading the book, I seriously wondered whether I was going to have to wait for the third book in this series for these two exciting and interesting characters to get together. Luckily, that was not the case.
With the first book in this series, there was a lot of tension in the story because of the horrific murders, and that kept me heavily involved. Whereas, with the second book, the story focuses more on the relationship between Peter and Ovsanna, while the werewolf story takes a back seat. I think I was a little disappointed in this. To me, this book started to feel more like a romance book rather than a detective, paranormal book. I guess I was expecting a book more like Vampyres of Hollywood with a lot of action and massive murders with Peter and Ovsanna working together to solve.
Another thing I was disappointed in was the abrupt conclusion of the big battle at the end of the book. Here I was thinking, "Ahh, Ovsanna is finally going to attack the bad guy. I cannot wait to read this!" And then it was over. The fight was one paragraph long. That is not to say there there wasn't a lot of battling going on around her with other creatures and some of the Vampyres of Hollywood, but I expected the final battle to be a little more climactic than it was. I know that the movie Van Helsing wasn't a very successful movie monetarily, but at least the final battle between the vampire and the werewolf was pretty frickin' awesome. I wanted that kind of explosive conclusion to the final battle in this book, but it just wasn't there.
Still, even thought his book wasn't exactly what I had hoped, I had a wonderful fun time reading it. It was great witnessing the relationship between Peter and Ovsanna grow and change as the book progressed. The story involving Maral and DeWayne was fascinating and ended the way I hoped . . . but I'm sure it isn't over yet. As for the werewolf part of the story, that seemed to reside on the back burner to the relationship part of the book came to a full boil.
Overall, Love Bites is a great story and a nice addition to the Vampyres of Hollywood series. I am looking forward to seeing what will happen in the third book in this terrific series. I'm sure that it will be bloody delicious.
I rated this book an 8 out of 10.
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