Blooded and Bound

Blooded and Bound #1-2

by Nikki Clarke

This collection features the two short stories Taste and Lick.



TASTE

Li is nearly two-hundred-years-old. A vampire with no knowledge of how she came to be or who made her, she’s resigned herself to a life of careful indulgence. She likes her victims sweet, and she makes sure they taste that way. Still, she wonders if there is someone who can give her what she really companionship and relief from a future of eternal emptiness. And if there isn’t someone, maybe she’ll just make him.

LICK

With a best friend who’s a vampire, Simone isn’t a stranger to the fanged life, but that doesn’t prepare her for meeting her new boss or what happens when he mistakes her for his dinner.

137 pages, Paperback

Published January 27, 2025

About the author

Nikki Clarke is a poet and writer who’s always loved a good love story in books and on film. Her favorite on screen love declarations in no particular order are: Darius and Nina under the viaduct, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth in the field (Knightley and MacFadden version), and Dwayne and Whitley at the wedding. Nikki doesn’t mind a little weird (or raunch) mixed in with her romance and hopes to contribute to more happily ever afters of all shades and styles.