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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #14

Danse Macabre

Name: Danse Macabre
Rating: 3.84 (48551 reviews)
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton January 1, 2006

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These days, Anita Blake is less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women down the ages: she may be pregnant. And, if she is, whether the father is a vampire, a werewolf, or someone else entirely, he knows perfectly well that being a Federal Marshal known for raising the dead and being a vampire executioner, is no way to bring up a baby.

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