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Praise for four authors who turn up the heat

Lora Leigh

Insanely scorching and truly outstanding.

Romance Junkies

Guaranteed to heat up the cold winter nights.

Fresh Fiction

Ange&a Knight

If you like... pages that sizzle in your hand, youre going to love Angela Knight.

New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward

The future belongs to Knight!Emma Holly

Anya Bast

A grand escape into a paranormal world brimming with sensual delight. Wild on Books

Basts writing is... exquisite in its richness, and sinfully hot.Ilona Andrews

Allyson James

Will keep you enthralled until the very last word!

USA Today bestselling author Cheyenne McCray

Deliciously erotic. Romance Reviews Today

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imaginations or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

HOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS

A Jove Book / published by arrangement with Lora Leigh Inc. and the authors

PRINTING HISTORY

Jove mass-market edition / October 2009

Collection copyright 2009 by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

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eISBN : 978-1-101-14039-0

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Vampires Ball

Angela Knight

ONE

C hristmas had come to Walsh Drive. Every house on the block was draped in swags of icicle lights that shone through the dancing swirl of snow. Firs, cedars, and pines stood framed in frosted windows, trimmed in glittering ornaments and twinkling lights. A plastic Santa waved from a neighbors yard, his recorded Ho ho ho! booming through the night, his painted face glowing.

God, she hated Christmas.

Kat Danilo pulled into her dark driveway, aching in every muscle. Shed taught three classes at the club todaytwo Healthy Groovin and one Kickbox to Fitnessand she was in desperate need of a long, hot soak and a cup of chamomile tea.

After she made sure her mother was okay. Mary Danilo never did well this close to Christmas.

One more week. All they had to do was get through one more week, and theyd be okay. Thered be dark days, yes, but at least there wouldnt be Santas and Christmas trees everywhere you looked, triggering memories better left buried.

Kats stomach balled into its accustomed knot when she got out of her little red Ford Focus. Snow crunched loudly underfoot as she approached the front door. Her hand shook in the act of unlocking the dead bolt, making the keys jingle. Mom? She swallowed and licked dry lips, tried for a sunny tone. Mom, Im home.

In here, baby. Her mothers voice sounded bright, excited.

Kat slumped in relief. It was going to be a good night. She blew out a breath and entered the foyer.

The stranger rose as Kat walked into the living room. Shining blond hair curled around the womans shoulders, contrasting with a deep cobalt cable-knit sweater that accented the sapphire blue of her eyes. Dark jeans made the most of her impressive height and long legs. An athletic woman, Kat judged, fit and comfortable in her own skin.

Mary stood too, a head shorter than the blonde, a certain jittery excitement in her tired eyes. Kat, this is Grace du Lac. Shes your stepmother.

Kat froze. I... dont understand.

Mary gave her a smile that was a trifle too bright, a bit too wide. Shes your fathers wife.

Kat rocked back on her heels and eyed Grace warily. The family dynamics here were potentially touchy, to say the least. As far as Kat knew, her father had been a drunken one-night stand shortly after Marys truly ugly divorce. Either the condom had broken, or too many rum and Cokes had blunted her mothers sense of self-preservation. Either way, Kat had come along nine months later.

Lance met Mary long before our marriage, Grace explained. There was not even a flicker of jealousy on her elegant features. She looked no older than Kat herself; apparently John Lance had a taste for cradle robbing.

Oh. Kat slid her hands into her jacket pockets, struggling to figure out why the woman was here. Has something happened to... my father? It felt strange to say the words. My father was a phrase shed rarely spoken.

Oh, no. Hes just on a mission. I was deputized to explain things.

Mission? What things, exactly? Kat took a step closer, studying Grace with a suspicion she didnt bother to hide. Im sorry, but I dont understand any of this. My mother tried to contact John after she realized she was pregnant, but hed vanished off the face of the earth. We never heard a single word from him all the time I was growing up. Now you pop up twenty-six years later. Why now? What do you want?

Sometimes I could kick my husbands ass. Grace shook her head in disgust. The knights have always had a cavalier attitude toward their children.

Knights? I thought his last name was Lance.

Actually, its Lancelot du Lac, Knight of the Round Table.

Kat laughed, amused by the sarcastic image. The chuckle died as she gazed into Graces utterly serious eyes. Good God, the woman meant it. Is she some kind of nut?

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