Friday, November 10, 2006

Introducing the inimitable Betsy Taylor...


Meet Betsy Taylor, self-confessed shoe-aholic and accidental queen of the undead - she’s willing to save the world – provided she still has time to shop, of course. Betsy is a fabulous creation from New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson.

There are five books in the addictive Undead series which combines the wit of Buffy with the glamour of Sex and the City: Undead and Unwed, Undead and Unemployed, Undead and Unappreciated, Undead and Unreturnable, Undead and Unpopular. Click on the titles to find out more on the Piatkus website.

Undead and Unwed

‘The day I died started out bad and got worse in a hurry…’

It’s been a hell of a week for Betsy Taylor. First she loses her job. Then she’s killed in a freak accident only to wake up as a vampire. On the plus side, being undead sure beats the alternative. She now has superhuman strength and an unnatural effect on the opposite sex. But what Betsy can’t handle is her new liquid diet…

And whilst Betsy’s mother and best-friend are just relieved to find out that being dead doesn’t mean Betsy’s can’t visit, her new ‘night-time’ friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the prophesied vampire queen. The scrumptious Sinclair and his cohorts want her help in overthrowing the most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries. (A Bella Lugosi wannabe who’s seen one to many B-movies.) Frankly Betsy couldn’t care less about vamp politics. But Sinclair and his followers have a powerful weapon in their arsenal – unlimited access to Manolo Blahnik’s Spring collection. Well, just because a girl’s dead – er…undead – doesn’t mean she can’t have great shoes…

We’ve got 25 copies of the first title in the series, Undead and Unwed, up for grabs. Leave a comment telling us your favourite fictional vampire heroes and villains to be in with a chance!

…personally, I always had a bit of a thing for Spike in the Buffy series…mmm.
Spike: “I don't want to be this good-looking and athletic. We all have crosses to bear.”