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Authors: Kristen Painter

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“Kristen Painter’s
Blood Rights
is dark and rich with layer after delicious layer. This spellbinding series will have you begging for more!”

—GENA SHOWALTER,
New York Times
bestselling author

 

“The romance is tense and fresh… I highly recommend this if you enjoy fantasy and want an original take on vampires.”


USA Today’s
Happy Ever After

 

“Exciting and interesting!”


RT Book Reviews
on
Bad Blood

 

Glossary

 

Anathema:
a noble vampire who has been cast out of noble society for some reason

Aurelian:
the comarré historian

Caedo:
an elite group of vampire assassins, most usually from the Paole family

Castus Sanguis:
the fallen angels from which the othernatural races descended

Comarré/comar:
a human hybrid species especially bred to serve the blood needs of the noble vampire race

Dominus:
the ruling head of a noble vampire family

Elder:
the second in command to a Dominus

Fae:
a race of othernatural beings descended from fallen angels and nature

Fringe vampires:
a race of lesser vampires descended from the cursed Judas Iscariot

Kine:
a vampire term for humans (archaic)

Libertas:
the ritual in which the comarré can fight for their independence. Ends in death of comarré or patron.

Navitas:
the ritual in which a vampire can be resired by another, to change family lines or turn fringe noble

Nequam:
a substance smoked by the fae

Noble vampires:
a powerful race of vampires descended from fallen angels

Nothos:
hellhounds

Patronus/patron:
a noble vampire who purchases a comarré’s blood rights

Remnant:
a hybrid of different species of fae and/or varcolai

Sacre:
the ceremonial sword of the comarré

Signum:
the inlaid gold tattoos or marks put into comarré skin to purify their blood

Vampling:
a newly turned or young vampire

Varcolai:
a race of shifters descended from fallen angels and animals

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Contents

 

Welcome

Dedication

Epigraph

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Chapter Fifty

Acknowledgments

Extras

Meet the Author
A Preview of
Full Blooded

By Kristen Painter

Praise for House of Comarré

Glossary

Newsletters

Copyright

Copyright

 

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2012 by Kristen Painter

Excerpt from
Full Blooded
copyright © 2012 by Amanda Carlson

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Table of Contents

Welcome

Dedication

Epigraph

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

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