Pumpkin Spiced
(2024)(The first book in the Bluebloodsuckers series)
A novel by Jeanna Louise Skinner
He’s a ten, but at midnight he becomes a vampire...
Kissing ‘Prince Charming’ at a masquerade ball turns hella messy for apprentice bladesmith and failed witch, Pumpkin, when powerful fangs suddenly pierce her throat. Fleeing in terror, she leaves behind her glass dagger—plunged straight into the Prince’s heart!
Unharmed, yet unable to stop craving his would-be assassin’s blood—as well as her full-bodied curves—His Royal Highness, Valentin of Astania, vows to protect the mystery woman from his revenge-seeking mother. Meanwhile, to divert speculation from his apparently miraculous recovery, the Queen has found him a nice, normal girl to “date”: Pumpkin, unaware she’s the one they’re both searching for. Cue grumpy human meets sunshiny immortal shenanigans, secret identities, sword fighting to T-Swift songs, and lots of pretend kisses—which soon feel all-too real.
But with blood-drained corpses suddenly littering Astania’s cobblestones, Pumpkin fears Valentin might actually be Prince Harming. Can this stab-happy, plus-size Cinders put a stake on her vampire prince's heart and forge their Happily Ever After? ...Or has the clock struck for Pumpkin’s last midnight, when her sexy, thirsty, Bluebloodsucker finally loses control?
Featuring positive fat, bi, and neurodiversity rep, Pumpkin Spiced is Book One in The Bluebloodsuckers Series: steamy fairy-tale retellings about a modern-day, fictional, European royal family – who just happen to be a coven of vampires!
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Kissing ‘Prince Charming’ at a masquerade ball turns hella messy for apprentice bladesmith and failed witch, Pumpkin, when powerful fangs suddenly pierce her throat. Fleeing in terror, she leaves behind her glass dagger—plunged straight into the Prince’s heart!
Unharmed, yet unable to stop craving his would-be assassin’s blood—as well as her full-bodied curves—His Royal Highness, Valentin of Astania, vows to protect the mystery woman from his revenge-seeking mother. Meanwhile, to divert speculation from his apparently miraculous recovery, the Queen has found him a nice, normal girl to “date”: Pumpkin, unaware she’s the one they’re both searching for. Cue grumpy human meets sunshiny immortal shenanigans, secret identities, sword fighting to T-Swift songs, and lots of pretend kisses—which soon feel all-too real.
But with blood-drained corpses suddenly littering Astania’s cobblestones, Pumpkin fears Valentin might actually be Prince Harming. Can this stab-happy, plus-size Cinders put a stake on her vampire prince's heart and forge their Happily Ever After? ...Or has the clock struck for Pumpkin’s last midnight, when her sexy, thirsty, Bluebloodsucker finally loses control?
Featuring positive fat, bi, and neurodiversity rep, Pumpkin Spiced is Book One in The Bluebloodsuckers Series: steamy fairy-tale retellings about a modern-day, fictional, European royal family – who just happen to be a coven of vampires!
Genre: Paranormal Romance