Sounds like my kind of vampire!! I'll look to her too, thanks.
Terry Pratchett always had amazing characters too, I still dip into his stuff now and then. I also read a bit of crime, bloodier the better, but the fantasy books can be a bit lighter when concentration is low. I thinking them as cleansing the mind before a crime\killer book. Some of Christine Feehans books oven delve into shape shifters too. God I love books!!