The Silver Kiss

Zoe is wary when, in the dead of night, the beautiful yet frightening Simon comes to her house. Simon seems to understand the pain of loneliness and death and Zoe's brooding thoughts of her dying mother.

Simon is one of the undead, a vampire, seeking revenge for the gruesome death of his mother three hundred years before. Does Simon dare ask Zoe to help free him from this lifeless chase and its insufferable loneliness?

"Strangely persuasive...at once a grisly and graphic tale of monstrous death and a sweet and compelling story of love."
"--Entertainment Weekly"
r "A mesmerizing first novel...with lyrical writing and a rich sensibility...a fascinating story."
"--Kirkus Reviews, " pointer
*"A well-drawn, powerful, and seductive novel."
"--School Library Journal, " starred
*"Both sensuous and suspenseful."
"--Booklist, " starred
"Move over, Anne Rice."
"--Publishers Weekly"
*.".. "Blood and Chocolate" is gripping, thrilling and original. It is delicious and smooth, lik chocolate, but only a good novel, like good chocolate, is this satisfying."
"--School Library Journal," starred