For years, Charlaine Harris has delighted fans with her mystery seriesfeaturing small-town waitress-turned- paranormal sleuth Sookie Stackhouse.Now, Ace is pleased to republish her second novel in the series inhardcover. In this book, Sookie is pursued by a very sexyvampire—and a very deadly monster. With HBO and Alan Ball, creatorof Six Feet Under, launching an all-new series, True Blood, based on theSouthern Vampire novels, the demand for Charlaine Harris and SookieStackhouse is going to be bigger than ever.