Happy Monday! Today’s the last day on Cynthia Garner’s Vampire’s Hunger Blog Tour and I’m happy to be hosting a stop. Cynthia is sharing her top five favorite films featuring vampires and zombies…the two supernatural creatures in her new release! Yes, Vampire’s Hunger features necromancers, zombies and my favorite…vampires. I can’t wait to read it and have a smexy excerpt for you today along with a fabulous giveaway!
Cynthia Garner’s Top 5 Favorite Vampire and Zombie Films…
2. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – A classic for any vampire fan đ
3. Horror of Dracula (1958) – The only movie on this list I haven’t seen!
4. Dracula 2000 – Gerard Butler as Dracula…YUM!
5. Zombieland (2009) – Hilarious!
Vampire’s Hunger
The Awakening Series #1
by Cynthia Garner

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, civilization no longer exists, and only the strongest survive. The few remaining humans must band together with supernatural beings to battle unspeakable evil-or all hope will be lost.
Kimber Treat is an ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift: she can raise the dead. As a necromancer who works with the police, she communicates with murder victims to bring their killers to justice. But after a normal session goes horribly wrong, Kimber realizes she’s summoned something dark and sinister. She’s unwittingly unleashed the apocalypse, and everyone blames herâŠexcept Duncan MacDonnough, the devastatingly handsome vampire she can’t stop fantasizing about.
As society shuts down and flesh-eating hordes close in, Duncan vows to protect Kimber. He can keep her safe from others-but not from the insatiable carnal hunger he feels for her. Now racing to reverse the chaos she’s unleashed, Kimber can’t afford any distractions. But even as she succumbs to Duncan’s seduction, she fears that he has a hidden agenda. And with the line between life and death starting to blur, his secrets might kill her-or worseâŠ
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Duncan sat beside Kimber and put an arm around her shoulders. He pulled her to his side, wishing his body held heat like a humanâs so he could warm her, console her. The fact that she didnât fight the little bit of comfort he tried to give told him clearly how defeated she felt at the moment. She remained stiff, not relaxing into his light hold at all. She seemed to be regaining some vitality, because color had seeped back into skin that had gone gray with the energy sheâd used to tap into the Unseen.
They sat like that for several minutes. The sound of the shower shut offâa record short time for Natalieâand then the bathroom door opened. He heard her patter to the bedroom she and Kimber shared, and that door closed.
Duncan rubbed his palm up and down Kimberâs upper arm, lending his silent support as she processed Bishopâs death. Finally she took a shuddering breath and settled against him. She turned slightly, winding one arm behind his back and the other across his waist, turning his one-armed hug into a true embrace.
âIâm sorry for hitting you,â she whispered. She rubbed her face against his shoulder. âI know it wasnât your fault.â
Duncan brought his left arm over her and clasped his hands together. He rested his cheek against the top of her head. âIt wasnât your fault, either.â
She stiffened slightly. âIf I hadnâtââ
âNo, Kimber.â He tightened his hold. âEnough. You canât keep blaming yourself for creating this mess. Even if you somehow caused it through your necromancy, you didnât do it on purpose.â He paused.
âUnless you have some secret take-over-the-world plan I donât know anything about.â
She snorted a laugh. âNo. No plans to take over the world with my zombie hordes.â
âGood to know.â He could feel the slight tremble going through her body and knew the lingering effects of shock continued to affect her. âCome on,â he said, standing and drawing her to her feet.
âWhereâre we going?â She swayed, clutching at his arms for balance.
âYouâre going to take a shower.â He swept her up into his arms and strode down the hallway. He didnât set her down until he reached the bathroom. He reached into the shower and turned on the water, adjusting it until it was warm enough, then turned back to her. She stood where heâd placed her, blinking up at him. He stroked the back of his hand down her satiny cheek. âGo on, then,â he murmured.
âGet your clothes off and hop in.â He turned to leave.
âDuncan.â Her scratchy voice stopped him.
He looked at her. Her eyes beseeched him, tugged at a heart heâd long ago been certain heâd squandered. âWhat is it, sweetheart?â
âI donât want to be alone.â
The brokenness in her voice broke the heart heâd just rediscovered. âKimber, if I get naked with youâŠâ He wanted her. But he wasnât going to take advantage of her trauma. Sheâd lost a good friend and wasnât thinking things through. If she were, the last person on the planet with whom sheâd want to be nude was him. Sheâd always been very clear about that. He shook his head. âJust take a shower. Iâll be in the living room when youâre done.â
He started to leave the bathroom again but she called him back. âI want you to get naked with me,â she whispered.
Shock made him draw a reflexive and unnecessary breath. It didnât, however, keep him from getting an erection. He slowly moved to face her again. He wasnât so noble that he could continue to turn her down. He wanted her to be very sure about what she was asking of him, what consequences would come of her request. âIf weâre both naked, Iâm going to fuck you,â he said, his voice and words raw and needy. His fangs elongated, the slight prick of them against his lip a reminder of how far gone he was already. âIt wonât be slow and gentle. Iâve waited too long. Iâm so desperate to get inside you that Iâll fuck you hard and fast. Iâll work my cock so deep youâll feel me against your womb.â
Her pupils dilated. She bit her bottom lip but met his gaze head-on. âI donât want slow. I donât want gentle. I need hard and fast and desperate.â She pulled his T-shirt over her head and dropped it to the floor. The upper swells of her breasts gleamed pale against the soft lace of her bra.
He watched with burning eyes as she flipped the button at the waist of her low-slung jeans and slid down the zipper. She wiggled them down her hips and stepped out of them. When her hands went behind her back and unhooked her bra, thrusting her breasts out, blood pulsed in his cock. And when she shrugged out of the bra and he saw her bare breasts with their pink-tipped nipples, a groan rumbled from his chest. Heâd wanted so long to see her like this, his self-control, his sense of right and wrong was being quickly overridden by the need pulsing in his cock and fangs.
He stepped forward and palmed one plump mound. Her nipple peaked against his hand. âBe sure,â he said, his gaze holding hers.
âTake a shower with me.â She
Try to survive!
I’d try to survive!
I think I’ve only seen 2 out of 5 on Garner’s list. Ooh oh, looks like I have some movie watching to go! Thanks for sharing the excerpt, and for the chance. I’ve been curious about this one.
Yeah, thanks for the excerpt! And I love Dracula, Dead and Loving It too đ
Have fun killing everything that was a zombie with my fiance by my side.