Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris

"No matter where I went, I could feel Eric's presence;

to make that even more unsettling,

I found his nearness was somehow comforting,

as if it made me more secure."

Blood bonds - what are you gonna do? I just finished Dead in the Family and am eagerly looking forward to the next one. Ms. Harris has an uncanny way of blending many different supernatural beings (or "supes" as she calls them) into this series effortlessly. Vampires. Fairies. Werewolves. Weretigers. Wereanything. Shifters. Witches. It never feels jumbled - it never feels forced. She has taken an everyday gal and dropped her in the middle of endless deadly situations. Her only weapons are telepathy and apparently she's irresistible to certain, key vampires. What makes these novels so great is that even though they are about all these creatues, you can relate to the main character. She has flaws - she's confused about what guy to date - she has bouts of low self-esteem. The best part though is that Charlaine Harris really knows how to describe a sexy Viking. We're 10 novels in and yet the most recent is still as fresh as the first.