Bite My Fire

Bite My Fire by Mary Hughes is a vampire-themed paranormal romance.  It is part of the Biting Love series and is book 1, but unlike many series, this one doesn't have the same main characters in every book.  The setting of Meier's Corners in the same and minor characters appear in each book, but the romantic couple is different in each.  This is the kind of series I can really sink my teeth into, pun intended.
This book features the characters of Elena O'Rourke, cop turning detective, and Bo Strongwell, master sexy vampire extraordinaire.  The book has a murder mystery thrown in to boot.  While the beginning feels weak and somewhat contrived, the story that develops kept me interested in the book.  There is some corniness (which I think appears in many romance novels), but there is also a lot of humor.  The main characters are fun and playful and the chapter breaks still kept me turning pages to find out what would happen next.  Also of note are some changes in vampire lore that Hughes employs to keep her narrative feeling fresh and inventive.  One is that vampire saliva heals, so they are able to close their bite marks.  The other is that vampires can smell a life mate and tasting them lets the vampire know where that person is at all times.  In this book there are good vampires and rogue vampires.  The good ones do not feed on the innocent public but have donors in their households.  I enjoyed the additions to the lore as much as the story itself.  Five stars and recommended to anyone who enjoys paranormal romance.  "Warning: Jammed with hot explicit sex, graphic fanged violence, and acid cop humor.  May contain donuts" (taken from back cover).  254 pp.