A new vampire with a hunger to please…Gloriana St. Clair would do anything to stay with her lover Jeremiah Campbell. She proved it by turning vampire so they could be together forever. But this new life is hard. Days, she is dead and nights she must learn to hunt, well, prey. Like the pretty maid selling sticky buns on the corner. Torture! Glory misses food, hot chocolate and sunlight. The worst? Jeremiah is dragging her to meet his parents in Scotland. His father is Laird of his clan. If only there were a ring on Glory’s finger. What will his mother say when Jeremiah brings his mistress home for a jolly Christmas surprise? Glory is stalked by an ancient vampire during the perilous journey in this prequel set in 1604. There’s even more danger awaiting her at Castle Campbell deep in the Scottish Highlands. Will Jeremiah’s love be enough to keep this from becoming a far from merry Christmas? For a full list of the Real Vampires series or to sign up for Gerry’s newsletter go to http://www.gerrybartlett.com. Gloriana St. Clair has turned vampire so she can stay with her lover forever. Now she has to face the reality of what that means. In this second prequel in my long-running Real Vampires series, I had fun imagining how an ordinary woman would feel about giving up chocolate and sunlight. What fun! Of course she's madly in love with her handsome Scot. When he wants her to go home with him for Christmas, she's worried. How will she fit in with a family that lives in a CASTLE. Longtime readers of the series know his mother won't be happy. I hope you enjoy this bumpy road for Glory as she spends her first Christmas with Jeremiah Campbell. I started this series in 2007 with Real Vampires Have Curves. I wrote 14 contemporary Real Vampires books before I decided to tell the story of how Gloriana St. Clair met her long-time lover, Jeremiah Campbell in 1604. That book was Real Vampires: How Glory Met Jerry. This is the second prequel. I've always enjoyed reading historicals and the research for this time period was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy this combination of Christmas story and Glory's adjustment to vampire life! Gerry Bartlett is a native Texan who lives outside of Houston. This former teacher loves to read and enjoys anything with a romance in it. Her love for historicals made the chance to write prequels to the Real Vampires series an easy decision. One thing you can always count on in a Gerry Bartlett book is that there will be a little suspense, a lot of romance and a happily ever after!