Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor returns in the ninth novel in the New York Times bestselling series. Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor is having a tough time getting through the Book of the Dead -until the Devil strikes a bargain. She offers Betsy a chance to finish the cursed (literally!) thing, and finally discover all its mysteries. There's just one catch... Betsy and her half-sister Laura have to go to Hell long enough for Laura to embrace her dark heritage (after a rebellious youth of charity work) and finally make nice with her mother, aka Lucifer. That means interacting with their family's past. In doing so, they're impacting the future in ways they never anticipated. Of course that's what Mother wanted all along. Damn her. The ninth tale in the life of Betsy Taylor, Vampire Queen, sees her chafing against domesticity while living in a mansion with her gorgeous vampire consort Eric Sinclair and their adopted son, who is Betsy’s orphaned biological half-brother. After realizing that she really doesn’t know that much about Eric or his assistant, Tina, Betsy is persuaded by her sister, Laura, the Spawn of Satan, to accompany her to Hell. Hell is a waiting room with lots of doors, and when they venture through the first door they find themselves in Salem during the witch trials and Betsy butts in. Other doors take them to other times and places where Betsy sees Eric’s past, including an incident from his childhood. Readers will be happy to know that the passion the sassy, foul-mouthed queen of the undead has for designer shoes has not diminished in this amusing episode in Davidson’s popular series. --Diana Tixier Herald MaryJanice Davidson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Undead novels featuring Betsy Taylor; Derik's Bane , and the new young adult novels featuring Jennifer Scales, written with her husband, Anthony Alongi, among other titles. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgements   Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Chapter 73 Chapter 74 Chapter 75   Epilogue Titles by MaryJanice Davidson UNDEAD AND UNWED UNDEAD AND UNEMPLOYED UNDEAD AND UNAPPRECIATED UNDEAD AND UNRETURNABLE UNDEAD AND UNPOPULAR UNDEAD AND UNEASY UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY UNDEAD AND UNWELCOME UNDEAD AND UNFINISHED   DERIK’S BANE   SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES SWIMMING WITHOUT A NET FISH OUT OF WATER   Titles by MaryJanice Davidson and Anthony Alongi   JENNIFER SCALES AND THE ANCIENT FURNACE JENNIFER SCALES AND THE MESSENGER OF LIGHT THE SILVER MOON ELM: A JENNIFER SCALES NOVEL SERAPH OF SORROW: A JENNIFER SCALES NOVEL RISE OF THE POISON MOON: A JENNIFER SCALES NOVEL Anthologies   CRAVINGS (with Laurell K. Hamilton, Rebecca York, Eileen Wilks)   BITE (with Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Angela Knight, Vickie Taylor)   KICK ASS (with Maggie Shayne, Angela Knight, Jacey Ford)   MEN AT WORK (with Janelle Denison, Nina Bangs)   DEAD AND LOVING IT   SURF’S UP (with Janelle Denison, Nina Bangs)   MYSTERIA (with P. C. Cast, Gena Showalter, Susan Grant)   OVER THE MOON (with Angela Knight, Virginia Kantra, Sunny)   DEMON’S DELIGHT (with Emma Holly, Vickie Taylor, Catherine Spangler)   DEAD OVER HEELS   MYSTERIA LANE (with P. C. Cast, Gena Showalter, Susan Grant) THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England Penguin Group Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa   Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England   This book is an original