Vampire queen Betsy Taylor makes a deal with the devil in order to discover the secrets of the Book of the Dead . Just one catch: she and her sister must go to hell to do it. Just long enough to make nice with her mother, aka Lucifer, and take a detour through time... 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 publication of The Berkley Publishing Group. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, andincidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. Copyright © 2010 by MaryJanice Alongi. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. BERKLEY® SENSATION and the “B” design are trademarks of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Davidson, MaryJanice. p. cm. ISBN: 9781101188545 1. Taylor, Betsy (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Sinclair, Eric (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Vampires—Fiction. 4. Hell—Fiction. 5. Thanksgiving Day—Fiction. I. Title. PS3604.A949U’.6—dc22 2010011125 For Sarah and Sherrilyn and Jen and Lisa and Vicky and Marissa, who helped me bring my bad self back to my bad self, and never once asked me for anything. Acknowledgments Okay, so, at the