Biting Bad: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel

Praise for Chloe Neill’s

Chicagoland Vampires Novels

Biting Cold

“Chloe Neill keeps readers right on the precipice of anticipation.”

—
Fresh Fiction

“Chloe Neill delivers another engaging plot, but better yet,
Biting Cold
reminds us this urban fantasy series is about strong, well-developed characters. Ones we can get invested in and wish were real so we could indulge in a pizza and sing-along movie night at their place.”

—Vampire Book Club

“[Merit’s] a character I fully root for.”

—Hardcore Heroines

“I look forward to seeing what the future brings for Merit, Ethan, her friends, and Cadogan House.”

—Fiction Vixen

Hard Bitten

“Delivers enough action, plot twists, and fights to satisfy the most jaded urban fantasy reader.”

—Monsters and Critics

“A fast and exciting read.”

—Fresh Fiction

“A descriptive, imaginative, and striking world . . . rich with real-world problems as well as otherworldly creatures . . . roughly fantastic from beginning to end, with one of the best endings in urban fantasy history.”

—
Romantic Times

Twice Bitten

“The pages turn fast enough to satisfy vampire and romance fans alike.”

—
Booklist

“A REFRESHING TAKE ON URBAN FANTASY.”

—
Publishers Weekly

“Neill continues to hit the sweet spot with her blend of high-stakes drama, romantic entanglements, and a touch of humor . . . certain to whet readers’ appetites for more in this entertaining series!”

—
Romantic Times
(4½ stars)

Friday Night Bites

“Wonderfully entertaining, and impossible to set down.”

—
Darque Reviews

“First-rate fun!”

—
Romantic Times

Some Girls Bite

“Neill creates a strong-minded, sharp-witted heroine who will appeal to fans of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series and Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake.”

—
Library Journal

“With her wonderfully compelling reluctant vampire heroine and her careful world building, I was drawn into
Some Girls Bite
from page one and kept reading far into the night.”

—
USA Today
bestselling author Julie Kenner

“Smart, sexy, and delightful. A must-read.”

—
Candace Havens, author of
Dragons Prefer Blondes

“A fun cast of quirky characters and smoking-hot sexual tension . . . a stunning combination.”

—
Tate Hallaway, author of
Honeymoon of the Dead

“Packed with complex subplots, embittered family members, and politics, this is an excellent first installment to what should be an outstanding series in a crowded field.”

—Monsters and Critics

“IF YOU LOVED NANCY DREW BUT ALWAYS WISHED SHE WAS AN UNDEAD SWORD-WIELDING BADASS, MERIT IS YOUR KIND OF GIRL.”

—
Geek Monthly

“There’s a new talent in town, and . . . she’s here to stay. . . . An indomitable and funny heroine . . . truly excellent.”

—
Romantic Times

“Engaging, well executed, and populated with characters you can’t help but love. It was impossible to set down.”

—Darque Reviews

“I can just about guarantee that readers will want to read more of this series. . . . Vampire fiction fans should be well served by this vamp-centric story, too.”

—LoveVampires

“GO BUY IT NOW! It’s a great urban fantasy that reads a little like Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire series.”

—Literary Escapism

“Chloe Neill . . . has created an interesting vampire mythology and a heroine who has spunk and daring; she’s kick-ass without the hard edges.”

—Romance Novel TV

“[Neill has] created a unique vampire tale in a genre that’s flush with look-alikes.”

—Undercover Book Lover (Not Really)

“Not only action-packed, it’s hilarious. I couldn’t put it down. . . . [Merit is] extremely charming . . . a great read.”

—
Wicked Little Pixie

“I didn’t want to put it down . . . excellently written. . . . [
Some Girls Bite
] brings a fresh perspective on the vampire craze that is going around these days. The book has a little bit of Harry Potter in it, a little bit of the Southern Vampire Mysteries in it, but with a voice and perspective all its own. No offense to the
Twilight
fans out there, but the writing from Chloe Neill is IMMENSELY better than that from Stephenie Meyer. . . . I loved it entirely and am now very anxious to read more from Ms. Neill.”

—
Pink Is the New Blog

OTHER NOVELS BY CHLOE NEILL

The Chicagoland Vampires Novels

Some Girls Bite

Friday Night Bites

Twice Bitten

Hard Bitten

Drink Deep

Biting Cold

House Rules

The Dark Elite Novels

Firespell

Hexbound

Charmfall

BITING

BAD

CHLOE NEILL

NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY

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Copyright © Chloe Neill, 2013

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:

Neill, Chloe.

Biting bad: a Chicagoland vampires novel/Chloe Neill.

p. cm

ISBN 978-1-101-61420-4

1. Merit (Fictitious character: Neill)—Fiction. 2. Vampires—Fiction. 3. Chicago (Ill.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3614.E4432B55 2013

813'.6—dc23 2013015057

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