This attack later proves to be the first in a series of attacks on vampires and vampire businesses.

A vampire has been set on fire at the vampire owned and themed restaurant, 'Burnt Offerings.' The woman who did so claims that the vampire tried to bite her against her will, and alleges self-defense.

The Thronos Rokke pack of werewolves needs clear succession and protection, particularly while Richard is out of town studying for his master's degree.

The local wereleopard pard needs leadership and protection after Anita killed its 'alpha,' Gabriel in the previous novel, The Killing Dance.

Fire Captain Pete McKinnon wants Anita's help with a series of arson incidents that he believes to be the work of a pyrokinetic.

In this case, Anita is quickly confronted with several problems that ultimately prove to be interrelated: (The fictional restaurant is itself named after the real-world 1976 haunted house movie, Burnt Offerings.)Īs in the previous novels, Burnt Offerings requires Anita to balance her romantic life with her roles as supernatural police consultant, vampire executioner, zombie animator, human servant and lover to the vampire Master of the City and lupa to the local werewolf pack. In this case, 'Burnt Offerings' is a vampire-themed theme restaurant where some of the events of the novel take place. As with the other later novels in the series, Burnt Offerings blends elements of supernatural, police procedural, and erotic fiction.Īs with previous novels, 'Burnt Offerings' refers to a location within the novel itself.

Hamilton.īurnt Offerings continues the adventures of Anita Blake, as she attempts to solve a series of arsons and other crimes, and deal with a threat to her lover, the vampire Jean-Claude, as he fends off a political challenge from the Vampire Council. Burnt Offerings is the seventh in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of horror/mystery/erotica novels by Laurell K.

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