The Sweet Scent of Blood

The editors of the bestselling bring home a new collection...with a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story!

 There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed in with their reality shows, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner return with an all-new collection of the paranormal perils of Do-It-Yourself.

 Sookie Stackhouse resides in these pages, in a never-before-published story by #1 bestselling author Charlaine Harris. And bestselling authors Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham, Melissa Marr, and nine other outstanding writers have constructed more frightening and funny fixer-upper tales guaranteed to shake foundations and rattle readers' pipes.

Genny's life has never been busier: the summer solstice is approaching, magic is going haywire, Spellcrackers.com is under inexperienced new management, and London is hosting this year's Carnival Fantastique. Then a unicorn is found horribly mutilated in Regent's Park, garden fairies start dying out of season, and an eminent wildlife activist and her young son are snatched from a Conservation Conference. Searching for answers takes Genny and her friends, Tavish the kelpie and the super-sexy vampire Malik al-Khan, deep into magical London to the decadent and dangerous Forum Mirabilis, the secret, bloody heart of the Carnival Fantastique. And it's not long before Genny and her friends are under attack from a millennium-old adversary as they fight to save both the victims and themselves ...

All Genny wants is to live the quiet life and to do her job at Spellcrackers.com but there's her tangled personal life to sort out first. She's being haunted by ghosts who want her help. Her witch neighbours want her evicted. Genny's sort-of-Ex—and now her new boss—can't decide whether he wants their relationship to be business or pleasure now he knows all her darkest secrets. And then there's the queue of vampires all wanting her to paint the town red—how long will it be before they stop taking 'no' for an answer and Genny's life becomes even more complicated? But when one of her human friends is murdered by sidhe magic, Genny is determined to find the killer. Her efforts to find the real murderer lead her to some of the most dangerous and seductive fae—but her search is hindered by the vampires, who have their own political agenda. Then when all the evidence points to Genny—she's the only sidhe fae in London—and she's named the main suspect; it's not long before she's on the run—and not just from the police—but from some of London's most powerful supernaturals.

On the surface, Genny's life seems ripple-free right now. Finn, her sexy boss and — well, Genny's not sure what else she wants him to be, but he's stopped pushing for a decision on their relationship. The seductive vampire Malik al-Khan has vanished back into the shadows. And the witches have declared her no longer a threat. But unless Genny can find a way to break the fertility curse afflicting London's fae, she knows this is just the lull before the magical storm. Then a faeling — a teenage girl — is fished out of the River Thames, dead and bound with magic, and Genny is called into investigate. As she digs through the clues, her search takes a sinister and dangerous turn, exposing age-old secrets that might be better left buried. Then another faeling disappears, and Genny finds herself in a race against time to save the faeling and stop the curse from claiming its next victim — herself!

Роман Сьюзан Маклеод «Сладкий запах крови» — это блистательное сочетание фэнтезийного детектива, готического триллера и женского романа, настоящее открытие и безусловный бестселлер! Впервые на русском языке!

В Лондоне уже давно, примерно с пятнадцатого века, люди, ведьмы, вампиры и прочая пестрая британская нежить договорились сосуществовать по принципу «живи и дай жить другим». И с тех пор пытаются этот договор соблюдать.

Дженни (Женевьева) Тейлор, 24 года, зарабатывает на жизнь тем, что занимается разрушением и снятием нелегальных чар и заклятий, усмирением распоясавшихся пикси и ревнивых домовых. Устает не столько от работы, сколько от повышенного мужского внимания. Дело в том, что Дженни — фея-сида, об эротических талантах которых сложены легенды.

Однажды в Лондоне происходит громкое убийство: погибла юная Мелисса Бэнкс, невеста красавца-вампира Роберто, фотомодели и сердцееда. Дженни оказывается втянута в расследование и попутно — в целую кучу неприятностей, большая часть которых берет начало в жутковатом прошлом Женевьевы...