Colleen Gleason | Author of The Gardella Vampire Chronicles

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	The Rest Falls Away Book One In every generation a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy of hunting vampires and this time, Victoria Gardella is chosen to carry the stake. Learn More Read an Excerpt Order from your favorite bookseller Amazon.com BN.com Powell's

	Rises The Night Book Two Victoria Gardella has been a vampire slayer for over a year, balancing her life as a peer of Society with the dangerous role that takes her out on moonlit streets. Learn More Read an Excerpt Order from your favorite bookseller Amazon.com BN.com Powell's

	The Bleeding Dusk Book Three As Rome prepares for its Carnivale, the new leader of the city's vampire hunters – Lady Victoria Gardella Grantworth de Lacy – must prove herself as never before. Learn More Read an Excerpt Order from your favorite bookseller Amazon.com BN.com Powell's

	When Twilight Burns Book Four After narrowly escaping from Rome, Victoria returns to London, where not even sunrise can stop a vampire's carnage... Learn More Read an Excerpt Order from your favorite bookseller Amazon.com BN.com Powell's

	As Shadows Fade Book Five Demons, enemies of both mortals and the undead, have found their way to earth. To defeat them, vampires and slayers must fight side by side. But Lilith wants a prize in return for her cooperation – a small price for the world, but too high a price for Victoria. Learn More Order from your favorite bookseller Amazon.com BN.com Powell's

Colleen has recently finished a novella entitled "Northanger Castle," which is a Gardella-flavored version of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey". The story will be included in an anthology of four paranormal tales based on Jane Austen novels, including one by the incomparable Mary Balogh. The collection, titled Bespelling Jane, will be released in 2010.

Also, Colleen will be releasing three books in a brand new series in 2010, unrelated to the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. To be kept up to date on news and new releases, make sure to sign up for her newsletter (below)!

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May 28, 2009

Autographed books make great gifts or keepsakes! order here!

January 19, 2009

A sneak peek of As Shadows Fade has been posted.
Also, Colleen will be signing As Shadows Fade in March, check for appearance updates!

07.15.09 – Washington, DC

Marriott Wardman Park
Multiple Author Booksigning: Colleen will join hundreds of other romance authors at a literacy signing.
5:30-7:30 p.m.
More details

03.14.09 – Ann Arbor, MI

Borders Ann Arbor
Lohr Road
Booksigning
2 p.m.

03.18.09 – Lansing, MI

Schuler Books
Eastwood Mall, Lansing
7 p.m., Booksigning and discussion

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I've always been a fan of historical romances, including Jane Austen's wonderful Pride and Prejudice, but at the same time I found myself intrigued by contemporary characters like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sydney Bristow of Alias.

Buffy and Sydney had it hard enough balancing their double lives in 20th-century America, but what would it have been like for them if they'd lived a century earlier – during a time when a woman was always chaperoned, could never go out alone at night, and whose main goal in life was to get married?

That was how I got the idea for The Gardella Vampire Chronicles. It's a series about Victoria Gardella Grantworth, who, just before she is about to debut into 19th-century London Society, learns that she comes from a long line of vampire hunters.

Not only does she have to find a place to hide her stake, but she's got to figure out how to get out at night to stalk vampires in between pouring tea and filling her dance card – not to mention handle the inquisitive Marquess of Rockley, who's asking too many questions, stave off the mysterious Sebastian Vioget and determine whether he's friend or foe – and work with the arrogant Max Pesaro, who thinks women have no business being vampire hunters.