Blood Rites — Elaine Bergstrom

Like any great artist, Helen Wells craved immortality. Now, through the unholy kiss of Stephen Austra, her vampire lover, she can taste eternity. But her passion demands a cruel price--her utter surrender to the darkest animal urges...the aching need to hunt...to kill...to drink....At first, Helen resists the savage nature of this strange new life. Until a hired killer begins to stalk her family.

Some men deserve to die. And some hungers demand to be fed.