Blood Games — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Blending the dark eroticism of the vampire with suspenseful adventure in history's most exotic locales, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's award-nominated Saint-Germain epic is a unique, enduring romantic saga of a tormented hero drawn to the places where human cruelty is far more evil than a vampire's embrace.

Rome is a snake pit of vice and conspiracy where even Caesars are routinely assassinated and the only constant is the Circus Maximus, the arena where those out of Nero's favor, from gladiators to ex-senators, are torn apart by lions and crocodiles. One of the city's few successful foreign businessmen, Sanct' Germain Ragoczy has so far avoided the treacherous maze of Roman society. But his first mistake will be to fall in love with Olivia, the brutalized wife of a powerful senator. His second will be to help Rogerian, a craftsman mortally wounded by a greedy employer. Now as punishment for his interference, Ragoczy must face the Circus Maximus - as entertainment...