L. A. Banks
L. A. Banks is the pseudonym of Leslie Esdaile Banks, a prolific African-American writer. L. A. Banks is the name she uses when she writes horror fiction.
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 Bite the Bullet  |
Bite the Bullet (The Crimson Moon Series #2)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Shadows  |
The Shadows (The Vampire Huntress Legend #11)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 Bad Blood  |
Bad Blood (The Crimson Moon Series #1)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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Sasha Trudeau knows all about working beneath the shadows, back-alley deals, and things that go bump in the night. She also knows that the world is unaware of the existence of the paranormal — and that the government would like to keep it that way. As a highly trained Special Ops soldier, Sasha and her team are an elite group of individuals who are survivors of werewolf attacks, now trained to be loyal to only to each other and their government. But when she returns from a solo mission, she finds that her team has mysteriously gone missing. Shocking government conspiracies, double-dealing vampires, and a host of stunning revelations about who — and what — she really is are only just the beginning . . . |
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 The Darkness  |
The Darkness (The Vampire Huntress Legend #10)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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After the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith’s spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power. Rewarded for her creation, Lilith is given the daylight bite and power to make Councilmen day-walkers. Having Fallon Nuit and Sebastian able to withstand sunlight is a huge problem, especially when they are adding new master vampires at recordbreaking levels. Meanwhile the dark realms are healing and adding to what had previously been wiped out — feeding off the dark energy of the newly created anti-christ who is only waiting to emerge. |
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 The Cursed  |
The Cursed (The Vampire Huntress Legend #9)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Cursed  |
The Cursed (The Vampire Huntress Legend #9)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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The Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan’s consort, sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman. She raises all the dark covens, calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding. Her goal is to distract the Guardian team members while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth. All Lilith needs now is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers. That will allow her evil progeny to walk through the veil between worlds and take his throne as the true Antichrist. Damali and her crew race to stop Lilith. However, raising not only the dark covens but also all vampires that have not been slain by Damali puts the world out of balance and kicks off the Armageddon. |
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 The Wicked  |
The Wicked (The Vampire Huntress Legend #8)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Wicked  |
The Wicked (The Vampire Huntress Legend #8)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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Damali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after. There are bigger problems on the horizon. Eve’s son, Cain, has escaped his banishment in order to assume his fathers throne and is now the new Chairman of the Vampire Council. He is amassing a new army, which includes resurrecting one of the Neterus’ old foes the deadly Fallon Nuit. But Carlos isn’t about to let that happen. The coming battle will be the battle to kick off Armageddon. |
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 The Forsaken  |
The Forsaken (The Vampire Huntress Legend #7)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Forsaken  |
The Forsaken (The Vampire Huntress Legend #7)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead. Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Vampire Huntress Damali Richards and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy has been developed — one that is powerful enough to destroy them both while the fate of the world hangs in the balance . . . Now there is only one entity who can best Damali, send Carlos packing, and put the Guardian team at mortal risk. This powerful being was once banished into a forsaken land and possesses everything that would bring a Neteru to his or her knees. Now it’s not only Damali’s soul that she risks losing — but her heart . . . |
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 The Damned  |
The Damned (The Vampire Huntress Legend #6)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Damned  |
The Damned (The Vampire Huntress Legend #6)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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The only way to heaven is through the gates of hell . . . Damali Richards knows all about a blood rush. The kind that happened when she first went skin-to-skin with former vampire Carlos Rivera. Or the kind that happened on the streets of Philadelphia, when her crew took on the devil’s own. Now, Damali, Carlos, and the Guardian team are recovering in the Arizona desert, trying to hold it all together and find out how much love, and how much war, they still need to make . . . until the demon consort Lilith changes everything. The Damned The Damned are seeping out from below, and a new contagion is spreading simply by touch. For Damali and Carlos, time is running out. With Armageddon near, the ultimate truths lie strewn from a shaken underworld to the pristine mountains of Tibet, where the two lovers will approach a pinnacle of power — and the scintillating, shocking secret of salvation. . . . |
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 The Forsaken  |
The Forbidden (The Vampire Huntress Legend #5)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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The Forsaken  |
The Forbidden (The Vampire Huntress Legend #5)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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After the destruction of all the topside master vampires and the death and resurrection of her council-level vampire lover, Damali is called before the Council of the Neterus to answer for her actions. It is there that she discovers there are consequences even she could not foresee. She also learns that the consort of the Un-Named One, Lilith, has come up from the seventh level to set the affairs of the Dark Realms in order. However, Lilith has a hidden agenda of her own and it involves the unborn child Damali thought had been taken from her. The news devastates Damali until a cold and deadly determination leads her to map out a plan for Lilith’s destruction. An evil force beyond recognition, Damali’s newest nemesis literally brings men to their knees. But Damali will not be stopped — not even by someone as dangerously powerful as Lilith. It is a battle that spills over into the streets and involves the people Damali has sworn to protect, leaving fewer standing before it’s all over. |
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 The Bitten  |
The Bitten (The Vampire Huntress Legend #4)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Bitten  |
The Bitten (The Vampire Huntress Legend #4)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead. Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Vampire Huntress Damali Richards and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy has been developed — one that is powerful enough to destroy them both while the fate of the world hangs in the balance . . . Now there is only one entity who can best Damali, send Carlos packing, and put the Guardian team at mortal risk. This powerful being was once banished into a forsaken land and possesses everything that would bring a Neteru to his or her knees. Now it’s not only Damali’s soul that she risks losing — but her heart . . . |
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 The Hunted  |
The Hunted (The Vampire Huntress Legend #3)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Hunted  |
The Hunted (The Vampire Huntress Legend #3)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead. Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Vampire Huntress Damali Richards and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy has been developed — one that is powerful enough to destroy them both while the fate of the world hangs in the balance . . . Now there is only one entity who can best Damali, send Carlos packing, and put the Guardian team at mortal risk. This powerful being was once banished into a forsaken land and possesses everything that would bring a Neteru to his or her knees. Now it’s not only Damali’s soul that she risks losing — but her heart . . . |
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 The Forsaken  |
The Awakening (The Vampire Huntress Legend #2)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 The Forsaken  |
The Awakening (The Vampire Huntress Legend #2)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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A battle is brewing in the underworld, and at the center of it all is Damali Richards, spoken word artist and vampire huntress. But she is not just any huntress; she is the millennium Neteru, a woman so powerful that the vampire world is about to start a war — one that threatens to spread onto her streets — in order to possess her . . . Fallon Nuit, a rogue vampire who is one of the most powerful Damali has ever encountered, has allied himself with the deadly Amanthra demons in order to claim her. But the Vampire Council has plans for her as well. And now an unlikely variable has entered the equation: an ex-lover turned master vampire with an agenda of his own. Damali must risk trusting him once more if they are to survive. |
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 Minion  |
Minion (The Vampire Huntress Legend #1)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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 Minion  |
Minion (The Vampire Huntress Legend #1)Author: Banks, L. A. |
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There is one woman who is all that stands between us and the eternal night. Here is an account of her legend. . . . All Damali Richards ever wanted to do was create music and bring it to the people. Now she is a Spoken Word artist and the top act for Warriors of Light Records. But come nightfall, she hunts vampires and demons — predators that people tend to dismiss as myth or fantasy. But Damali and her Guardian team cannot afford such delusions, especially now, when a group of rogue vampires have been killing the artists of Warriors of Light and their rival, Blood Music. Strange attacks have also erupted within the club drug — trafficking network and drawn the attention of the police. These killings are a bit out of the ordinary, even for vampires. No neat puncture marks in the neck to show where the life’s blood has been sucked from the body. These bodies have been mutilated beyond recognition, indicating a blood lust and thirst for destruction that surpasses any Damali has encountered before. Damali soon discovers that behind these brutal murders is the most powerful vampire she has ever met, and this seductive beast is coming for her next. But his unholy intentions have also drawn the focus of other hellish dark forces. Soon Damali finds herself being pulled deeper into the vast and horrifying vampire world. |
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Anthologies with L. A. Banks
 Creepin’  |
Creepin’Editor: Jackson, Monica |
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A Woman Scorned Is A Force To Be Reckoned With . . . Welcome to a world of werewolves, vampires, demons and mere mortals, where, in the name of revenge, five women are about to live out their wildest fantasies — even if it means crossing over to that other side . . . Five of today’s most provocative authors invite you into a realm beyond the limits of your sensual imagination, where anything can happen — and does. In these stories of bloodlust and vengeance, of scorching desire and otherworldly fantasies come true, you’ll encounter five women who thought they had it all, until a betrayal takes them on a feverish journey to the dark edge of vengeance. Fueled by lust and deception, these women are going to let their voracious appetites guide them as they take justice into their own hands . . . Table of Contents:
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 Vegas Bites  |
Vegas Bites: A Werewolf Romance Anthology (Vegas Bites Anthology Series #1)Author: Banks, L. A.; Jeffries, J. M.; Glass, Seressia and Dunbar, Natalie |
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What howls in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Welcome to the French Quarter, Sin City’s premier casino, where the high rollers are vampires, the sexy showgirls are werewolves, and the lounge magician is a djinn. Beneath the sexy, sassy, smoldering action, danger lurks and Lady Love reigns supreme. Below the glittering, glitzy Las Vegas front lies a struggle for life, death, and dominance of the most powerful werewolf pack in North America. Explore this high roller fantasy world of feuding werewolf packs, high-stakes thieves, a sexy djinn, and a mystical medallion. But baby it’s only Vegas. Table of Contents:
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 Love at First Bite  |
Love at First BiteAuthor: Kenyon, Sherrilyn; Banks, L. A.; Squires, Susan; Thompson, Ronda |
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Primal Kisses. Erotic Secrets. Eternal Passion. Sink your teeth into these sexy supernatural stories from some of today’s hottest authors. Until Death Do Us Part — Over five hundred years ago, Esperetta’s soul was bound to her husband’s by dark magic, and when Velkan became a Dark-Hunter, to her horror, she became immortal as well. Now, they must come together to fight an old enemy . . . and the passion that threatens to consume them once more. Ride the Night Wind — Dark dreams haunt Jose Ciponte, dreams of a woman so beautiful he aches for her — and a deadly enemy who stalks them in the night. And now those dreams have become a reality . . . The Gift — All Major Davis Ware wants to do is propose to the beautiful Emma Fairchild. Instead, he is called back into battle, and a desperate fate. And Emma will venture into hell itself to save him. The Forgotten One — Lady Anne Baldwin longs to break free from her proper bonds. When she meets the mysterious Merrick, whose eyes glow like a wolf’s, she may have found more than she bargained for. Table of Contents:
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 Stroke of Midnight  |
Stroke of MidnightAuthor: Banks, L. A. |
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In an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night — feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake . . . Four of romance’s most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology — unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and were-wolves. At the heart of these deeply sensual tales are everyday people facing extraordinary events — men and women thrown together by fate and an irresistible desire. In this world, your eyes can betray you as myth becomes reality, curses are vanquished, and love is the only weapon that can stand in the face of evil. In this world, there is a moment when passion and forbidden desire collide at the . . . Stroke of Midnight. Winter Born — Two enemy Were-Panthers discover that fate has destined they become lovers. Pandora must learn to trust Dante’s foreign nature. But as she slowly succumbs to the truest passion she has ever known, dark forces have already set out to reclaim her . . . Born of the Night — When Lady Shanara Montiori is taken hostage, she learns that the rumors about her captor are true. Lord Reyes is afflicted with the dark curse of the werewolf. Still, Shanara can’t fight the attraction they both feel. Will their love break the curse — or feed its powerful hold? Make It Last Forever — An innocent mistake forces the beautiful Tara onto a mission to save herself from the dark fate that awaits her. Salvation comes in the form of a seductive biker with a heart of gold. But will surrendering to their ripe attraction unleash a danger even she cannot control? Red Moon Rising — Novelist Maya Alexander’s peace is shattered when she is stalked by a Navaho skinwalker who has taken on the guise of a wolf. Her only hope is the mysterious Clay Philips. In his arms, she seeks protection — but as the red moon rises, no one is safe from the danger that lurks nearby . . . Table of Contents:
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Summary:
Title List:
1. Minion
2. The Awakening
3. The Hunted
4. The Bitten
5. The Forbidden
6. The Damned
7. The Forsaken
8. The Wicked
9. The Cursed
10. The Darkness
11. Bad Blood
12. The Shadows
13. Bite the Bullet
Title List: Anthologies
1. Stroke of Midnight
2. Love at First Bite
3. Vegas Bites
4. Creepin’
Title List: The Vampire Huntress Legend
1. Minion
2. The Awakening
3. The Hunted
4. The Bitten
5. The Forbidden
6. The Damned
7. The Forsaken
8. The Wicked
9. The Cursed
10. The Darkness
11. The Shadows
Title List: The Crimson Moon Series
1. Bad Blood
2. Bite the Bullet
Weblinks List:
Leslie Esdaile Banks, Author
The Vampire Huntress Legend Series Website
The Crimson Moon Series Website
Series Page for:
The Vampire Huntress Legend
Series Page for:
The Crimson Moon Series
