Undead in the City by Linda Hilburn

Amazon Summary-

Musician Tempest Moon knew the world was a rough place. Raised in the inner city of Detroit, the only way she knew to succeed was to be smarter – and tougher – than the next guy. Being a sexy, talented singer/lead guitar player with her own band was her way of being in charge of her destiny. Whether anyone else liked it, or not.

Tempest’s band was gigging in yet another downtown dive. The club was almost empty due to the arrival of the worst blizzard the city had seen in a century. With one more set to play before she and the band could escape the smoky lounge, a mystery man walked in. Even dripping wet from the relentless onslaught, Tempest could tell the man was unusual. If only because he was the most gorgeous male specimen she’d ever seen. But he was a little pale.

Malveaux had ducked into the bar to avoid having to kill anymore of the worthless minions set upon him by the local vampire territory boss. Under most circumstances, he’d have enjoyed tracking the idiots, and tearing their hearts out. He’d learned long ago to take pleasure in his work. But Malveaux wasn’t dealing with usual circumstances. A sexual obsession, passed to him by his sire and suddenly overwhelming, had changed all the rules of the game. He knew if he didn’t find an “offspring” – a female to serve his needs – he’d go mad.

When he laid eyes on the charismatic musician on stage, he knew he’d found his “child.” She wouldn’t need to know he was an assassin. But she’d find out his deeper secret soon enough when he sank his fangs into the pulsing vein in her neck.

Together they’d take on the human underworld and the undead. 

Review (spoilers!)- 


Malveaux is a 200 year old vampire who was hired by the human mobsters to kill Quade, a vampire trying to get the Detroit territory.  Malveaux unfortunately gets a bit distracted by his sex addiction and focused instead on an aspiring singer named Tempest Moon.  Well, fortunately for Malveaux, Tempest is a also quite the nymphomaniac so they hit it off very well.  Quade then tries to hurt Malveaux by hurting Tempest but of course Tempest and Malveaux triumphs at the end.

I picked up this book because I liked the Vampire Shrink which was also written by Linda Hilburn.  The two books couldn't be any different.  True, both are dealing with vampires but that's where the similarity ends. I largely can't stand the vulgar language in which Undead in the City was written and the lack of any plot.  The words cock and pussy appear probably every 20 words and all Malveaux and Tempest did was have sex.    Tempest spent most of the book naked and Malveaux with a erection. Maybe this book was written for Playboy, or maybe not because it would be probably be too pornographic and vulgar for Playboy.

Rating:  **

Undead in the city paranormal romance Malveaux Tempest Moon Linda Hilburn vampire romance

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