<p><strong>London's Lord Vampire Has Problems</strong></p> <p>Dr. John Polidori's tale "The Vampyre" burst upon the Regency scene along with Mary Shelley's <em>Frankenstein</em> after that notorious weekend spent writing ghost stories with Lord Byron. </p> <p>A vampire crazy broke out instantly in the <em>haut ton</em>.</p> <p>Now Ian Ashton, the Lord Vampire of London, has to attend tedious balls, linger in front of mirrors, and eat lots of garlic in an attempt to quell the gossip. </p> <p>If that weren't annoying enough, his neighbor, Angelica Winthrop has literary aspirations of her own and is sneaking into his house at night just to see what she can find. </p> <p>Hungry, tired, and fed up, Ian is in no mood to humor his beautiful intruder...</p>