"Let me get this straight. You have the hots for your very attractive, very successful patient but decline a ride home. Then, when you get home, you call a vampire girlfriend you dumped, and have crazy vampire sex with her. Next, the patient you want to hook up with comes to you with a story of having been bitten by a vampire who immediately dies. And, Chicago is about to be taken over by very bad vamps. Does that about sum up your life right now?"Love, lust, and power combine in this exciting vampire mystery that puts a new twist on an old legend. Jilly Langlan's suspenseful debut novel, Book 1: A Mile of Mayhem, introduces readers to Dr. Ian Bennett, newly minted vampire. Sexy, smart, and successful, Bennett is also decidedly single, focusing on his work at a major Chicago hospital and struggling to keep his vampire tendencies in check. His life is about to get far more complicated. His patient, Audrey Winslow, is attacked by a vampire - and the vampire dies. Winslow's powerful position as CEO does not prepare her for the realities of cancer or vampires - yet now both are coming to get her. Moreover, all of Chicago is in danger. Vampire Matthew Janic, backed by the Great Lakes Vampire Coven, is running for mayor and will stop at nothing to help vampires gain control of the city.Finding themselves at the center of it all, Winslow joins forces with Bennett to discover the mystery of her deadly blood, fend off the Great Lakes Coven, and defeat Janic in the polls. It's a lot to ask of a woman who celebrated her 50th birthday with a cancer diagnosis...and who's falling for her oncologist. But, following Bennett's lead, anything is possible.Catch a glimpse of Chicago's dark side in Langlan's fun and entertaining read Book 1: A Mile of Mayhem. Winslow and Bennett's journeys of self-discovery elevate this seemingly simple tale of good versus evil into a novel of courage and self-acceptance. Perfect for the beach or travel, readers will be on the edge of their seats...just in time for book two!