Dead Until Dark -- Charlaine Harris

<b>Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series--the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO(R) original series <i>True Blood</i>.</b> <p/> Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business--except when it comes to her "disability." Sookie can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He's tall, dark, handsome--and Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting for all her life... <p/> But Bill has a disability of his own: he's a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps--along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill--Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Charlaine Harris<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ace Books<br><b>Published:</b> 05/01/2001<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.31lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.68h x 4.30w x 0.83d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780441008537<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><b>Award:</b> Dilys Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Agatha Awards - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Anthony Awards - Winner<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Charlaine Harris</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery ser