Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. Originally published: 2010

Sookie Stackhouse works in a bar in small-town Bon Temps, deep in Louisiana. She's funny, pretty, very well-mannered - and she can read people's minds. That last point has proven a handicap in the dating game, but then along comes Bill - a vampire!

Life has taken Sookie from waitress, to part owner; from social outcast to popularity; from a vampire's girlfriend to the wife of one of the most powerful vampires in the state. She has survived explosions, revolutions and attempts on her life. But the question is, in the end, who will love, who will live and who will be dead ever after?