Undead/Betsy the Vampire Series 1-8 + Short Stories by MaryJanice Davidson

1. Undead and Unwed (.LIT & .PDF)

On her thirtieth birthday, Betsy gets laid off and hit by a car. Hay Birthday! "he
a#a$ens three days later in a coffin, dressed in a tac$y in$ s%it and chea shoes.
&onf%sed, she tries reeatedly to $ill (or re'$ill) herself, b%t to no a(ail. "he finally gi(es
% and decides to )%st try to ic$ % #here she left off. *fter oing in on her father, her
ste+onster, her +o+ and her best friend ,essica )%st to say -Hey, I.+ not dead!- she gets
a hone call fro+ so+eone #ho $no#s she.s a (a+ire! Desite ,essica.s rotests, Betsy
goes alone to +eet this g%y.
. Undead and Unemp!oyed (.LIT & .PDF)
/%een 0li1abeth I, a$a Betsy Taylor, is ad)%sting to life after death as a (a+ire, b%t she
still needs a )ob. To satisfy her l%st for se2y shoes, she lands one in 3acy.s, b%t one night
she is attac$ed by 1it're+edy'scented slayers #ho are targeting fe+ale (a+ires. 4hile
trying to find o%t #ho is behind the lot, she befriends an adolescent gang called the
Blade 4arriors and the $indly riest #ho leads the+. Betsy.s %n#anted consort, se2y
0ric "inclair, $ing of the (a+ires, doesn.t $no# ho# to deal #ith a (a+ire 5%een #ho
snee1es at holy #ater and #ears a cross aro%nd her nec$, and a char+ing s%blot
in(ol(ing a +ysterio%s fi(e'year'old girl in saddle shoes adds oignancy to this #ic$edly
cle(er and a+%sing ro+. Da(idson.s #itty dialog%e, fast acing, s+art lotting, la%gh'
o%t'lo%d h%+or, and se2y relationshis +a$e this a )oy to read. *nd Betsy.s second
ad(ent%re, follo#ing her deb%t in 6ndead and 6n#ed, #ill ha(e readers begging for
+ore.
". Undead and Unappreciated (.LIT & .PDF)
4hat.s a (a+ire 5%een to do7 Betsy Taylor has a lot on her late'oerating a nightcl%b
for (a+ires and searching for essential fashion ite+s cons%+e her and allo# little ti+e
for sociali1ing. 4hen she learns that she has a long'lost half sister, alleged to ha(e been
fathered by "atan, she re+e+bers a rohecy redicting she and this erson #ill r%le the
#orld together. Her satanic sibling t%rns o%t to be a s#eet, %na#are college girl #ith a
clergy+an father. Betsy tells the story, #hich oses a roble+ for narrator 4%, #ho
describes e(ents and filters other characters. dialog thro%gh her o#n flat, ter+inally hi,
and #orld'#eary deli(ery. This +onotono%s tone +a$es it diffic%lt for the %ninitiated to
follo# #itho%t serio%s concentration. Da(idson.s 6ndead series has gained a loyal gro%
of fans #ho #ill be eager for all the dish fro+ the 5%een herself. T%rns o%t sibs #ill be
sibs, dead or %ndead. They.(e )%st been aro%nd a little longer, can only go o%t at night,
b%t ne(ertheless +anage to ha(e hot (a+ire se2.
#. Undead and Unret$rnab!e (.LIT & .PDF)
In Da(idson.s latest 6ndead ro+, Betsy Taylor, /%een of the 8a+ires, is b%sy
lanning her #edding, babysitting for her ne# little brother, and feeding the feral
(a+ire #ho crochets in the base+ent of the +ansion #here she #rites a -Dear Betsy-
col%+n for a ne# (a+ire ne#sletter. H%n$y 9ic$, a co fro+ her ast, is heading % the
tas$ force to find the Dri(e#ay :iller, #ho targets #o+en #ho loo$ li$e Betsy. Betsy.s
best friend, ,essica, starts going o%t #ith 9ic$, and Betsy, #ho can get into eno%gh
tro%ble on her o#n, +ay #ind % in o(er her head #ith the hel of her cra1y sister, the
ghost of a Dri(e#ay :iller (icti+, and a c%te college boy.
%. Undead and Unpop$!ar (.LIT & .PDF)
4ith both her first anni(ersary as a (a+ire and her thirty'first birthday raidly
aroaching, 8a+ire /%een Betsy Taylor still does not ha(e e(erything lined % for her
i+ending #edding. Her best friend is being testy; her al, a (eterinarian (a+, #ants
er+ission to bite her +ortal lo(er; and a delegation of 0%roean (a+ires sho#s % to
ay resect to the (a+ire royal co%le and see$ o%t any e2loitable #ea$nesses. Betsy
beca+e the 5%een beca%se a lot of the es$y (a+ire r%les )%st don.t aly to her. "he
doesn.t e(en need to s%c$ blood on a daily basis, so in the +idst of all this t%r+oil, she
decides to go on a blood'free diet, #hich lea(es her in a eret%al state of annoyance as
she eagerly anticiates the s%rrise arty she has said is forbidden. B%bbly f%n for fans of
the series.
&. Undead and Uneasy (.LIT & .PDF)
4eddings are ne(er easy. B%t #hen yo%.re 8a+ire /%een Betsy Taylor, they can
beco+e do#nright deadly...
In the days leading % to The Big Day, 8a+ire /%een Betsy Taylor see+s to ha(e a f%ll
ho%se and the #edding g%ests ha(e yet to arri(e. *long #ith her h%+an b%ddies, there.s a
ghost, a #ere#olf, and a Fiend crashing at her lace. *nd tho%gh her fiance, 8a+ire
:ing 0ric "inclair, con(eniently disaears #hen the con(ersation t%rns to seating charts
and flo#er arrange+ents, he does +anage to +a$e his oh'so'se2y resence $no#n at
other +o+ents.
&old feet are no s%rrise, esecially #ith an %ndead groo+. B%t #hen "inclair tr%ly goes
+issing'and not )%st to a(oid #edding rearations'along #ith +ost of her friends and
lo(ed ones, Betsy is frantic. *lone and afraid for the fate of e(eryone she lo(es, Betsy
can.t tr%st anyone as she tries to find the+ and #hoe(er is behind all the disaearances.
*nd #hat haens ne2t #ill sha$e the fo%ndation of the (a+ire #orld fore(er.
'. Undead and Unworthy (.LIT & .PDF)
9o one does h%+oro%s ro+antic fantasy better than the inco+arable 3ary,anice
Da(idson< (The Best =e(ie#s), and nobody reigns o(er the %ndead #ith +ore sa((y than
her heroine Betsy Taylor, bac$ to r%le the nights as 8a+ire /%een>>and s%r(i(e the
days as a ne# s%b%rban bride. B%t it?s not all +arital bliss. Betsy?s h%sband, "inclair, has
been er%sing The Boo$ of the Dead, Betsy?s being ho%nded by a ghost #ho?s e(en +ore
ins%fferable in death than in life, and a ac$ of for+erly feral (a+ires has decided to
ay an %n#elco+e (isit@
8. Undead and Unwe!come (.LIT & .PDF)
Betsy Taylor has roble+s that only a (a+ire 5%eenAs%b%rban #ife co%ld ossibly
%nderstand. "%ch as ta$ing the body of her #ere#olf friend *ntoniaB#ho died in her
ser(iceBto &ae &od, #here she.s not s%re if the 4yndha+ #ere#ol(es #ill #elco+e
her #ith fangs or friendshi. 3ean#hile, her osse bac$ in "t. Pa%l is sending frantic e'
+ails alerting Betsy to her half'sister.s increasingly erratic beha(ior. Loo$s li$e the
de(il.s da%ghter is co+ing into her o#nBand raising hell.