Dead Until Dark
<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 original series <i>True Blood</i>.</b><br><br> 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 €œdisability.€ 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...<br><br> 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.