Read more
About the author
Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO's True Blood, NBC's Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.
Summary
A Sookie Stackhouse short story collection from #1New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris.
Together in one edition, five stories from Harris's supernatural Louisiana town of Bon Temps, featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. In "Fairy Dust," Sookie must use her talents to help fairies in danger. In "One Word Answer," Sookie comes face to face with some unpleasant family secrets. Sookie gets an unexpected-though not unpleasant-present while celebrating the Prince of Darkness's birthday in "Dracula Night." Sookie's witchy friend Amelia helps Sookie on a case in "Lucky." And in "Giftwrap," Sookie fights to overcome holiday blues until she has a surprising chance encounter.
Additional text
Praise for #1 New York Timesbestselling authorCharlaine Harris'sSookie Stackhouse novels
"It's the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking you're only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven."-Alan Ball, executive producer of True Blood
"Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life."-Entertainment Weekly
"Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu, where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live...Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine."-The Denver Post
"Blending action, romance, and comedy, Harris has created a fully functioning world so very close to our own, except, of course, for the vamps and other supernatural creatures."-The Toronto Star
