Victor Kane isn’t an ordinary funeral director. He’s a vampire, and not an ordinary one, either. He doesn’t drink fresh blood, but rather the lifeless blood from corpses that come into his family-run business. Despite the benefits of dead blood, there’s one side effect he hasn’t come to terms with -- dead blood caused erectile dysfunction.<br><br>Cliff a handsome young man who loses his husband unexpectedly in the heat of passion and calls After Care Funeral Home to help with the arrangements. When Victor and Cliff meet, though, it’s anything but business.<br><br>Cliff wants to feel again, and sex is his answer. Victor knows from experience that sex with a vampire is a powerful aphrodisiac and tries to keep Cliff at bay. Can Victor confess his identity to Cliff without ruining his chance for love?

Death Benefits

As I stood among the mourners, I began to see, or feel the light. I heard everyone’s heart beating. I felt everyone’s pulses drumming through the rooms. I took a deep breath of the floral-scented air, and all I could smell was their blood. I had progressed past the point of decency. I needed an outlet. A single beating heart. I needed not to go on a ravenous rampage. I could see the headlines now. Hundreds die in funeral home massacre. Director Kane sole survivor.


I opened the door to the office and poked my head inside to speak to my assistant. He looked up at me from the computer screen. “Hans, I have some personal business to attend to. Would you mind stepping out and taking care of the Thurmans?”


“Of course, Victor.” He slid the chair back, stood, and followed me out.


Chapter 12