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Real Vampires Get Lucky (Glory St. Clair #3)
by
Gerry Bartlett (Goodreads Author)
When a female loan shark named Lucky is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save herbut eternity would have been safer without her. Vamps prefer a low profile, and that's not Lucky's style. She prefers to flaunt her sexy rock-star ex-boyfriend and great shoes. Trouble is, her flamboyant behavior is not only drawing ever...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
June 3rd 2008
by Berkley Trade
(first published June 1st 2008)
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Jan 03, 2009
Jennifer
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Katie MacAlister's Aisling Gray series
The third book in the Glory St. Clair series.
Glory and Valdez stumble upon a human who has been attacked by a vampire and left for dead in the alley behind her apartment. (I know - That alley should have a skull and cross bones on it!) Glory has to decide quickly if she should let the human die or turn her first vampire - something she never ever wanted to do. She takes one look at the womans purse laying next to her (Hermes Birken bag and gucci wallet) and decides that anyone which such impecab...more
Glory and Valdez stumble upon a human who has been attacked by a vampire and left for dead in the alley behind her apartment. (I know - That alley should have a skull and cross bones on it!) Glory has to decide quickly if she should let the human die or turn her first vampire - something she never ever wanted to do. She takes one look at the womans purse laying next to her (Hermes Birken bag and gucci wallet) and decides that anyone which such impecab...more
The third book in the Glory St. Claire series opens with Glory and her shape-shifting dog/bodyguard Valdez finding a woman, bleeding to death from a vampire bite, in the alley behind her vintage clothing emporium. Against her better judgement but unable to leave the woman to die, Glory turns her into a vampire. Little does she know that Lucky Carver is daughter of and enforcer for a powerful loan shark to the paranormal community. She's also a heap of trouble. Now Glory must deal with introducin...more
Of the three Glory books I do believe this one is my favorite. Even with the absolutely annoying Lucky (who I am sure will somehow come back to haunt Glory in later books) it was a fun sory and filled with exciting parts, most of which include Blade. I can't get enough of him! Keep hoping Glory will settle down with him, lord knows he deserve it after all these years chasing her. But the friction with Ray was great too and I am sure he will pop up again to wreck some havoc. While the major plotl...more
Feb 25, 2011
Archer
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
I recommend for anyone who likes chick lit, vampires, and mysteries
Shelves:
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When a female loan shark named Lucky is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her--but eternity would have been safer without her. Vamps prefer a low profile, and that's not Lucky's style. She prefers to flaunt her sexy rock-star ex-boyfriend and great shoes. Trouble is, her flamboyant behavior is not only drawing every vampire hunter within miles-- it's bringing her would-be killer out of hiding...more
When a female loan shark named Lucky is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her--but eternity would have been safer without her. Vamps prefer a low profile, and that's not Lucky's style. She prefers to flaunt her sexy rock-star ex-boyfriend and great shoes. Trouble is, her flamboyant behavior is not only drawing every vampire hunter within miles-- it's bringing her would-be killer out of hiding...more
When plus size 400 year old vampire Glory St. Clair and Valdez, her bodyguard dog come home to find a woman, (Lucky Carver) in the ally behind her shop with her throat ripped out and breathing her last breath, Glory realizes she will have to save Lucky herself by doing something she had never wanted to do, turning her into a vampire.
Unfortunately Lucky is not the best candidate to be made vampire, she is an enforcer for her families loan shark business, that specialize in making loans to paranor...more
Unfortunately Lucky is not the best candidate to be made vampire, she is an enforcer for her families loan shark business, that specialize in making loans to paranor...more
When a female loan shark is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her. But Lucky's flamboyant behavior is not only drawing every vampire hunter within miles-its bringing her would-be killer out of hiding, too.
What we learned;
1. This book isn't as good as the previous two.
2. Glory has finally made herself a vampire, (not really her choice. It was either that, or leave her to die) with the help of her sire Jerry. Of course, Luciana (Lucky) tur...more
What we learned;
1. This book isn't as good as the previous two.
2. Glory has finally made herself a vampire, (not really her choice. It was either that, or leave her to die) with the help of her sire Jerry. Of course, Luciana (Lucky) tur...more
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I really do love this series of books, but with the introduction of Ray (Israel Caine), I'm starting to worry. His growing feelings for Glory are ahowing all the signs of a love triangle... I. HATE. LOVE. TRIANGLES!!! She obviously loves Jerry, so why introduce someone else??? It irks me!!! I'm hesitating to read the next book coz I'm sure this is what is going to happen. But I'll be brave... or cheat and read some reviews to see if a love triangle does show up... then all bets are off about rea...more
I loved this book! This whole series is great and I can't wait to read the next one. Gerry Bartlett is suspensful, edgy, and just plain magical in her writing, you can't put this book down once you start it. I've loved this series from the beginning and it has just gotten better with time. I can't wait to read the next on and will definitely go out and buy the fifth one the day it comes out. Most vampire stories are dramatic or overdone, not this one, it is so original and unlike any other. Glor...more
As usual the story is full of holes. Large, gaping holes this time. In the first few scenes Glory is worried about what is going on at the store but she has time to have a full conversation with Lucky, take a shower, and then have a phone conversation. It would have been just as easy to say, "Excuse me a minute while I run to the store and check in." The store is mostly forgotten through the latter part of the book.
As usual the book is wrapped up in a nice little bow with nothing being resolved....more
As usual the book is wrapped up in a nice little bow with nothing being resolved....more
I picked up the third of the series after a reading hiatus from the first two of about three years. Glory is still getting into all kinds of shenanigans and surrounded by hunky vamps.
This series is fun and light hearted, and I enjoy the characters enough to want to read the next installment, although I think that the writing is a little... well not my cup of tea I guess. Just things like when Glory is trying to end a conversation to go downstairs takes ten pages. Most of the dialogue feels like...more
This series is fun and light hearted, and I enjoy the characters enough to want to read the next installment, although I think that the writing is a little... well not my cup of tea I guess. Just things like when Glory is trying to end a conversation to go downstairs takes ten pages. Most of the dialogue feels like...more
As per more recent popular she-vampire books, the main character in this book is a size twelve vamp with a talking shifter-dog for a body guard and her hunky sire that she's been on-again-off-again for four hundred years.
When the main character finds a lady dying in the alleyway behind her second hand clothing store she has to make a choice: break her personal rule against ever turning a human or changing the dying owner of a birkin hand bag owner?
Though I DEFINITELY could've lived without all t...more
When the main character finds a lady dying in the alleyway behind her second hand clothing store she has to make a choice: break her personal rule against ever turning a human or changing the dying owner of a birkin hand bag owner?
Though I DEFINITELY could've lived without all t...more
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The third installment of the Glory St. Clair series starts off with a bang. Upon returning home one evening, Glory smells delicious blood coming from the alley behind her store and apartment. She decides to investigate with her precious puppy/bodyguard Valdez and discovers a woman has been attacked and left for dead. Despite Glory’s aversion to creating new vampires, she must turn this woman, aptly named Lucky, in order to save her life. The thing is, Lucky is a real pain in the butt and she doe...more
I think this is the best book so far. It could be because I've read the first two books a previous time before and I knew some of what was going to happen. This was a first read for me, and I was happy to join Glory again in all of the trouble that she gets herself into. This time there are two new vampires that are introduced, named Lucky and Ray. And while I was disappointed in the turnout of Lucky, I'm quickly falling for Ray. And while I know that Glory is in love with Jerry, I'm hoping that...more
Once again Glory St. Clair finds herself in a mess of a situation and fumbles her way through newly made vampires, a romantic 400 year entanglement with her on again off again beau, and confronts friends about gambling addictions and money problems. This series treats the vampire genre as chick lit and doesn't get bogged down in brooding male dominance. Instead, Glory is a 400 year old vampire trying to make a living wage running her vintage shop in Austin, Texas. Easy to read fun stories with h...more
There was something about this book in the beginning that wasn't captivating. Maybe my problem was that this is book 3 in the series. It took me over 100 pages to care what happened to the characters. They all seemed flat and lifeless but I made myself stick with it and by 125 pages in I was sucked in. I finished and liked it.
I knew I should of put the book back and start with book 1 but my library didn't have it in their catalogue.I think if I had started with book 1 I would have already been...more
I knew I should of put the book back and start with book 1 but my library didn't have it in their catalogue.I think if I had started with book 1 I would have already been...more
A really fun read, but with a decent story to back it up. I like that Glory is a 400-year-old vampire, when most of the chick-lit vampire genre books feature a newcomer to the world... and she's been with Jeremy (off and on) for most of those years. LOVE the "rock star" aspect in this one. What girl doesn't dream of meeting her idol, and suddenly being part of his inner circle? "Lucky" is a hoot, too, when she's not endangering everybody's lives.
I had high hopes for this series. But, the back and forth between Glory and Blade is getting old. Every time they get together, something comes along to pull them apart. They never seem to get a break! I still love the characters, but I wish the author would spend less effort on keeping the Glory and Blade apart and more effort on developing their back stories. How did they meet? What were their lives like before they were turned?
Fun Series. Its light, but enjoyable. I really like that the main character is more like a normal girl, not a skinny, model type which seems to be the norm in these types of books. Makes it more believable. Its a fun, lighthearted read which I recommend if you just want some good entertainment and not an Epic, involved storyline.
When a female loan shark named Lucky is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save her——but eternity would have been safer without her. Vamps prefer a low profile, and that's not Lucky's style. She prefers to flaunt her sexy rock-star ex-boyfriend and great shoes. Trouble is, her flamboyant behavior is not only drawing every vampire hunter within miles— it's bringing her would-be killer out of hiding, too
This book we saw Glory Grow,she did things...more
This book we saw Glory Grow,she did things...more
This third book in Glory's adventures introduces a new vampire, named Lucky, is unleashed upon the city of Austin. During the fallout of Lucky's fun, Glory must struggle to get things back to normal. Awakening to a surprise in her bed, Glory might just have a new problem.
This is a good addition to the series, as enjoyable as the first two. I really do love Glory (and her plus size figure -- so she says...not sure this plus size figure would dress as slave-girl Leia, but....)
Apr 22, 2012
RiN a.k.a ♥ Thwisted Dhelyght ♥
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
2012-yearly-challenge,
author-gerry-bartlett,
character-alpha-male,
character-kick-ass-heroine,
character-musician,
favorite-author,
favorite-hero,
favorites-4-to-5-stars,
favorite-series,
genre-humor,
genre-paranormal,
hottie-alert,
made-me-laugh,
series-glory-st-clair,
shifter-dog,
species-shifter,
species-vampire
The more I read of this series the more I love these characters. Jermemy Blade owns my heart but after meeting Isreal 'Ray' Caine ... oh my the competion is brewing. Brewing for whom ... Gloriana of course. And from reading the preview of the next book Real Vampires Don't Diet I dare say the plot thickens when it comes to Mr. Caine. GRRROUL!!!
Glory St. Clair finds a woman dying in the alley behind her store. To save her Glory turns her into a vampire. Little does she know the can of worms she is opening. The woman, Lucky, is part of a mob family and crazy as a loon. On top of that, someone video'd her "saving" Lucky and is threatening to out Glory on YouTube. But never fear, Glory and her band of paranormal friends manage to handle all their problems while remaining stylish right down to their designer purses.
I love this series. The...more
I love this series. The...more
this one was pretty good maybe one of my faves out of the series. good mix of characters Glory wasnt too ditzy or helpless. liked that Blade had alot of facetime in this one looking forward to the next one.
LOVE!!! LOVE!!!! LOVE!!!! Glory ! If I could give it more than 5 *'s I would. This was by far my favorite of all of the series. I am so excited to start book 4 and then get my hands on book 5!
Definately a page turner. Glory is my hero! I wanna be like her when I grow up lol! LOVVVVVVVE IT !
Definately a page turner. Glory is my hero! I wanna be like her when I grow up lol! LOVVVVVVVE IT !
I love these books...really, i do. However, I hate this new chick Lucky. I hated reading about her and everything that had to do with her. I think that was the point though. Trust me when I say that these books are always entertaining and I am on to my next book. The only thing that bugs me is the price of the ebook itself. It's one of the highest I have ever purchased on an book that has been out for awhile. I may have to take a break on these until the price goes down.
Read in 2010. Loved the series, who would of thought a chunky vampire with brash fashion sense could be so much fun!
Mar 14, 2012
Delia
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I'm a little hooked on Glory's adventures. Good chick read. I'm new in the vampire genre. Don't like too gory.
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Gerry Bartlett figures that vampires are pretty much like everyone else except for the liquid diet.
Eternity or Mexican food? Tough call.
Then there’s the whole problem with sunlight. When would she treasure hunt for her own antiques business on the historic Strand in Galveston ?
Gerry’s a native Texan and lives halfway between Houston and Galveston with her own wonder dog, a Bedlington Terrier na...more
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Eternity or Mexican food? Tough call.
Then there’s the whole problem with sunlight. When would she treasure hunt for her own antiques business on the historic Strand in Galveston ?
Gerry’s a native Texan and lives halfway between Houston and Galveston with her own wonder dog, a Bedlington Terrier na...more
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