Summary: Who says a vamp can't have it all?

Darcy Newhart thought it was a stroke of genius – the first–ever reality TV show where mortals vie with vampires for the title of The Sexiest Man on Earth. As the show's director, Darcy's career would be on track again. And she can finally have a life apart from the vampire harem. Okay, so she's still technically dead, but two out of three's not bad. Now she just has to make sure that a mortal doesn't win. If only she wasn't so distracted by a super–sexy and live contestant named Austin....but Darcy doesn't know the worst of it. Austin Erickson is actually a vampire slayer! And he's got his eye on the show's leggy blond director. Only problem is, he's never wanted any woman – living or dead – as badly. But if he wins her heart, will he lose his soul? And if it means an eternity of hot, passionate loving with Darcy, does that really matter anyway?

This is the second book in the Love at Stake series. I read the first one on an all night work shift...it was good, this one was way better. I love the depth Sparks brings to her characters, how you can actually see them caught between disaster and happiness and longing and pain. Its amazing. I love Darcy and Austin, they are adorable together, now I am ready to see Connor get his girl. I am a bit annoyed that Darcy couldn't see past her anger to not blame Connor so much, he just wanted to try and help and she is always, well, not very nice to him. I do have to say the ending is a bit predictable, not the end end, but the climax, it is pretty predictable, not complaining though, it is still a very good story. There is a sufficient amount of steam in this book...I'd say somewhere between the first book in this series and the third Anita Blake. I enjoyed this book and will continue to enjoy it as well one my favorites I think.

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Opening Sentence : '..."Eight twenty PM, male caucasian, five-foot-ten, 180 pounds, mid-twenties, leaving a white honda civic," Austin Erickson murmured intohis mini-recorder...'

Vamps and the City is the second in the Love at Stake series and the third one I have read. I have to confess I didn't love this as much as the other two, How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire and Be Still my Vampire Heart.

Darcy Newhart has a fair idea her TV career is over - she is believed by the world to be dead - and she sort of kinda is. She has been a vampire for the last four years - and the other harem members are driving her nuts - she wants out.

She gets an opportunity to work at DVN, the Digital Vampire Network, when she proposes the idea for a show called "The Sexiest Man on Earth," in which a vampire harem (the one that is driving her nuts) picks their new master. What the vampires at DVN don't know is that to give the show a twist, Darcy includes a few mortal men among the candidates. One of those mortals is Austin Erickson, a CIA agent whose mission is to kill vampires. Austin falls instantly in love with Darcy thinking she is human and in need of rescue.

I honestly thought that Austin could do better than the whiny Darcy - I just couldn't warm to her as a character at all. It was still an OK read - just not the best. ( )

Funny and sexy, though very light… ( )

Like so many others here, I adored HTMAMV....Roman and his company were awesome. Loved Shanna and the guards (especially Conner!) and I grabbed up the 2nd and 3rd books of the series so fast your head would spin. And there is much here in "Vamps In The City" to enjoy. The focus this time is Darcy, a four year turned vampire, who is starting a realtiy show on the Digital Vampire Network. She signs Austin up to be on the show, knowing he is mortal, but not knowing that he is a spy for a group called Stake Out. Stake Out's aim is to kill all vampires. What is good? The entire reality show plotline. Roman's ex-harem are needing a new master and the winner of the reality show will get a million dollars AND this harem. These girls are pretty funny and very entertaining. I liked seeing what they would do within the series and outside of it. The glimpses at some character's from the first book were entertaining too. Darcy's story of her turning was interesting and some talked about (but not so much in first hand) vampire killing was introduced as well. What was not so good? The whole romance between Darcy and Austin was weak. The supporting characters were more entertaining than either of our two leads. Darcy was ok, but she lost a lot of points with me (and apparently some other reviewers) because she was so miserable being a vampire. Here life really wasn't bad enough to support her feelings on this. The pluses sure seemed to outweigh the negatives. Austin was even worse. Austin immediately got off on the wrong foot, by snapping up tons of pictures of Darcy's legs, butt, and chest before he even knew who she was. It was weird, and not in a good way. He is so grossed out by her being a vampire, he did everything but lose his lunch over it. In a romance story you expect there to be sex scenes, but this seemed to be the only thing between Austin and Darcy. I never felt anything stronger develop. If I had to make bets, I would see this fairy tale romance fizzling right out once the relationship gets past the honeymoon stage. Still worth the read and I still can't wait to read more from this series. Hopefully this was just a bump in the road. ( )

Second in a series of vampire romances. Darcy is directing a reality series for vampire TV, and falls in love with one of the mortals on the show. Nicely done.l I haven't read the first one, and plan to go back and read it. ( )