Flirt
core novella 2010 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.76 (36,859 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780425235676 |
| Internal chronology | 18 |
Synopsis
Flirt is the eighteenth entry in the Anita Blake series, a novella set in St. Louis. Anita Blake, a federal marshal and necromancer, is already juggling relationships with Micah, Nathaniel and the vampire Jean-Claude when a newly resurrected man named Tony Bennington arrives in the city. Bennington has been raised from the dead through the power of the ancient vampire Belle Morte and uses his charm to work his way into the local supernatural power structure, quietly manipulating vampires and werewolves toward his own ends. As his influence spreads and tensions rise among the city's factions, Anita is drawn into confronting him, even as an unexpected visit from her estranged grandmother raises unsettled questions about Anita's own family history and the abilities she inherited. The novella follows Anita balancing this external threat with the ongoing complications of her personal life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 18 of 30 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Notes
- From the series record (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter): The long-running main sequence, mixing full novels and a few shorter novellas, following vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake; still active as of the latest update.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: position 18 of 30: previous Skin Trade (2009) · next Bullet (2010)
Sources
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