Love Sucks! (18 page)

Born and bred in Arkansas,
Melissa Francis
is a small-town southern girl with big-city dreams. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock allowed her to graduate with an English degree, but many of her friends wonder how when she uses words like
y'all, dunno, gonna,
and
fixin' to
. Her first novel was
BITE ME
!

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LOVE SUCKS!
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Francis, Melissa McKenzie.

Love sucks! / Melissa Francis.—1st ed.

p.   cm.

Summary: Eighteen-year-old vampire AJ's life and relationships become even more complicated when she is suddenly targeted by demons who threaten to destroy her family if she does not use her powers to help them find magical runes coveted by their master.

ISBN 978-0-06-143099-2

[1. Vampires—Fiction. 2. Stepfamilies—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. Demonology—Fiction. 5. High schools—Fiction. 6. Schools—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.F84685Lo   2010        2009054133

[Fic]—dc22        CIP

AC

FIRST EDITION

ePub Edition © June 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200570-0

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