Ry Herman

'Laugh-out-loud, feel-good read' *****'Absorbing, modern romcom' *****'Charming' *****Tender and unforgettable, Love Bites is a laugh-out-loud, queer romance with a surprising paranormal twist.Two years after a painful divorce, Chlo is still struggling to leave the house, paralysed by anxiety and memory. So when she's bullied into a night of dancing by her busybody aunt and finds herself in a goth club, on her own, in a strange part of town, she isn't looking for anything more than to pass the time until she can leave.Then she meets Angela, a smart, beautiful astronomy Ph.D. student whose smile makes her heart pound. In Angela's eyes, Chlo can see a future. Suddenly, home alone is the last place Chlo wants to be.Trouble is, Angela can only come out at night. Angela doesn't feel the cold. Angela doesn't eat. Angela doesn't have a pulse. Angela has sharp and deadly teeth.Angela and Chlo might just be perfect for each other. But how do you build a life together when one of you is already dead?

Is love stronger than death? It's hard to hold down a functioning relationship at the best of times - but it's harder still when one half of the couple is on the wrong side of dead, and the other's just discovered they possess powers that are definitely not of natural origin. To be together at all, Angela and Chlo have had to overcome almost impossible odds, but their final obstacle might be insurmountable. In the last ten months, they've searched high and low for a cure to Angela's biting problem, and if they don't find one soon, the chances grow higher and higher that Chlo might die. Is there a solution, or is the divide between the living and the dead too wide for them to cross?