Rescued from certain death, Sophie Hart finds herself drawn into the underground world of Patrick, a silent vampire who also happens to be the last of his kind. In volume 1 of the Dark Season series, Sophie encounters Patrick for the first time. But while she finds herself drawn to him, she also meets a man who has been chronicling the vampires for many years, and who has a stark warning about getting too involved. Dark Season is a series of novellas, each approximately 25,000 words. Each book is a complete standalone story, knowledge of the other books is not essential. This book contains some sexual situations.

Sophie is determined to discover more about mysterious silent vampire Patrick. Discovering that he might have killed two girls more than 50 years ago, Sophie starts to explore the past, but in the process she discovers a terrible secret hidden in the body of an old woman. This is volume 2 of the Dark Season series. Each book is a novella of between 20,000 and 25,000 words, and each is a standalone story. Knowledge of the other books is not essential. This book contains violence.

Five hundred years ago, a werewolf named Hamish entered into a pact to save his own life. But he broke the terms of that pact, and now an army of wolves is on his trail. At first, Hamish believes his only chance of survival is to seek the help of his old friend, Patrick. But he then discovers that the vampire has a new companion, a human named Sophie. And that’s when Hamish hatches an insane plan that he believes will win him his freedom… even if it means Sophie will be ripped apart by a pack of wolves. The third book in the Dark Season series sees Sophie caught up in the (mis) adventures of a werewolf named Hamish. Arriving in Dedston to get Patrick’s help, Hamish quickly realises that Sophie might be the answer to his prayers. But rather than asking for her help, he decides to just take it anyway. With Patrick powerless to help, Sophie finds herself whisked away and heading for a dangerous showdown with the Wolf King. But Hamish’s plan soon goes wrong, and Sophie discovers that if she’s going to survive this latest encounter, she’s going to have to forget about Patrick rescuing her… She’s going to have to save herself!

Sophie's life is falling apart. First, she makes a frightening discovery about her health. Then she learns that her father has been murdered. And finally, she can't find Patrick, the vampire who might be the only one who can help her. Sophie has fallen victim to a Tenderling, a vicious creature that intentionally causes pain and misery so it can feed off its victim's emotions. Manifesting as the ghost of Sophie's father, the Tenderling is determined to push Sophie to the brink of madness. Patrick realises that there is only one way he can save Sophie. But first, he has to confront a figure from his past. Deep within an underground chamber, a man known only as The Lock is the only one who can help. But the price for his assistance might be too great... The Civil Dead is the fourth volume in the Dark Season series. It's a standalone story, so you don't need to have read the previous volumes.

Crazed vampire hunter Martin Keller is on the loose, determined to kill the last vampire and cut up his body for medical research. But by the time Sophie Hart learns of this dangerous plan, it might be too late: Patrick, the only vampire left on Earth, has been killed, and the hunt is on for his corpse. Teaming up with Patrick's father Vincent, Sophie has to ensure that Martin Keller never gets his hands on Patrick's body. But is there anything Sophie can do to stop Keller, whose only wish is to uncover the secret of the vampires so that he can turn himself into one of them?

The sixth part of the Dark Season series is a gothic fairytale in which Patrick the silent vampire finally takes Sophie to the ancient, abandoned vampire castle of Gothos. There, they find ghosts waiting for them, and a demonic little man named Astley who is determined to get revenge for something that happened many years ago. Meanwhile, there are mysterious lights in the garden, ghostly maids knocking at the windows, and there's a room upstairs that contains World War One. Can Sophie survive the madness of Gothos? Will she and Patrick finally become lovers, or will he kill her first? And what does an ancient prophecy reveal about the fate of the entire vampire race?

A year after she went missing, Sophie Hart turns up in a psychiatric hospital. She claims to have been spending time with a vampire, but her memory is shot to pieces and there are disturbing signs that she might have been badly injured. In the seventh book in the Dark Season series, Sophie investigates the mysterious locked room in the hospital's basement, where a man named John Tarmey awaits his inevitable doom. Is Patrick, the last vampire, on his way? And can he be trusted? This is the seventh book in the series. Although it can be read as a standalone story, new readers are advised to start with the first book, Dark Season: The Last Vampire, also available on Amazon.

The first series of Dark Season books ends with Sophie confronting Patrick about the child that they had together, while an old enemy returns and an old friend learns a horrifying secret that she can never share. From Europe 2,000 years ago to Dedston in the year 2012, Dead End brings the first series of Dark Season books to an epic conclusion, wrapping up many key plotlines while also raising new questions that will be answered when the series returns later in the year.

For the first time, the entire first series of Dark Season books is available in one volume. Total word count is over 180,000 words, approximately 700 to 800 pages of a printed book. When Sophie Hart is rescued from a mugging by a mysterious, silent vampire, she discovers that she is part of a dark prophecy. Patrick is the last vampire on Earth, having killed the rest of his species at the end of a bloody war, and he has plans for Sophie. But will she survive? This volume collects the first 8 Dark Season books, covering the entire first series. Along the way, Sophie encounters not only a vampire but also werewolves, ghosts, evil maids with sharp teeth, crazed psychiatrists and dream-sucking Tenderlings. She travels to Gothos, the ancestral home of the vampires. She discovers a secret hidden inside the body of an old woman, and later she finds another dark secret hidden inside her own body. This volume contains all 8 books in the first series Book 1: The Last Vampire Book 2: Sentinel Book 3: Army of Wolves Book 4: The Civil Dead Book 5: The Life, Death, Life, Life and Death of Martin Keller Book 6: Gothos Book 7: Testament Book 8: Dead End Also included in this collection is Lupine Howl volume I, the first volume in a new werewolf series set in the same universe as Dark Season, but with different characters. Please note: This book contains violence, swearing and sexual scenes. Also, the end of the whole book finishes on something of a cliffhanger, which will be resolved when the next Dark Season book comes out in July 2012.