Goodreads First Reads: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Commedia della Morte

This month, queen of vampire fiction Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is publishing the 25th book in her beloved Count Saint-Germain series. To celebrate, Tor Books is giving away 25 copies of Commedia della Morte on Goodreads!*

About Commedia della Morte: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s modern classic, Hotel Transylvania, introduced the Count Saint-Germain and his beloved, Madelaine de Montalia. The Count is one of the most critically acclaimed vampire characters ever created, with dedicated fans who have followed his adventures through more than twenty novels, dozens of short stories, and thousands of years of human history. But of all the women the Count has loved, the most popular is the beautiful, ever-youthful Madelaine.

In Commedia della Morte, Saint-Germain learns that Madelaine—now a vampire—has been arrested by France’s Revolutionary Tribunal and is soon to lose her head. Desperate to rescue her, the Count sneaks into France with a troupe of actors led by the glamorous Photine, who soon becomes Saint-Germain’s mistress. Photine’s teenage son, driven by jealousy and revolutionary fervor, betrays the Count. Now Saint-Germain’s life, as well as Madelaine’s, hangs in the balance, in this darkly romantic historical vampire novel.

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*Giveaway ends 4/13.

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