Spotlight & Giveaway: The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 5 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Mimi Jean Pamfiloff to HJ!

Hi Mimi Jean and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 5!

 
Thank you for having me back, Team-HJ! And hello again to all the vampire lovers out there!
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 5 is the final installment of my fun, romantic, vampire mystery series about a four-hundred year old vampire who falls for a quirky librarian.

Of course, in every book, there is a mystery they must solve. This time, someone is after the librarian, but also, Michael, the vampire has lost is soul. She’d very much like to get it back for him. But how?

There’s lots of action, humor, and sweet moments as Michael and Miriam try to work together without letting their feelings get in the way.

It’s also a STANDALONE (i.e. You don’t have to go back and read the other four books to follow along, but it does make it funner).
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

“Tell that Vanderhorsssthst I weeeeel have his head for diss! He is a dead man!” Nice howls from his cell. “I do not care if we had mouth sex or not!”
“Mouth sex?” Freddy arches a smooth dark brow.
“Michael was passed out. He didn’t even enjoy it,” I say.
“He loved it! Our lips were one!” Nice yells.

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

• Unlike the previous four books, this one is told in BOTH Miriam’s and Michael’s POVs. This is the first time we get to hear from her directly. And WOW! So many secrets. She’s one kickass librarian!
• Other fun fact: Since chocolate is a narcotic for vampires, I found myself wanting to eat a ton of it while writing. I think there are 20 mentions of it in the book! LOL. So I recommend having a chocolate item on hand while reading this!
• If you’re like me, you love listening to mood music while reading. Here the playlist I used while writing the book! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/627j5cvVpNM9T9zwnMzTP9?si=OSe2QrJ0RbqOQp9I0DzfEw
• And if you LOVE, LOVE seeing visual inspiration for a book, check out my Pinterest board! https://www.pinterest.com/mimijeanromance/the-librarians-vampire-assistant-book-5/

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

Well, even though BOOK 5 is a standalone, our vampire, Michael, and our librarian, Miriam, have definitely grown over the series. Or, at least, we have gotten to know them much better.
But in a nutshell, I think it’s Miriam’s sneaky ways that make her so interesting. Michael sees her as a mystery he must solve, while we see her as a woman who holds her cards close to the vest. Makes it all the more fun when we FINALLY get to know the real her inside this book!

Michael is and always will be a gentleman who finds himself conflicted over being a strong male and a loving male. In the vampire world, these two things don’t go together so easily. Which is why it’s HILAROUS to watch Michael try. He’s always LYING TO HIMSELF about who he is (I’m tough. I’m mean!), but then he’ll turn around and do something to show he’s a puppy dog.

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

Oh, God. I SOOO wish I could share the scene that made me laugh, but it’s a spoiler so I’ll say this: Everything in the story is leading up to Miriam and Michael getting an unexpected baby. I’ll say no more, but the twist is hilarious!

Readers should read this book….

It’s funny, all of my books are about the same length of ~50K words. I do this for a few reasons, but mostly because I HATE, HATE, HATE slow moving books. Personally, I want to get kicked in the face in chapter one and then feel like I’m being dragged behind a fast moving car until the end. (But in a good way. LOL.) So I tend to pack a lot into my books. You won’t find characters pontificating for entire chapters. Something is always happening and moving the story forward.
So if you like books with laughs and surprises, where there’s never a dull moment, this series is for you!

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

Oh BOY! Ummm…
Right now I’m working on THE DEAD KING, a continuation of my King Series. Woohoo!
After that will be SHE’S GOT THE MONEY, book #2 of the Suite #45 Series, written under my pen name, M.O. Mack because it’s a CHICK THRILLER! (Non-romance.)
I also have planned, BABY PLEASE (OHellNo #7).
 

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Excerpt from The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 5:

My parents started this library and filled it with millions of dollars of books. Three floors. Open in the middle—same as our house—overlooking the main floor. When I wasn’t in school or training to be a Keeper, I was here, losing myself in books. I think I always knew I wanted to be a librarian, but it just took a while to work up the courage to tell my family. Of course, when I did, they acted like I’d told them I wanted to be a porn star or bank robber.
To this day, I don’t regret my choice, but I do regret how my parents were murdered before I could convince them that choosing another path in life didn’t mean I hated them. They died thinking the worst of me, and for that, I don’t think I’ll ever feel closure.
I pull into the parking lot to the side of my library and immediately go for my crossbow. The big one this time. Bertha.
There are four black SUVs in the lot and two parked out front on the busy street at the meters. I know it isn’t Nice, which is why I grab the chocolate-tipped arrow. I make them myself with pure cocoa powder and a flour paste so the tip hardens just enough to penetrate the skin. Vampire skin.
Chocolate is a narcotic for us. Give us enough, and it’ll kill, whereas a small dose has the same effect as alcohol. I’ve yet to sample any since being turned because I’ve been alone with Stella and must be on my guard. Mommy can’t get a chocolate chip cookie buzz until she finds a ninja sitter.
I take my crossbow and exit my Hummer. I might be a librarian, but when it comes to defending my child, I’m a one-woman army. Ready to kick fangs or asses. The ill-fitting, disheveled clothes I wear—below-the-knee skirts, moth-eaten sweaters, and granny glasses—are merely a disguise. Today I have on a wrinkled white blouse, plain tan pants, and a black cardigan that’s all stretched out. People see me and think I couldn’t harm a fly or fight my way out of a paper bag. All part of my Keeper upbringing. Unfortunately, my natural clumsiness is genuine, and so is my lack of love for violence. I can fight, and fight well. It’s just not something that comes naturally or that I enjoy. Even when I was Nice’s prisoner, fear always held me back. And he knew just how to use it to keep me tethered to his side, reading bad poetry, helping him shop online for ruffled shirts, telling him how much I admired his wiry body and long black locks.
The man is a monster.
At least I wasn’t mistreated sexually. Mr. Nice has a rule about not sleeping with humans (apparently they’re too fragile for his bedroom games), but he kept Stella from me. Those are years lost with my daughter, and I’ll never get them back. For that, he’ll pay.
How?
I’m not sure yet, but it’s coming. His day of reckoning for separating me from Michael and then my child, for driving Michael to become a cold-hearted vampire, and for turning me is coming. I love to read, and I’ve always believed a story is only as good as the bad guy. But in real life? The only good bad guy is a dead bad guy. This librarian is coming for you, Nice.
Now for this guy!
Bertha in hand, I pull on the front door of my library. My eyes meet his, and my heart starts hammering against my rib cage, like it’s calling out to him in longing. The sensation jars me and, in some way, shames me. I know he can hear it. Just like I can hear the lack of beating inside his chest. He couldn’t care less about seeing me. He feels nothing.
“What do you want, Michael?” I growl, keeping my weapon pointed at the ground. I know his guards are all around us, waiting to pounce.
“What do I want?” He points to his broad chest, and I try not to notice how good his tall, lean, muscular frame looks in his tailored black suit. Michael Vanderhorst was born over four hundred years ago, but if you saw him walking down the street today, you’d wonder where the Armani shoot was. And I’m not talking runway. I’m talking Christmastime cologne commercial. You know, the ripped, oiled-down guy with deep olive skin in a tight white Speedo, diving into a pristine turquoise ocean. Yeah. That Armani.
Despite being a vampire, Michael is everything hard and male and seductive, with a face that never ages. One look into those dark eyes, and you’re lost forever.
“Yes,” I repeat, “what do you want?”
“You summoned me,” he says in that deep, authoritative voice that doesn’t fit his youthful appearance. It was the one thing that first tipped me off about him not being human. No twenty-year-old I’ve ever met has a voice that can make my toes tingle.
I raise my crossbow and point it at his groin.
“What are you doing?” he growls with those sexy lips.
“I know you have at least a dozen guards surrounding me. Consider it my insurance.”
Michael unfolds his arms. “Mir-librarian-woman, you sent five of my men home in a shoebox. I hardly think you are the one at risk.”
I frown. “What are you talking about?” And why is he calling me Mir-librarian-woman?
His dark eyes narrow in puzzlement. “Please tell me it was you who summoned me.”
I blink, catching on to the situation.
Someone pretending to be me asked him to come here.
I hear a click somewhere in the room. Oh crap!
Before I can scream “run,” Michael charges faster than my new vampire eyes can register.

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Book Info:

From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes the FINAL vampire-mystery-slash-romance-slash-adventure about a librarian and her trusty vampire assistant, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 5.
(Yes, yes. Still a standalone. Yippy! You don’t have to go back and read all four books. But don’t ya kinda wanna?)

NEVER HIRE A HANDSOME VAMPIRE!
MIRIAM MURPHY loves being a librarian. It’s all she’s ever wanted—to eat, breathe, and sleep books. But when she hired Michael, a handsome college student, she had no idea he was a four-hundred-year-old vampire and that inviting him into her life would result in her becoming one too. But not before he knocked her up and broke her heart.
Now Miriam is a single mother, all alone in a new world with a new vampire body. And someone’s trying to kill her. Who? Why? She has no real enemies.
If only Michael would help. After all, he’s the vampire king now. And this is one mystery she can’t solve on her own.

NEVER FALL FOR A LIBRARIAN!
MICHAEL VANDERHORST knows he’s changed. He can no longer love or laugh or enjoy hot peppers like he used to. But being an unfeeling, ruthless vampire is what it takes to rule the deadliest bloodsuckers on the planet. It’s the only way to keep humankind safe.
Problem is, his enemies know the librarian and his daughter are special to him. They are his to protect, even if he’s incapable of feeling love.
But when danger comes knocking at Miriam’s library door, he must choose between solving the biggest mystery of his existence and the woman he swore to protect.
What’s a vampire king to do?
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Meet the Author:

MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF is a New York Times bestselling author who’s sold over one million books around the world. Although she obtained her MBA and worked for more than fifteen years in the corporate world, she believes that it’s never too late to come out of the romance closet and follow your dreams.

Mimi lives with her Latin lover hubby, two pirates-in-training (their boys), and their three spunky dragons (really, just very tiny dogs with big attitudes) Snowy, Mini, and Mack, in the vampire-unfriendly state of Arizona.

She hopes to make you laugh when you need it most and continues to pray daily that leather pants will make a big comeback for men.
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