the bite before christmas  <p>this holiday season, join two of today’s most popular paranormal authors for a special look into their worlds, where creatures are always stirring and no one sleeps through the night.... <i>the bite before christmas</i></p> <p><i>the gift</i> by lynsay sands: teddy brunswick knows about the immortals among us. he’s worked with them, called them friend - but he never counted on being snowed in with one over christmas. katricia argeneau is a tasty little bundle and she seems to feel the same way about him. problem is, he’s not sure she feels quite the same way. after all, the snowstorm has derailed her blood delivery, which leaves him the only available meal on the menu.... </p> <p><i>home for the holidays</i> by jeaniene frost: cat and bones are looking forward to a normal holiday - at least as “normal” as it gets for the combustible vampire couple and their otherworldly friends and family. but their yuletide plans are shattered when a stranger shows up and reveals long-buried family secrets that threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer... and lives.</p>