The Players
**Repeat Offenders (characters who have made appearances in other Thorne & Cross novels)
CADENCE COLTER, writer, bookstore employee
BROOKS COLTER, auto mechanic
SAMANTHA CORBETT, library worker
Crimson Cove Residents
**ETHAN HUNTER, sheriff
SHEILA LEVENTIS, mortician
PIPER WATERS, Brooks’ ex-girlfriend
DORA LANGLEY, bookstore owner
CLAIRE HENRY, local
GLADIOLA GELDING, Ethan Hunter’s neighbor
**NICK GRAYSON, deputy
RYAN CLOSTER, deputy
FRANK MERLIN, owner of Merlin’s Footlocker
HOLLY, waitress at Eudemonia
JOSEPHINE GRIFFITH, bookstore customer
CHET WILSON, auto shop worker
“THE HITMAN,” church attendee
At Eudemonia
MICHAEL WARD, vampire, leader of his group
WINTER, vampire, former stevedore
ARNOLD HOSS (ARNIE), vampire
CHYNNA, vampire, tiger trainer
DANTE, vampire, security guard
ROGAN, vampire, security guard
LUCIAN, vampire, magician
OZRYEL, vampire, biker
NICHOLAI NAZAROV, vampire, former watchmaker
COLLETTE, vampire, former housekeeper
EMMELINE, vampire, former suffragette
CEDRIC, vampire
Eudemonia Employees
RICHARD JONES, day manager at Eudemonia
REBECCA JONES, day manager at Eudemonia
MCKAYLIE, receptionist
At the Crimson Corset
GRETCHEN VANTREESE, vampire, leader of her group
JAZMINKA, vampire, modiste
SEBASTIAN ANTONELLI, vampire, bartender
SCYTHE, vampire, bouncer, former mercenary
MARCUS MASSIMO, vampire, former bounty hunter
AMBROSE, vampire, Gretchen’s pet
AIDAN, vampire, Gretchen’s pet
VIOLET, vampire, former prostitute
SCARLETT, vampire, former prostitute
FAYE, vampire, businesswoman
EMERIC, vampire, business investor
At the Black Garter
ROSE KELLER, waitress, addict
ANNETTE SCHAEFFER, waitress, addict
STEVE, busboy, addict
LESLIE, waitress
TYSON, bartender
JAYDEN, bartender
JOE, bartender
EVE, waitress
Assorted
KATRINA, Rogue vampire
BAMBI, human slave
TIMOTHY, child vampire
From Candle Bay
**JULIAN VALENTYN, vampire
**NATASHA DARLING, vampire
**IVOR DARLING, vampire
On the Air
**COASTAL EDDIE, radio deejay
**REVEREND BOBBY FELCHER, evangelist
In the Pages
**KATHRYN MCLEOD, novelist
**DAVID MASTERS, author
SIMON KLERKLE, protagonist in Cade’s novel
Honorable Mentions
ASTRID VANTREESE, aka Mommy Dearest, Gretchen’s mother (deceased)
ALISON HUNTER, Ethan’s sister (deceased)
**AUNT VANESSA, Ethan’s fictional aunt from Oregon
DR. BOB CONNOR, Piper’s doctor, Claire Henry’s ex-husband
JEANNIE, Samantha’s mother
BILLY, Jeannie’s boyfriend
MATT HALL, Sheila’s former stalker
DOLORES HALL, Matt’s mother
SYDNEY HUNTER, Ethan’s ex-wife
TANNER HENRY, attorney, Claire Henry’s husband
THE HARRELSON’S, guests at Eudemonia
AUNT AFTON, Sheila’s great aunt (deceased)
HAROLD GELDING, Gladiola’s husband (deceased)
RHODA COONEY, Gladiola’s friend
PEGGY, Gladiola’s niece
The Pets
SIR PURRCIVAL, Cade’s cat
REAPER, Michael’s raven
LILITH, Gretchen’s black widow
ABSINTHE, Chynna’s tiger
HYACINTHE, Chynna’s tiger
Miscellaneous
FERNANDO, a fern
VLAD THE IMPALER, Scythe’s manhood
MR. HAPPY, Brooks’ manhood
FROST, Winter’s Hummer
SNOWFELL, Winter’s sword