Blood and Sunlight: A Maryland Vampire Story (Penumbra Publishing) is a 2010 novel, the debut release from author Jamie Wasserman.

Synopsis

The novel concerns Melanie, a troubled 23-year-old college dropout, her boyfriend Bryan, a vampire

Vampire

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...

 wannabe, the would-be slayer Lucas, and an assortment of damaged and misunderstood characters. After a night of sex and too much drugs, Melanie, Bryan and his friend are attacked. Melanie manages to get away and is rescued by Lucas, the son of the town sheriff and resident vampire hunter

Vampire hunter

A vampire hunter or vampire slayer is a character in folklore and fiction who specializes in finding and destroying vampires, and sometimes other supernatural creatures....

. Eventually, she meets Keenan, a 200-year vampire with a troubled past of his own.

The book is set in Ellicott City, Maryland

Blood and Sunlight currently appears on the initial ballot for the 2011 Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...

 given out by the Horror Writer's Association in the category of First Novel.

Footnotes

1.^ Valencia Wood, "Author's First Novel Uncovers Secrets, Haunts and Vampires in Quaint Ellicott City," Patch Ellicott City, September 7, 2010.