Borne in Blood Author:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 1817: BORNE IN BLOOD takes place in Europe in 1817 when Napoleon was out of the picture and a big weather shift was underway. In Switzerland, the Count Saint-Germain leads a comfortable life with his paramour Hero whose husband died fighting Napoleon. The Count has become intrigued by the work of an Austrian noble investigating the properties of... more » blood. But when the noble's beautiful ward fixates sexually on the Count, the vampire fears for himself and his gentle lover.« less