Characters in Guilty Pleasures

Anita Blake

A licensed vampire hunter and animator who raises the dead for a living, hired to find who is killing vampires in St. Louis.

Also in Strange Candy, The Laughing Corpse, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody bones, The killing dance, Burnt Offerings, Blue moon, Obsidian butterfly, Narcissus in chains, Cravings

Nikolaos

The ancient master vampire of St. Louis, whose power over the city's undead hangs over every step of the case.

Jean-Claude

A centuries-old French vampire with designs on Anita, whose attentions bind the two together and complicate her investigation.

Also in Blue moon, Obsidian butterfly, Narcissus in chains, Blood noir, Bullet, Beauty, Dead ice

Edward (Anita Blake)

A professional hitman who hunts vampires and werewolves, and a dangerous ally to Anita.

Willie McCoy

A low-level vampire who comes to Anita at the start of the book and sets the investigation in motion.

Phillip (Anita Blake)

A stripper at a vampire-run club who helps Anita find her way through the city's vampire underworld.

Rafael (Anita Blake)

The Rat King, leader of the city's wererats, who helps Anita.

Dolph Storr

Also in Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody bones, Burnt Offerings, Cerulean Sins, Kiss the dead, Black Moon Inn, Club Vampyre, Nightshade Tavern, The Midnight Cafe

Zerbrowski (Anita Blake series)

Also in Strange Candy, Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Burnt Offerings, Cerulean Sins, Kiss the dead, Dancing, Black Moon Inn, Club Vampyre, Nightshade Tavern

Edward "Ted" Forrester

Also in Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Obsidian butterfly, The Harlequin, Skin Trade, Hit List, Club Vampyre, Nightshade Tavern

Bert Vaughn

Also in Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Club Vampyre

Dr. Malcolm

Also in Strange Candy, Burnt Offerings, Incubus Dreams, The Harlequin