The sookie stackhouse / southern vampire mysteries book number 10 is entitled dead in the family. It will be out on May 4, 2010. The cover and the first chapter should have been released by now, as in the past years, but it seems that it has been delayed this time around.
However, Dallas reports that the cover is ready! charlaine harris confirms that the Dead in the Family cover is expected to be blue (like Sookie's eyes!) and sparkly (eh? I hope that does not refer to the vamps!).
As to the first chapter of Sookie #10, we hope it gets released soon. I know the hardcore Sookie fans are itching to see what happens to Bill, and to read when Eric and Sookie finally realize they're meant for each other forever and ever!!!
Here's a summary of the tenth book:
Sookie Stackhouse has finally settled into a relationship with the Viking vampire Eric, and her errant brother Jason seems to have his life in order, too. But all the other people in Sookie's life – Eric himself, her former lover Bill, her friend and boss Sam – are having family problems. Eric's maker shows up with Eric's ‘brother' in tow, the ailing Bill can only be healed by a blood sibling, and Sam's brother's marriage is about to take place …or will it? The furor raised by the coming out of the two-natured has yet to settle; some people are just not ready to sit down to dinner with a man who turns into a dog. And Sookie herself is still recovering from her last ordeal. She's definitely improving, physically and mentally, but she's always going to have some dark moments now. The werewolves tell her that there have been strange and ominous passers-by in the Stackhouse woods; now Sookie is about to come face-to-face with one of her more distant relatives…
Oh, and you can already pre-order it in Amazon! Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
Can't wait, can't wait! 🙂
Thanks Flisha!