Are you kiddin I LOVE Anne Rice. She was my first teacher of all things of beauty and sex beyond the vanilla that's the mainstream. I did love "The Vampire Armand" and I love all the Vampire Chronicles. However "The Witching Hour" is my favorite. I love how detailed the history of the Mayfair family was given to us. I've also read her under her 2 pen names Anne Rampling and A.N. Roquelaure. I highly recommend the Sleeping Beauty series for anyone interested in writing slash. :D