More Gay Vampires, You Say?
To celebrate Bite Your Neighbor‘s one month anniversary, I’ve put together a group of amazing Achillean vampire romance authors that you should check out next! These are all adult Achillean vampire romances with medium to high spice 🙂
Heat ratings are based on this chart by Joy Demorra. Please check into content warnings if you need them!
LORE & LUST
Vampire x Vampire
High Heat
Contemporary setting
Friends to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, soulmates
The sweet, sexy and comforting vampire read that you didn’t know you needed. Two male vampires are reluctantly brought together for an antiquated cultural ritual, but as time goes on, old wounds heal and sparks fly. Lore & Lust is the first book in an adult vampire series centered around consent, communication, spice and healthy love.
BITE ME!
Vampire x Human
High Heat
Contemporary setting
Slow burn, size difference, grumpy x grumpy
Kinks: Praise kink
Follow Blair, a boy who loves the fanged and furry, as he discovers the secrets of the night and also how to be loved by his very own vampire. Bite Me features a relationship between two adorably prickly men that have everything against them, until they don’t. Together they’re giggly, young, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like spooky stories with mystery, suspense, hilarious miscommunication, and characters that make you laugh, read on!
TRUE LOVE BITES
Vampire x Werewolf
Both Medium Heat and High Heat versions
Pseudo-regency meets fake-Victorian setting
Mutual pining, slow burn, friends to lovers
Polyamorous, disabled, and neurodivergent rep!
Kinks: dom/sub dynamics, and a heaping dose of praise kink
In a world of dwindling hope, love has never mattered more. When a werewolf and a vampire meet, sparks fly, even as the world around them seems to crumble. In the end, they may not save just each other, but with the help of the mysterious and beautiful Lady Ursula, maybe even the entire world…
SWEET SORROW
Vampire x Human
High Heat
Gothic fantasy setting
Second chance romance, mutual pining
Kinks: asphyxiation and bite kink (both mild)
When a traveling mishap brings Cyrus back to the ex he stormed away from 2 years ago, he is faced with a choice to reconcile, or let the messy past remain in the past–with all his regrets and the feelings he definitely doesn’t still have.Â
NYTE
Vampire x Vampire Slayer
Medium-High Heat
Dystopian gothic setting
forbidden love, enemies to lovers and forced proximity
Dark romance! Check content warnings in the book’s frontmatter.
Humanity is lost. Noxious gases blot out the sun, drowning the world in eternal night—vampyres hold dominion. Humans are livestock. Cypress is a vampyre slayer, sold into slavery to a vampyre lord, Haven Bathory, who seems different from the rest of the vampyres. Something about the young vampyre’s damaged soul calls to Cy, challenging his beliefs forcing him to test his own allegiances.
WHEN AWAKENS THE HEART
Vampire x Human
Medium-High Heat
Contemporary setting
Hurt/comfort, resisting urges, opposites attract
Novella length!
Declan wakes for one month each year, a curse that leaves him starving for blood. His life may be long but it is lonely and feels hopeless, until he meets the young, vibrant Skyler that makes him feel alive again. Can Skyler accept him, fangs and all, or is Declan destined to be alone forever?Â
SINCLAIRE SILVER
Vampire x Human
Extreme Heat
Contemporary setting
Best friends to lovers, Oblivious to love
Kinks: blood/biting kink and breath play
Ten years ago, the vampire mob enforcer ‘Kid Midnight’ retired. All Patrick wants now is to live his life, run his bar, and keep his best friend Zach from getting himself killed by hooking up with the wrong vampire. After one too many close calls and the demons of his past breathing down his neck, Patrick has to decide if he’s willing to risk their friendship to tell Zach’s his feelings before one of them ends up dead.Â
BLOOD AND SECRETS​
Vampire x Human
Extreme Heat
Contemporary/gothic setting
Secret Societies, Obsession/Stalking
A vampire hunting mission goes wrong, leaving one hunter turned and one to reveal their long-term obsession.
STAKE SAUCE
Vampire x (Not Very Good) Vampire Hunter
Medium Heat
Contemporary setting
 Grumpy/Cinnamon Roll, “Enemies” to Lovers, Defrosting the Ice King
Polyamorous, disabled, neurodivergent, and trans rep!
A cute punk-rock vampire and a disabled firefighter-turned-“mall-cop”-turned-vampire-hunter with a dark past join forces to battle the forces of evil. And also fall in love. STAKE SAUCE is a mix of emotional trauma/healing, urban horror, and offbeat humor.
FANGS FOR EVERYTHING​
Vampire x Human
High Heat
Historical to contemporary setting
 Grumpy/Cinnamon Roll, Redemption, second chance, and found family
Serial Vella story!
Vampire Artemis Papadakos picked up a couple of hitchhikers on their way to Woodstock on a whim. All he was hoping for was a bit of fun. What he ended up with was a new Child. Fangs for Everything is a sometimes light, sometimes dark look at the lives of a 350-year-old vampire, a hippy peacenik, a skater boy, and the people they love.
ROMAN
Vampire x Human
High-Extreme Heat
Contemporary setting
Fated mates, Grumpy/Sunshine, Age gap
A roaming vampire steadily losing grip on his humanity falls into instant obsession with a young, overworked nurse.
LORD OF ETERNAL NIGHT
Vampire x Male Witch
Medium-High Heat
Gothic setting
 Enemies to lovers, only one bed
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BITE YOUR NEIGHBOR
Vampire x Human
Medium-High Heat
Contemporary setting
Friends to lovers, slow-burn, impending betrayal
Mental health rep!
Kinks: Bite kink and mild consensual non-con kink.
Feed and get out—that’s Vincent’s moto. But when his latest snack is hot, funny, and begs to be bitten, he can’t help double-dipping. Little does he know, the man has an ulterior motive: a murder to solve, and a vampire’s life to trade for proof.