Blog Tour Review: Blood and Whiskey – Clark Hays & Kathleen McFall

Wanted: Lizzie Vaughan, Dead or Alive. Relationships are always hard, but for a broke cowboy and a newly turned Vampire, true love may be lethal. After barely surviving an undead apocalypse in The Cowboy and the Vampire, Tucker and Lizzie hightail it back to quirky LonePine, Wyoming (population 438), to start a family. But she’s got a growing thirst for blood and he’s realizing that mortality ain’t all it’s cracked up to be when your girlfriend may live forever. With a scheming Vampire nation hot on their boot heels and a price on her head, how far will Lizzie and Tucker go to protect their unlikely love? Blending evolution, religion and an overly sensitive cow dog named Rex, Blood and Whiskey drags the Vampire myth into the modern west, delivering double-barreled action, heart-pounding passion and wicked humor.

Series:  Cowboys and Vampires #2
Release Date:  May 1, 2012
Publisher:  Pumpjackpress
Source:  Bewitching Book Tours
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Blood and Whiskey is a quirky story of good versus evil, or in this case cowboy versus vampire.  However, the vampires aren’t all evil so it’s hard for the cowboys to figure out just who they’re supposed to be going after.

Lizzie Vaughan finds out fairly quickly that being the Vampire Queen isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  To stop a potential power play and to help align the Council more fairly, Lizzie agrees to convene the Council to LonePine so she can prove once and for all who she is and move forward.  But she doesn’t realize that the Reptiles are planning a revolt and their main goal is to get rid of Lizzie, permanently, and rule the Vampire community.  Lucky for her, she’s got her cowboy, Tucker, at her side.

Lizzie and Tucker can’t seem to catch a break.   When they should be readying themselves for the pending child, they have to deal with vampire politics and a few vampires who are off their rocker.   Lizzie  felt guilty about feeding from humans or for bringing the vampire mess down on Tucker and his family.  Tucker was angry with the attacks on Lizzie and his friends and also wondering if everything they were going through was worth it.  But through it all, their faith in each other and their love never wavered.

The supporting characters in this story were great.  I loved Elita and her snooty, snobby, sarcastic attitude.  But that wasn’t the only reason I loved her.  She was a woman who knew she was getting a second chance to live her life the right way, and while she may not always like it, she takes the lifeline Lizzie throws to her.  Dad and Lenny were always good for a laugh…especially Lenny with his arsenal of weapon ready at a moments notice.


This was an entertaining story that was full of action, but also had some great comic relief elements.  While it’s not necessary to read the first book in the series to follow the storyline, it would probably be helpful just to know exactly what happened to Lizzie that turned her into a vampire.