Age

Young Adult and above

Genre

Modern fantasy - Dark Comedy

Themes

Found Family, Adventure, Chaos, Vampires

Available as

Ebook - Paperback - Hardcover

Title card for The Vampires of Yeeting Hill: An Absurd Tale of Bad Luck, displayed in ornate gothic typography on a deep red damask background.
Hardback book cover of The Vampires of Yeeting Hill: An Absurd Tale of Bad Luck by Lisa Candel, featuring a decorative spine, the silhouette of a gothic manor beneath three bats and a deep red background
Hardback book cover of The Vampires of Yeeting Hill: An Absurd Tale of Bad Luck by Lisa Candel, featuring a decorative spine, the silhouette of a gothic manor beneath three bats and a deep red background

What’s the book about?

not a romance but a silly comedy

In a world where vampires are an international secret, tensions start to rise when the government shortens the vampires' blood rations and thus limits their powers. To make sure they can control their thirst for blood, each vampire family has been assigned a human they must keep alive within their household for a year, or else. Carnita, Alexa, and Salem, three sisters that compose the 13th family, have been assigned a 22-year-old who happens to be a tad too curious. 

Eventually, it becomes obvious they aren't fit to take care of a human, nor is their home safe for one. 

Considering their lives depend on it, will they manage to keep him alive?

Portrait illustration of Carnita, a vampire with long red hair, pointed ears and glowing orange eyes, holding a name card reading "Carnita".

Meet the sisters

Portrait illustration of Alexa, a vampire with long brown hair, a monocle and glowing red eyes, holding a name card reading "Alexa".
Sticker illustration of a white goose carrying a spiked bat in its beak in a playful cartoon style.
Sticker illustration of a white goose carrying a spiked bat in its beak in a playful cartoon style.

552 years old

Weapons. Murder. Violence. She's good at all three. Do NOT cross her.

320 years old

Musician, herbalist and far more dangerous than she looks. Be wary of still waters.

Portrait illustration of Salem, a vampire with curly white hair, glowing yellow eyes and a purple hoodie, holding a name card reading "Salem".

133 years old

Hyperactive artist with more hobbies than eternity can handle. Must be protected at all costs.

From my sketchbook

Illustration of the three vampire sisters from The Vampires of Yeeting Hill—Alexa, Carnita and Salem—standing together against a dark red patterned background, with Carnita holding a sword, Salem holding a camera and Alexa standing behind them.
Illustration of the three vampire sisters from The Vampires of Yeeting Hill—Alexa, Carnita and Salem—standing together against a dark red patterned background, with Carnita holding a sword, Salem holding a camera and Alexa standing behind them.

Fun facts

Carnita was named after the italian word for meat "carne" which is also a nickname that Alexa uses for her

Alexa's name was picked solely so that the "Alexa play despacito" meme could be used

Salem was once arrested for breaking into the zoo, she wanted to pet the lions

Uncle Joe had beef with Napoleon after the French Emperor bombed one of his past residence. Uncle Joe throws a party every year on Napoleon's death anniversary

Carnita only started getting involved in battles because her first crush was in love with a knight

The last name Scorstazziv is an anagram of Victor Zsasz because I was really into Gotham (the TV show) at the time and couldn’t figure out a last name

more behind the scenes

Want to read it?

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PS : The book is available as a Paperback and a Hardcover everywhere, the ebook version is only available through Amazon.

Mockup showing The Vampires of Yeeting Hill displayed on a tablet in colour and on a Kindle in greyscale.