Every girl needs a hobby

13. Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series #18) by Laurell K. Hamilton

A bonus book for the year from Ms. Hamilton who usually puts out one Anita book (around April/May/June) and one Merry Gentry book (around October/November/December) per year. This one has Anita back at her job at Animators, Inc. Her latest client, stinky rich Mr. Bennington, wants her to bring his wife Ilsa "back to life." He knows Anita is the only animator in the country who can raise his wife as a zombie and have her look alive. What Mr. Bennington is choosing to ignore is that his wife will eventually become a true zombie and begin to rot. He's deluded that she'll stay life-like forever, so Anita refuses to take the job. Problem is, Mr. Bennington won't take no for an answer.

An extra for this book is that after the story, Ms. Hamilton gives us a look into how this surprise book came to be in an effort to address probably her most often asked question, "Where do you get your ideas?" Now we know -- at least for Flirt.