Take It Like a Vamp Books in Order

Take It Like a Vamp is Candace Havens in playful paranormal-romance mode. The series mixes vampires, witches, everyday romantic mess, and a tone that stays lighter and more contemporary than her bigger world-building fantasy books.

The first book, Take It Like a Vamp, drops readers into a world where supernatural secrets live right alongside bad dates, awkward feelings, and long-hidden attraction. That balance is really the point. Havens is less interested in building a gloomy vampire mythology than in watching ordinary life get thoroughly wrecked by magical complications.

The charm of the series comes from that contrast. These are not remote castles or endless paranormal politics. They are familiar modern settings, quick banter, and heroines who have enough to deal with before bloodsuckers and spells make everything worse. When the supernatural hits, it tends to come with humor, flirty tension, and the kind of escalating chaos that keeps the books moving.

Baby's Got Bite keeps the same light paranormal spirit while raising the stakes with more romantic trouble and more supernatural upheaval. Across both books, the appeal is the combination of sweetness and trouble. The stories want to entertain first. They move quickly, let the leads talk like people rather than mythic creatures, and keep the tone inviting even when danger shows up.

If you like paranormal romance but do not need pages of lore before the fun starts, this is a good series to try. It is breezier than Havens's larger fantasy work, but it still has the sharp attraction, magical interference, and affectionate chaos that run through a lot of her fiction.