iWANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional tastei. iMust have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.bribrbA young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of iThe Year of the Witchingi.b pMarion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. pThough she knows little about the far north--where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service--Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery. At the center of it all is Countess Lisavet. pThe countess, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in eq