Hamilton, Laurell K. - Guilty Pleasures : 272 pages, © 1993
In an era when vampires are protected by law, necromancer and legal vampire executioner Anita Blake is hired by a powerful vampire to track down a killer who targets the undead. Alternately steamy, suspenseful, and sarcastic. First in the popular Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.
Red Flags:
The series starts out with lots of action and sarcasm, but tends more towards graphic sex scenes and emotional angst in the later books (Narcissus in Chains and later). Foul language and violence are abundant throughout.
Sequels:
The Laughing Corpse
Circus of the Damned
Lunatic Cafe
Bloody Bones
The Killing Dance
Burnt Offerings
Blue Moon
Obsidian Butterfly
Narcissus in Chains
Cerulean Sins
Incubus Dreams
Micah
Danse Macabre
The Harlequin
Blood Noir
Readalikes:
Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton
Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
Vampire Huntress Legend series by L. A. Banks