Real talk here: these books are a series. They’re all set in the same world, with characters that overlap from one book to the next. However, since The Accidental Necromancer & The Villain Who Wasn’t are both part of separate shared-world projects, they’re branded differently. I basically took one of the lesser bad guys from The Richmond Vampire and made him the hero of Necromancer, then took the Big Bad from Necromancer and made him the hero of Villain.
I must be all about the redemption these days.
Also, The Richmond Vampire: Hot Nights in the Big Easy is a follow-up to the first book, and is part of still another multi-author project.
These things get complicated. (LOL)
At any rate, because they’re all part of separate projects, they all work as stand-alones (except TRV: Hot Nights in the Big Easy). Oh, and I called the series The LOSA Files, because I needed something that would work for all of them. LOSA stands for Love & Other Supernatural Adventures, which hits all my high points: love, adventure, and all kinds of supernatural shenanigans. If you’re into stories with every kind of paranormal creature and with bad guys who aren’t all that bad after all, give ’em a try! And keep an eye out for the next Richmond Vampire book. It’ll be coming soon!