1996 Ace mass-market paperback (11th printing) received in the mail from Missoula, Montana, USA, through PaperbackSwap. Read more at laurellkhamilton.org.

From the back cover
You get two preternatural experts in one with Anita Blake, animator and vampire slayer. She's one of the good guys in a world full of bad things. A world that Laurell K. Hamilton makes spin in her New York Times bestselling novels. Now, Anita has fallen for the leader of a local pack of werewolves. She's survived a lot, but this love thing may kill her yet. . . .

"Was it too much to ask for someone who was human?

Hell, I knew a lot of women in my age bracket that couldn't get a date at all. I'd been one of them until Richard. All right, Jean-Claude would have taken me out, but I was avoiding him. I couldn't imagine dating Jean-Claude as if he were an ordinary guy. I could imagine having sex with him, but not dating. . . ."

I love this series so much, I've already tracked down a copy of the next book, Bloody Bones. This book focused more on werewolves than on vampires.