Five of the best vampires in romance novels

At B&N Reads Tara Sonin tagged her five favorite romance novel vampires, including:
Zhadist (Lover Awakened, Black Dagger Brotherhood #3 by J.R. Ward)

If I could pick every single book in J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series, I would, but #3 is my favorite of them all because Zhadist is the darkest, most tortured, most wonderful hero of all time. After a century as a slave, Zhadist has