She couldn't sleep, maybe it was the memory of that creepy little Gothic room - which she suspected Eve really, deeply loved - but all of the sudden, her lovely cosy room seemed full of shadows, and the creaks of old wood in the wind sounded...stealthy.
The Morganville Vampires Book One: Glass House - Rachel Caine
Seriously.. love that book.
You read any others like that?
On topic: "Pure animal instinct led me just where I wanted to go.
It wasn't tender. Wasn't pretty. It was raw, naked joining, energized from years of dreaming about what it could be like, or should be like."
Hashim's eyes snapped open. He'd heard something all the tiny hairs on his arms and the back of his neck stood up on the end, his heart shuddering as if something he couldn't quite remember had frightened him awake. - Immortal Remains