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* [[Anne Rice]]'s vampire series, as well as [[The Film of the Book]] for ''[[Interview with the Vampire]]''. That is, when a vampire doesn't simply rip off the victim's head and drink all the blood in one gulp.

* Frequently subverted and averted in Brian Lumley's ''[[Necroscope]]'' novels, where the vampires like to viciously rape women, [[Out with a Bang|either to death]] or to [[The Virus|vampirise them]]. Rarely, sex with one of the vampires will be amazing until they reveal themselves and start eating their victim...

* In ''[[The Hollows]]'' series by Kim Harrison, the saliva of vampires contains neurotransmitters that make the pain of a vampire's bite feel like pleasure. Vampires can also sensitize their victim's bite so that only that vampire can affect the victim, leaving the victim mentally bound to that vampire.

* Vampire bites in Moore's ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends]]'' aren't particularly painful and heal quickly, thanks to a minor healing agent in their saliva (which Tommy then attempts to convince Jody [[Mundane Utility|to use on his stubbed toe]], with very little success). If the vampire is clever enough, they can even feed without the victim noticing at all -- Tommy assumed that Jody was giving him a hickey until she pointed out the blood on her teeth and flat out ''told'' him what she was doing.