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... where it was grand to see What Was That Book continued on DW. Here goes:

I am thinking all around (except for the title and author) of a science fiction short story (it maybe was novella size? and in an anthology?) with various plot points about one spaceship crew member from a reptilian species who interacted with and lived with humans to the point of a human woman falling in love with him; he eventually became her Significant Other and really wasn't all that taken with her, but she was with him to the point of bragging about her relationship and in particular how the sex was out of this world. He thought he was sort of alone [I think it was a crash landing Gilligan's Island sitch?] and cut off from his own species, but when a female of his own kind turned up, he ditched the human quick and hard. The whole effect was pitiful ... and comedic.

I read this story 20-30 years ago, so I hope that helps. About then, I read some Larry Niven, so for some reason that's sticking in my mind, but I'm not at all certain he wrote this. Thanks for any help!
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The book I'm looking for is something I read maybe 8 or so years ago. I believe that the book was an adult novel as it was something I got from my mother's bookshelf and had it a pretty "heavy" sex scene in it as I recall, so I don't believe it was something I got from school, being about 13 at the time.

What I can remember from the plot:
A single man gets custody of his teenage son after the boy's mother dies. If I recall correctly this is either the first time they're meeting or the first time in a long while. The boy doesn't know his father at all and thinks him odd, mostly because of his allergy to the sun. Strange things are going on around town like people going missing and being murdered and I suppose there are some Satanic aspects to these incidents because it's rumored around town that it's a vampire devil person or whatnot. The boy believes that his father is responsible and is a vampire, due to the sun allergy and being slightly odd. I can't remember if his father had done anything specific to make his son think he's a vampire or a killer. I believe the boy is just angry, sad, and dislikes his father a great deal for being absent. Anyway, the father teams up with a woman (love interest) and I believe that they are looking into some of the things going on around town. I don't remember anything about the woman or why the two of them are investigating together or at all, but I do remember he's spending time with this woman. The boy meets a girl and I don't remember much about her except that she wears different colored tights or something like that and gives the boy half of her sandwich when they meet. It turns out that the killings and whatnot have been done by a group of "satanic gothy" type teens who are being manipulated by a man. Now, I can't recall if this man who is doing the manipulating is an actual vampire or just a creep. I do remember that the group of teens kidnap the girl that the boy had become friends with because she's a virgin and they're going to sacrifice her or something and the evil man is going to drink her blood. The boy is injured, I believe it's his ankle that gets broken, and he's being held hostage and during this time I believe he sees his dead mother's ghost or something and talks to her.

That's all I can recall about the book, sorry if it's a bit long winded but I wanted to include as much as I could remember. Hope someone can help (:

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