I would recommend some of Laurell K. Hamilton’s earlier Anita Blake books. Fair warning though, stop after Obsidian Butterfly. If you read Narcissus in Chains, I refuse to take any responsibility for it. That was where Anita started collecting men. I swear in each book after NiC she started adding lovers and developing magical powers for anyone who gets near her magical hoo-ha.
I read an early Anita Blake short story and liked it. I also read a short story set in her “Vampire Humper” period and...didn’t like it.