"paranormal thriller"
Bounty hunter Anna Strong never knew vampires existed
until she was bitten by one and was turned. Now she is
taken under the wings of two different kinds of men. The
San Diego Chief of Police is a century old vampire who
formed the Watchers; vampires who police the supernatural
community keeping humans safe from the ones that are
evil. She gets her human drug supply in a small desert
Mexican town when the local bar is run by Culebra. It is
the meeting place for vampires who need to drink human
blood and humans who want to donate it. She sees her lover Max there but he looks frazzled because
of the bounty on his head by a Mexican drug lord. When
she returns to San Diego, a FBI agent tells her that Max,
a DEA agent, has gone rogue. She believes the agent is
lying; and assumes the agent has a personal and evil
vendetta. She intends to find Max but when she returns to
Beso dela Muerte she discovers the witch Ms. Burke and her
coven are going to summon a demon in the one minute window
of opportunity on Halloween. She has to stop her not only
because the demon will kill all the good supernaturals and
because she intends to sacrifice Culebra. While she is
battling the forces of darkness the drug lord kidnaps Max
and intends to abduct Anna in order to torture her in
front of him. Everyone has plans for Anna but she has her own ideas of
what she wants to do with her life and she is strong
enough and independent enough to choose her own destiny.
No human, including Max, knows Anna is a vampire and she
fears if Max finds out he will leave her. This action
paranormal thriller is full of unexpected twists, red
herrings and the occasional wild goose chase. Jeanne C.
Stein writes an enthralling vampiric mystery that has a
lot of suspense, a touch of magic and a bit of romance so
that readers of multiple genres are satisfied. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 31, 2007
SummaryAnna Strong was a tough-as-nails bounty hunter, until the
night she was attacked—and became undead...
For a newly-made vampire, Anna is a hard case. That's why
she's become a Watcher—one of the enforcers who keep
supernatural criminals in check and deliver just punishment
when necessary. But Anna is still fighting to control the
raging fury of the vampire within her.
Her self-control is further tested when her lover—a DEA
agent—disappears, even as a vampire serial killer
terrorizes San Francisco and a Wiccan sorceress plans to
raise a demon to do her bidding. Anna wants to jump into the
fray, but her Watcher mentor thinks she's not ready, and
sends her away for her own safety. But if there's one thing
Anna has always been able to find, it's trouble...
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