Charley and the residents of Crimson, Ga are still reeling from their last adventure.  Not least of which was the late coming magic Charley now has!  But she's not had much chance to hone her skills, what with the Bar, the Blood Co-op and the potential romance with Sam, an enigmatic vampire!  

It looks like a serial killer has moved to Crimson and vampires and humans alike are not safe.  The bumbling local cops seem to have their eyes on playboy Beau.  Charley is also hiding a female from her villainous ex and then there is the lothario shifter who's making eyes at every female in the area!

The story is fast paced and the action comes thick and fast.  Whilst it helps with pacing the story and moving it along, giving it a sense of the danger looming, I sometimes thought that Charley and co just needed a wee break to gather their thoughts and maybe get to grips with new developments.

It was nice to get to know Sam a bit more and even though he and Charley kind of go from tentative to hot and flaming in no time flat, I thoroughly enjoyed their blossoming romance!

Plenty of humour and I loved the little found-family that Charley has made for herself.