VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES AND DAEMONS, OH MY!

This month I was lucky enough to be chosen to receive an Advanced Reader's Copy of WHEN BLOOD CALLS, the first book in a new series by author J.K. Beck, so I could review it. The new series is titled SHADOW KEEPERS and book one will be released on August 31, with books two and three to be released September 28 and October 26, respectively.

With so many paranormal romance/urban fantasy series currently available and being published everyday, it's difficult to find one that is new and exciting, touching on subjects that haven't been visited over and over.
This series manages to do that and more.

J.K. Beck is the "alias" of Julie Kenner, very well known for her best-selling "Kate Conner"series about a demon-hunting soccer mom.. While Kenner's other series is incredibly enjoyable, filled with lots of humor as well as action, this series is quite different.

With WHEN BLOOD CALLS,  Beck takes us into a world where vampires, werewolves and other creatures of our imagination are living out an existence side by side with unsuspecting humans.

Prosector Sara Constantine gets a promotion at the DA's office to work in "Division 6". Previously known to her only as part of Homeland Security, Division 6 is actually a department that deals with members of society that require "special" attention. Vampires, werewolves, goblins and other creatures Sara has only seen in movies and on TV.
Not even aware thees "creatures of  the night" existed before, Sara also comes to know the man who murdered her father when she was a child also was a vampire.
Thrown into this world, her first assignment is prosecuting vampire Lucius Dragos, who is accused of murdering a retired judge.When Sara meets Lucius (also known as Luke) she realizes he is the man she recently had a very hot, sexy encounter with after leaving a bar together. Now Sara has just found out the man she has been lusting over is not only a vampire, but in jail for murder. Will she be able to control the intense desire for him long enough to do her job?

Sara soons finds out Luke may have in fact have had personal reasons for wanting the judge dead. It seems his ward ,Tasha, may have been harmed by the judge who was not so squeaky -clean.
When the last person Sara has successfully put in jail escapes(possibly with some supernatural help) Sara may be forced to enlist Luke's aid in catching him and putting him back behind bars.
It tuns out  Tasha is missing and may have been kidnapped by someone connected to the murderer.
Sara is torn between doing her job and the strong feeling she still has for Luke.

This new series has it all: suspense, passion, intrique and more. Sometimes dark, sometimes sexy, but always exciting, this book left me anticipating the second in the series. I urge fans of paranormal romance/urban fantasy to check it out when it is releases on August 31st!