Shadow of the Storm

STORMY GREY HAS BEEN A POLICE INVESTIGATOR FOR MANY YEARS. SHE'S ALSO A PANTHERESS, A RARE BREED OF INDIVIDUALS CAPABLE OF SHIFTING FROM THEIR HUMAN BODY INTO THAT OF A JUNGLE CAT. THIS ABILITY HAS SAVED HER LIFE AND MANY OTHERS IN THE PAST.BUT EVEN STORMY CAN'T ALWAYS SAVE THOSE SHE LOVES.SHE HAS RETURNED HOME FROM THE GRIM TASK OF BURYING SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO HER HEART; AND IS IMMEDIATELY EMERSED IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION STEMMING FROM A CHARITY GALA HOSTED BY AN ENIGMATIC VAMPIRE, A. STONE. HER KNEE JERK REACTION TO THE VAMPIRE IS SUSPICION, BUT ALSO...AN EERIE ATTRACTION THAT SHE CAN'T EXPLAIN. AS THE INVESTIGATION UNRAVELS, STORMY FINDS HERSELF SURROUNDED BY QUESTIONS SHE CAN'T ANSWER, AND SITUATIONS THAT PLACE HER BETWEEN AN ANCIENT VAMPIRE AND THOSE SHE CARES MOST ABOUT.

Author lives with her husband at the foot of the Hill Country, on a modest ranch. They raise Longhorn cattle, Friesian horses, among a menagerie of dogs and parrots.