Publication Date: September 28, 2012
In Blood Bound by Sharon Stevenson, Shaun and Sarah are teen demon hunters. When on a routine vampire hunt, they come across a fairy only to discover that she’d been held and tortured for months by one of their fellow demon hunters, Melissa Carling. Sarah wants Melissa to pay but Shaun’s not so sure. There are indicators that hint at Melissa as Shaun’s soul mate. Seems the Council is also convinced that Shaun and Sarah should forget they ever met Melissa Carling. Can Sarah convince Shaun to fight his inner demon and do what she feels is right?
In Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris, Sookie Stackhouse, a human who can read human minds, finds her vampire boyfriend, Eric, drinking from a younger, prettier and thinner woman. Said younger, prettier and thinner woman is shortly thereafter found dead on Eric’s front lawn. Sookie must team up with Bill, the area five investigator (and her vampire ex-boyfriend), to solve the murder. Sookie soon finds out that she has a very devious enemy, and while she didn’t think the death of the young girl had to do with her, it’s really all about her. Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) is the twelfth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
In Monster: Nightrider’s Vengeance by J.D. Rhoades, the eponymous “monster”, Laura, is a Nightrider.