Matters of the Blood

Keira Kelly is a member of a powerful paranormal family, but she's chosen to live apart from her clan and among humans in the Texas Hill country. She still has family duties, though, like keeping an eye on her cousin Marty – a genetic aberration who turned out, poor guy, 100% human. Other than having to deal with her money-grubbing cuz, she's also having violent dreams – perhaps visions – featuring Marty as the victim of a vicious murder. Something sinister is going on in Rio Sicco and Kiera needs to get to the bottom of it while avoiding entanglement with her former lover, Sheriff Carlton Larson. When the irrestible and enigmatic Adam Walker, an old acquaintance, shows up and wants to get better acquainted, Keira is ready to be friendly – but there are clues that Adam could be connected to the murder.