title: Blood and Kisses
author: Shah, Karin
description: It isn't easy being the Witches' Champion, especially when it's a hereditary position and you're hardly the most powerful witch of your line. Thalia Kent has managed to cope so far with wit and nerve and every ounce of magical ability she possesses, but now her cousin, who wasn't a witch, is dead -- murdered by a rogue vampire -- and if she's going to hunt him down and survive, she's going to need all the help she can get. She needs Gideon Damek, immortal vampire, but vampires shun witches for good reason, witch blood is poisonous. Gideon Damek has fought his predatory nature for thousands of years and the last thing he wants is to team up with anyone, least of all a beautiful young witch. Still, something about Thalia compels him to agree. Soon, Thalia must deal with a reluctant partner, a rebellious witch community, interfering police, a healthy dose of self-doubt, a raging passion for the forbidden Mr. Damek and an enemy who's following an ancient prophecy that requires both their deaths, all without losing her neck, or her heart.