title: Checking Out
author: Williams, Renee
description: Death might be the best thing that ever happened to librarian Mina Watson. Her Very Bad Night begins with a soul-sucking spreadsheet and ends with a gunshot to the chest. Plus, there is gunk on her foot. She's saved by her best friend Emily's annoyingly able older brother, Alex Lawson, the vampire. Mina and her newly adopted vampire death squad travel to Hercules, Alabama, to find out if her recent conversion is related to her parents' deaths. She's spent a lifetime looking out for herself. Alex knows the pain of betrayal. While Mina adjusts to her new life and learns to trust her mate, Alex uses a little persuasion and a whole lot of heat to convince her she's everything he wants. The team colors are black and black with a touch of black, but Mina and her eccentric grandmother Mimsy bring the color. And possibly a gnome or two.