Abandoned — Ann Gimpel

Breaking the world is a hard act to follow. A handful of Shifters. A hardy ship. An upside-down world where evil runs rampant and none of the old rules apply. Taking a stand against the Cataclysm solved a few problems. Others rushed in to fill in the void. Recco misses his cozy lab and well-organized veterinary clinic, but ten years as a Vampire stripped him of any illusions. Life is done handing him everything he wants. He could rail against fate -- which never bought him much -- or suck it up and keep going. Defeating the Cataclysm broke Vampirism's hold on him, though. Even better, it threw Zoe square in his path. When Zoe left Ireland for a visiting professorship in Wyoming, she assumed she'd be home in a year. That assumption swung around and bit her in the ass. The Cataclysm, a spell trapping her in Ushuaia for a decade may be gone, but it left a hell of a legacy. One that's far from done pursuing her. Darkness stalks the ship. Evil that will stop at nothing to protect itself.