Black Of Hearts — J.C. Andrijeski

His wife.He fell still for the first time, panting, blinking against his blurred vision.Whoever had him...Gaos, they had his wife.Kicked out of their momentary kiss with paradise, Miri and Black return to their version of Earth in the midst of a growing race war, a war with increasingly dark implications.Black knows his wife will be targeted by both sides once they realize what she can do, what her newfound powers really mean.Nick is still missing. Dalejem is presumed dead.The vampire race is massing, preparing for all-out war.Meanwhile, riots rage, and Charles, the seer who decided to take over the planet from the human race, is locking down the country, preparing for that final confrontation.Both sides want Black with them. Both sides want to control him.When Black's wife goes missing, that's the last damned straw.When he finally loses his cool, the whole world may pay the price.THE QUENTIN BLACK SERIES encompasses a number of dark, gritty paranormal mystery arcs with science fiction elements, starring brilliant and mysterious Quentin Black and forensic psychologist Miriam Fox. For fans of realistic paranormal mysteries with romance elements, the series spans continents and dimensions as Black solves crimes, takes on other races and tries to keep his and Miri's true identities secret to keep them both alive.