Fire Maiden — Tina Gerow

Fire Maiden, the second book in the popular Maiden Series, centers around Kefira Knight, a nine-hundred-year-old gargoyle and ex-warrior for God, who has opened a present-day bodyguard agency with her three sisters. The ancient Paladin, Dagan, who chose duty over Kefira's love centuries earlier, shows up on her doorstep near death after being attacked by mysterious crossbreeds and the gargoyles are embroiled in a fresh round of biblical prophesy. Kefira's emotional pain from a miscarriage complicates their already strained relationship with Dagan, and she struggles to put aside her legendary temper and forgive. However, her memories of the past begin to deteriorate, and Dagan is afraid she'll regain her true memories and endanger all the gargoyles.

The Succubus Queen and Nicholas, the ancient vampire from Stone Maiden, made a pact with the Dark One to animate their offspring in an attempt to derail the child of blood prophesy. But when part of the prophesy foretells Kefira's turn toward evil, the gargoyles scramble to avoid her dark fate, while protecting the still unborn child of blood. Can Kefira fight her way back from evil before the Succubus Queen tips the balance between good and evil?