Gallant Ghosts and Ghastly Gentleman — J.R. Rain; H.P. Mallory

So, that saying that goes: 'when it rains, it pours'... yeah, it's pretty much spot on. Not that I ever really had good luck, but I'm not sure how much worse my luck could get...For the first time in a really looooong time, I've got a boyfriend-Dr. Henry Jekyll. And he's everything you'd want a boyfriend to be-charming, sweet, loyal. Only problem is, I can't be left alone with him.Yeah, you heard that right. Ever since I agreed to becoming a full-time employee of the Holmwood Association (that apprehends monsters), I'm being kept under lock and key. If I'm allowed outside the compound, it has to be with a chaperone-all owing to the fact that I'm half-vampire.But here's the part where my luck takes a serious plunge... while on a date with Henry (and Simone-our chaperone), I notice a shadow lurking just outside the opera house. Thinking it's none other than the bane of my existence-Dracula, himself-I follow it. And I nearly get killed by a collapsing parapet of bricks.That's when I realize this isn't the work of Dracula, because Vlad would never kill me-not when he wants me to return to him forever (ahem, over my undead body).Meanwhile, numerous people around Sacramento are spontaneously combusting and the finger seems to be pointing at Morfran-a demon who grants favors. Yet, when I start to investigate, I realize Morfran is involved, yes, but only in so much as he's being targeted. Also targeted are all his clients who bear his mark... and guess who's included in that esteemed crowd?Yep, you guessed it.Now, I've got to hurry up and figure out whodunit before I become another spontaneously combusting victim.Le sigh.