Real Vampires: Rafe Takes the Heat

Book excerpt: What happens when the Devil demands his due? Shapeshifter Rafael Valdez has always protected others, including his vampire friends during the day. Now he owns a successful nightclub, is married to werecat Lacy and has triplets. He’s spent years trying to deny his demon side, but it’s impossible once his daughter is born. She has inherited the dark powers he hoped never to use or pass on to his children. When demons start converging on Austin, Rafe knows something big is going down. Then he finds out the Devil has offered a huge reward to anyone who can capture and bring Rafe’s little girl to Hell. No, he won’t stand for it. Lilith, Rafe’s mother and the most powerful demon there is, shows up offering to protect the child. Is she just another scheming demon or the loving grandmother she’s pretending to be? Rafe has trouble believing her since she’s ignored him most of his long life but he has no choice. Desperate, Rafe descends into Hell, determined to bargain with the Devil. What must he do to save his child? The Real Vampire gang offers to help him in what becomes a battle of good versus evil. But will right be enough to overcome might? Rafe can only hope so as he uses all his demon powers in the fight to save his family.