This is book two in the Haven series following
Once Bitten, your left off with Kita trying to get to grips with new half status.
Nathanial her maker comes under fire for this, from master of the city & decides to take matters into his own hands. A vampire contingent arrive lead by the 'Collector' has an unhealthy interest in Kita, murdered headless bodies abound, an undead necromancer collects on a debt & a bumbling witch Gill keeps spiriting Kita away so she can save Kita in the long term from a mage judge .Dark under currents throughout, there's light relief in the form of Nathaniels & Kits's slowly developing relationship, though this is marred by unscrupulous manipulations of different parties who either want Kita dead or to browbeat into submission .
This book an exhausting read, it does not stop as Kita is flung from pillar to post & again it takes the reader to a crashing finale that concludes some of her problems but opens a plethera of untied threads leading to the next book..
Book three in the series is Third Blood...enjoy....