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On the heels of Kitty’s return from London, a new werewolf shows up in Denver, one who threatens to split the pack by challenging Kitty’s authority at every turn. The timing could not be worse; Kitty needs all the allies she can muster to go against the ancient vampire, Roman, if she’s to have any hope of defeating his Long Game. But there’s more to this intruder than there seems, and Kitty must uncover the truth, fast. Meanwhile, Cormac pursues an unknown entity wreaking havoc across Denver; and a vampire from the Order of St. Lazaurus tempts Rick with the means to transform his life forever.

Get a sneak peek of Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Rocks the House (available March 26, 2013) with an excerpt of Chapters 1 & 2.

Chapter 1

For all the death I'd seen, I'd been to very few funerals.

This one was fraught, and I couldn't sort out my feelings, or what I was supposed to be feeling.  Grandma Norville had fallen and broken her hip three months ago, but the pneumonia she caught after had been the final culprit.  I kept thinking I should have been there.  I could have come to visit one more time if I hadn't been so busy, if I'd just made the effort.  But I thought she'd hang on longer.  I thought she'd always be here.  How selfish was it, to feel guilty at someone's funeral, as if her passing was somehow my fault, or a personal inconvenience?  I was sad, nostalgic, tired, shell shocked. 

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