Kitty Norville is the only werewolf in the country with a
late-night talk show, called The Midnight Hour by its many
and varied fans. After leaving her home base in Denver due
to pack problems, Kitty hops from city to city with her
show. Not necessarily on the run, but definitely keeping a
low profile. Life is on an even keel again when Kitty gets
a call from her lawyer, Ben, who informs her that she's
been subpoenaed by the United States Senate to testify at a
special hearing regarding funding for an organization known
as The Center for Paranormal Biology. Kitty smells a trap,
but when Ben tells her that if she doesn't appear U.S.
Marshals may show up to arrest her, she reluctantly heads
for D.C. figuring that if nothing else comes of the trip,
she can at least see the Smithsonian.
Kitty's worst fears are realized when she's met by a police
roadblock at the city limits and escorted to Alette, the
vampire mistress of the city who extends her hospitality
and protection to Kitty. Kitty bristles at the tight leash
Alette keeps her on and finds a way to strike out on her
own, still hoping to see the Smithsonian and maybe even the
Washington Monument. What Kitty stumbles across is a tight
and friendly Were community that welcomes her with open
arms. Especially welcoming is Luis, a Brazilian were-
jaguar, who goes out of his way to sweep the smitten Kitty
off her feet.
When Kitty finally does testify, she finds she was correct
in her assumption that many on the committee have a less
than favorable impression of vampires and weres and other
creatures that go bump in the night. Being hunted by pack
and intimidated by vamps is bad enough, but when wrapped up
in the red tape of Washington politics, it's almost more
than poor Kitty can handle. Oh yeah, and then there are
those who want her for government science experiments...or
dead.
KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON lives up to the reputation Ms.
Vaughn earned for herself with her debut novel KITTY AND
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. She meets a whole new slew of friends
and enemies. And not everyone is who they seem to be at
first glance. Some of the "goons" turn out to be not such
bad guys and some of her new friends are a little less than
dependable or downright unsavory. With all her supernatural
senses, Kitty still shows remarkably poor judgment when it
comes to people. The Reverend Elijah Smith is back and in
fine form with all his villainy, and Kitty finally gets to
expose him for what he really is. Cormack is there for a
timely rescue and maybe some future romance. As with her
first book, KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON is a very satisfying
read. I can't recommend this one highly enough.
The country's only celebrity werewolf, late-night radio
host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard, not seen. But when
she's invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of
supernaturals, her face gets plastered on national TV.
Kitty's been in hot water before, but jumping into the D.C.
underworld brings a new set of problems.
And a new set of friends and enemies, including the vampire
mistress of the city; an über-hot Brazilian were-jaguar;
and a paranoid, Bible-thumping senator who wants to expose
Kitty as a monster. Kitty quickly learns that in this city
of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone's
itching for a fight.
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