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.