In BLOOD BARGAIN,Keira Kelly is in love with Adam Walker.
They are living on a ranch in small town Texas. Keira is
half fairy and half shape shifter and Adam is a vampire.
Her mother sent to live with her father when she was small
because she didn't seem to have any fairy magic and she
didn't seem to have the ability to shift as her shape
shifting siblings did. Keira and Adam seem to be growing
apart because Adam will not take blood from her or anyone
and only drinks wine laced with blood. That's not a
problem in itself, but Adam seems to be growing weaker.
Keira and her brother Tucker go to a neighboring ranch that
Adam is considering purchasing, and see ranch hands picking
on what they think is an illegal worker. They get him away
from the hands, and find he is searching for his brother
who used to work on that ranch. When four teens go missing
from town, Keira and Tucker, get drawn into the search for
them and for the missing ranch hand.
This book grabs you from the start and keeps you turning
pages until you solve the mystery. Keira's interactions
with Adam, Tucker, and the people in the small town are so
real you feel you are watching it unfold. I certainly will
be watching for more books by Maria Lima.
Keira Kelly is coming into her unexpected and unexpectedly
awesome powers... and Rio Seco, Texas ain't ever gonna be
the same! Keira just wants to be left alone without many
responsibilities to her supernatural clan and, lately, spend
some time with sexy Adam Walker - a vampire trying to get
his brethren to give up human blood - on his luxurious Wild
Moon ranch. But trouble and her paranormal family keep
intruding - Gigi, Keira's great-great-grandmother and the
chief of the clan has sent Tucker, Keira's 1,200-year-old
shapeshifter brother to keep an eye on her!