Red Tide: Dangerous Waters: 1 (The DeLuca Vampires Trilogy)

Maura has finally made peace with her transformation into a creature she never imagined could be real...much less one she might become. With her newfound existence comes the benefit of family friends and allies who fill her life and heart with a love like she has never experienced during all the years she has lived with her melancholy but loving mother. But along with the most welcome comradery all manner of new challenges arise--many of them deadly. One of Mauras new enemies her auntie Aldiva cannot accept the young changeling as a member of her family. Aldivas treachery and murderous intent result not only in her own capture but that of her mate Gregor--Mauras beloved uncle and caregiver. Grown weary of waiting for her kin to concoct a plan of rescue Maura plots a return to the Pacific Rainforest accompanied solely by her blood-bonded mate to face his elven kin and negotiate the vampire couples release. But...as so often before in her past events do not always play out the way Maura intends. She will soon discover that Rons elven kin pose an even greater threat than she dreamed possible. Presented with impossible choices again and again Maura will find herself placed at the most perilous collection of crossroads to ever mark her path. One careless misstep could draw her away forever from all she holds dear...or even snuff out her life entirely.