Pale Demon

I love Kim Harrison's gritty Hollows series. The series is about a witch named Rachel Morgan who left her job with supernatural law enforcement to work for herself. In this installment, together with her partners -- the living Vampire Ivy Tamwood and a Pixie named Jenks-- and long time rival Trent Kalamak, Rachel is hitting the road for the west coast. She has to reach San Francisco in time for a hearing with the council to clear her name (she's been shunned and accused of being a black witch), and also get Trent to Portland for a mysterious quest that he won't divulge.

Pale Demon has to be the best book in the series since Kist bit the dust. Rachel finds answers to some hard questions about herself, and about Trent. She can handle the truth, but what about the rest of the world?

5.5 toes