Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, Book 2)
<b>“Kick-ass were-coyote auto mechanic Mercedes Thompson" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>) has leapt to the forefront of today's urban fantasy heroes, thanks to bestselling author Patricia Briggs. Now, Mercy finds herself in the middle of a bloodbath-with only one way out...</b><br><br>Mercy has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary-and neither is the demon inside of him.<br><br>When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don't return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back-including the two werewolves circling around her heart.