Book excerpt: Sink your teeth into six short stories about vampires, werewolves, goblins, and humans as they live and work together to keep the peace in Texas. A woman follows a handsome man out of a nightclub, and her world changes forever. The past gets in the way of a vampire who just wants to party with friends. Galveston’s newest police detective meets residents who’ve lived on the island far too long. A conversation not meant for humans changes a woman’s life. If only she could remember it. Sometimes everybody’s bad day really is your fault. A woman’s stuck in a house with a handsome man who ignores her and something else paying too much attention to her.