title: Blood Shadows: Blackthorn Book One (Volume 1)
author:  Lindsay J. Pryor 
description: "If you're looking for a new PNR series that has a dark world and complicated characters, then you'll want to grab a copy of this. I can't wait to read the next book."<br />FictionVixen.com<br /><br />"I loved this book. I couldn't believe the emotional depths both Caitlin and Kane went through.<br />RomFanreviews.com<br /><br /><br />"The chemistry between the two main characters sizzzzzzzles. If you love vamp romances, you'll want to read this one. And if you're more the urban fantasy type, this story will satisfy that itch, as well (with some super spicy love scenes thrown in to boot)."<br />Vamp Chix
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  BOOK ONE
  DEMON, BEGONE
  
  Chapter 1
  Whit
  THERE’S BLOOD EVERYWHERE. Bright red pools of it on the gurney,
  and still there’s more gushing out, running in rivulets to the floor. It seems
  impossible that there could be a single drop left inside the little girl. Her face
  is obscured by a tangle of dark hair, but the skin I can see has gone gray and
  her breath comes in harsh, wet gasps.
  I rush to her side as the rookie attendant who brought her in retches i