Terrestrial Affairs

When Senator Todd Bembridge campaigned against the Rights of Magical Persons Act, every Witch, Vampire, Faerie and "Other" on the census developed a motive for murder. Too bad Astrid Stone is paid to keep him alive.As an Agent of the Corpus Christi, Texas branch of Terrestrial Affairs, she's used to handling trouble. After a week of networking vampires to rehabs and soothing angry ghosts, standing between a politician and his magical stalker feels almost like a vacation. She didn't vote for the guy, but she'll keep him breathing. Especially when the detail comes with distractingly interesting FBI Agent David Acton.But then the stalker makes their move. Now Astrid, David and Bembridge are trapped in a ritualistic game to the death, and the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine. Separated from her team, Astrid must out-think a desperate mage before all of Corpus Christi pays the price. Everything's riding onSTONE'S THROW.

Camille Ward is Dead. Again.In life, she was the darling of the Antebellum South. In unlife, she was one of the most predatory vampires in American history. The Rights of Magical Persons Act reinvented her as a socialite and activist for vampire kind. Now, she's dust in her own foyer and it's up to the Agents of Terrestrial Affairs to figure out why.Astrid Stone is no stranger to bad history; she's struggled enough with her own. She and her partner, Peter Jennings, should have kept Camille alive and her neighbors safe. They failed. Now they hope finding her murderer will bring them absolution.But the murderer isn't what they expect. As the blood flows and absolution becomes a distant dream, Astrid and Peter are caught between Justice and the demands of their job.When werewolves drive pickup trucks and the boogeyman works minimum wage, it's up to the agents of Terrestrial Affairs to ease the friction between the mundane and the magical. Finding Camille's killer was the easy part. The hard part is getting everyone back alive. Chelsea Gaither grew up in her parents' foster home for teenaged boys. She got over it. These days she lives in South Texas. She reads, writes, spins (yarn, not bikes) and knits really obscure lacy things. She also really hates this part of the book info.