Clean sweep

Dina Demille looks like the most ordinary woman in her small Texas town. She keeps a Victorian bed and breakfast, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and should have nothing worse to worry about than the breakfast menu. The truth is stranger: her broom is a deadly weapon, and her Inn is magic and has a mind of its own.

The Inn exists to house otherworldly visitors. Its only permanent resident is a retired Galactic aristocrat who cannot step off the grounds, because she is held responsible for millions of deaths and anyone might shoot her on sight.

Then something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth starts hunting at night. Dina feels responsible for her neighbors and decides to get involved, even though it pulls her in several directions at once.

She has to deal with Sean Evans, an ex-military alpha-strain werewolf who has just moved in next door and irritates her as much as he attracts her. She also has to deal with Arland, a cosmic vampire soldier. All the while she must keep the Inn and its guests safe.

The creature she faces is clever, vicious and deadly, unlike anything she has met. Standing between it and her neighbors could cost her everything. Urban fantasy with a romantic thread and a streak of wry humor in the small-town details.