Queen Takes Sunfires Series by Joely Sue Burkhart

Book 1: Karmen. A Vampire Queen's Secret Baby. I awoke in a pile of garbage in a dark alley with no memory of what happened to me or even who I am. All I know is my name, Karmen. By the vicious scars on my body, I've been through hell and lived to tell about it. Barely. In the hospital, my memory slowly beings to return. Something is after me. It's not safe. I have to get away. But I don't know who to trust. Certainly not the man who left me in the alley. He smelled like a wolf... moreBook 1: Karmen. A Vampire Queen's Secret Baby. I awoke in a pile of garbage in a dark alley with no memory of what happened to me or even who I am. All I know is my name, Karmen. By the vicious scars on my body, I've been through hell and lived to tell about it. Barely. In the hospital, my memory slowly beings to return. Something is after me. It's not safe. I have to get away. But I don't know who to trust. Certainly not the man who left me in the alley. He smelled like a wolf. Or the doctor, who asks me if I'm even human. Then the doctor drops a bombshell. I'm pregnant. And I have no idea who the father is. Only that his monsters hunt me in the burning light of day. less

A secret burns inside me that will very likely get me killed. The wolf king may have gotten me out of Chicago alive, but he couldn’t burn rubber fast enough to get away from me once he’d dropped me off at his sister’s. Wearing nothing but a hospital gown and his borrowed coat, I have to face an Aima queen for the first time. Alone. Luckily, she has enough scruples to fill me in on some vampire queen basics without trapping me into a sibling alliance without my knowledge... moreA secret burns inside me that will very likely get me killed. The wolf king may have gotten me out of Chicago alive, but he couldn’t burn rubber fast enough to get away from me once he’d dropped me off at his sister’s. Wearing nothing but a hospital gown and his borrowed coat, I have to face an Aima queen for the first time. Alone. Luckily, she has enough scruples to fill me in on some vampire queen basics without trapping me into a sibling alliance without my knowledge. There is so much about this world that I don’t know. I’ve never lived as a vampire queen. I’ve certainly never fed. I have no one on my side. No Blood of my own. I don’t know who to trust. With Soldiers of Light and blazing sunfires on my trail, I’m trapped. I’ve got nowhere else to go. But they aren’t taking me back to Heliopolis alive. Note: Karmen is recovering from abuse with flashbacks to her past, which may be triggering to survivors of sexual assault. less