Jaye Wells: Red-headed step child and Mage in Black

I must say I have been quite lucky with book choice in the last few months... which means I have been reading like crazy. Last time I went out I hit this author, Jaye Wells, and she is a new one for me.  The main character, Sabina, is an assassin working for vampires (one of the head honchos being her grandmother) and Sabina is a mixed breed: half vampire, half mage.

In theRed-Headed Stepchild (Sabina Kane) we understand quite quickly that being a half-breed is hardly seen as a positive, and Sabina really is not feeling the love with her grandmother.  She is sent to assasinate a man who is the leader of a cult like organization, but first to find out what he means to do and who he has on the inside.  It is fast paced and exciting... I think I blew through it in a day it was so fun to read.


The Mage in Black (Sabina Kane) starts with Sabina going to meet her mage side of the family for the first time.  Having been raised by her prejudice and uber nasty grandmother she knows next to nothing of mage kind.  She has discovered however, that she has an identical twin sister she was never told about.  Certainly she is more well liked among her mage kin, and in fact they seem to believe she is Chosen to unite all the races, but she does not buy into the destiny jazz.