SOLVED - Vampire Romance/Urban Fantasy - female lead called in to deal with an assault on important vampire's estate [s]

[Shadowsedge17]

I think I read it four or five years ago. It was a paranormal romance (light on the romance) with vampires. Modern day setting. I think it began with the premise that there had been some sort of tactical assault/invasion on a rich/lord/king vampire's home, (which had been successfully defeated/repelled by the residents) and somehow the main female character had been called in about it in the aftermath. Maybe as an interrogator?

Also, toward the end, I seem to remember the heroine ended up maybe kidnapped? Something about a car, and maybe travel toward the border. She might have rescued herself without any outside aid.

It might have been the first book in a series. If so, I think the second book had the same main characters. And the ending wasn't a happily-ever-after romance between male and female leads, but more the set-up for a sequel.

[Michele]

Long shot but maybe the first Anita Blake novel? Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

[Jiji]

I am thinking "Raphael (Vampires in America)". I don't know about the end though. But I remember the compound has been breached and the female main character was called to help with the investigation. She is a private investigator

[Shadowsedge17]

It was indeed Raphael! Thank you so much. ^_^

(also, thanks Michele for the suggestion).

I know I'm supposed to "shelve" this somehow, so I'll go fiddle around with the settings and see if I can figure out how.

Thanks again!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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