Book #2 -- Haunted by Kelley Armstrong

Eve Levine — half-demon, black witch and devoted mother — has been dead for three years. She has a great house, an interesting love life and can't be killed again — which comes in handy when you've made as many enemies as Eve. Yes, the afterlife isn't too bad — all she needs to do is find a way to communicate with her daughter, Savannah, and she'll be happy.

But fate — or more exactly, the Fates — have other plans. Eve owes them a favor, and they've just called it in. An evil spirit called the Nix has escaped from hell. She feeds on chaos and death, and is very good at persuading people to kill for her. The Fates want Eve to hunt her down before she does any more damage, but the Nix is a dangerous enemy — previous hunters have been driven insane in the process. As if that's not problem enough, the only way to stop her is with an angel's sword. And Eve is no angel. . . .

The Book Geek Says: Of this series thus far, my favorite books have been Bitten (the first in the series) and Dime Store Magic (the third). The writing in Haunted was sharp -- something I've come to expect from Ms. Armstrong -- but as the storyline wore on, I felt certain aspects were created simply to add word count. I haven't read any books in this series in several months as I was also disappointed with Industrial Magic, so I will be once again taking a break before picking up the next series book.