Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville Series #2) » (Unabridged)

Carrie Vaughn had the nomadic childhood of the typical Air Force brat, with stops in California, Florida, North Dakota, Maryland, and Colorado. She holds a Masters in English Literature and collects hobbies—-fencing and sewing are currently high on the list. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. Her website is www.carrievaughn.com.

When she is invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, celebrity werewolf and late-night radio host Kitty Norville acquires a new set of enemies, in this second entry in Carrie Vaughn's bestselling series.

VOYA

Vaughn's sequel to Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Warner, 2005/VOYA October 2005) follows late-night radio host Kitty Norville, whose increasing fame as a werewolf leads a special U.S. Senate oversight committee to subpoena her to testify at hearings in Washington, D.C. Shortly after her arrival, Kitty meets Alette, the city's vampire mistress; a werewolf named Ahmed, who runs a safe haven club for lycanthropes; Dr. Flemming, a scientist who heads the Center for the Study of Paranatural Biology; and Luis, a seductive Brazilian were-jaguar. Kitty not only has to keep her cool at the hearings, even when provoked by a fanatical Senator who is obviously on a witchhunt, but she also must unravel the tangled loyalties and motives of those around her. As with her first book, Vaughn delivers an effortless, fast-paced narrative, with just enough emotional depth to satisfy. Kitty's youthful outlook and the entertaining premise will naturally attract teen readers, and although Kitty's romance with Luis includes somewhat casual sex, it occurs almost entirely offscreen and is not the real focus of the character or the story. As an added bonus, the book includes a standalone short story titled Kitty Meets the Band. The publisher has already purchased two more Kitty books, and it is easy to foresee that this series will be well received by those young adults who enjoy the vampire and other supernatural fiction that is so popular these days.