Jeanne C Stein was an author that popped up on my recommendations list in Amazon and upon looking into her books, I discovered The Becoming, Book 1 in the Anna Strong Chronicles. 
 Anna is a bounty hunter, she's pretty good at her job, but one night things go terribly wrong. Anna and her partner David are tracking a man they assume will be no problem to bring in. Once the confrontation starts, however, Anna realizes that something isn't right about the man. Then he takes out her partner and attacks Anna. Anna wakes up in the hospital after having been assaulted and with a fuzy memory of events. She's almost promptly sent home, to the irritation of her partner. Anna soon discovers that besides being violently assaulted that night she was also turned into a vampire. Now Anna has to learn how to reconcile her old life with this new revelation. 
 What really got to me was how, it seemed, Anna took everything in stride. A LOT of stuff happened to her and while she acknowledges that fact, she shows very little emotion about it. It felt like she was numb through a lot of the story. The book takes place probably over the course of about a week so everything to Anna should still be relatively new, yet it doesn't take long for Anna to become accustomed to her new way of life. I wish that Stein would have used this entire first book for Anna to begin to understand her new powers. Instead, almost immediately, Anna picks up things about her power in the blink of an eye. We are given the explanation that Anna is strong and will only get stronger. I don't think there's anything wrong with being a little vulnerable. Especially when your world is turned upside down. I wish Stein would have explored that more in Anna's case because without that vulnerability, she seemed cold. 
 I will say that as predictable as the plot kinda / sorta was, Stein did a good job of twisting things around until you weren't sure your instincts were correct. Anna, being thrust into this new vampire world, is obligated with blind trust. She needs to learn the ins and outs of vampirism from somewhere and Dr. Avery steps into that spot. But Anna doesn't know him at all, and that's kind of a recurring theme of the book. Who can / should Anna trust? Can she really trust anyone? 
 This book has a clear beginning and a clear ending. The main storyline involving Anna's attacker is figured out by the end, but Stein makes sure to intriduce things that are as of yet unexplained. I really wish that we saw more of Max, Anna's human boyfriend who was working under cover with the DEA. Stein definitely dangles the possibility that he knows more about the world than Anna thought, but that is something the readers will find out as the series goes I suspect. 
 The series has promise, for me there were just standard first-book things that went wrong. I'm hopeful that since we've been introduced to the world, Stein can focus more on the characters. This was a very quick read if you're looking for something to pick up and finish in a couple of days.