J.C. Daniels is the penname for writer Shiloh Walker. I had been hearing a lot about this series and it seemed to have good word of mouth. I finally decided to give it a try. Kit Colbana is half human, half aneira (warriors / assassins). Being a "halfbreed" she was considered beneath the rest of her race. She was beaten constantly throughout her childhood and left to live in dirt and half fed. When she was old enough she was able to run away from that and start making a living for herself. She's become a P.I. or sorts for the NH (non-human) world and she's called upon by the Shifter Cat Alpha to find her lost nephew. While she will be paid hansomely if she succeeds, her life it forfeit if she fails. To top it all off, Kit has to keep one of the Cat Shifter in tow during her investigation. Things are not looking good. 
 Already we know that Kit is tough. But I like that, just because she has a hard exterior she's still likeable. It doesn't take hearing about her sad past in order for the readers to soften towards Kit. There's just something there right away that even though she's tough and will jump right in a fight to defend herself, you can tell she's survived and she's doing what she must in order to keep surviving. You can also tell, through her interactions with others, that she has a heart. She doesn't want anyone to go through the kind of life she's had to live and she will make sure of it. 
 The task of finding the young shifter is almost masked by the interactions between Kit and the Cat Shifter Damon, who is charged with "helping" Kit out on the case. I say "helping" because he seems to loom around too close for Kit's comfort and Kit feels he's more of a hinderance than a help. The chemistry between them is very evident from page one and in my mind it was only a matter of time before something more happened. 
 Daniels created a very interesting world where humans do know about the non-humans. The non-humans consist (that we know) of vampires, shifters, and witches mainly. There are other non-humans (Kit herself is half Aneira), but we haven't really dealt with them yet. 
 I really liked this story. It was a pretty quick read and reminded me a lot of Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series which is one of my favorites. I can't wait to pick up Night Blade but don't know what I do until Book 3 comes out next year.