Dark Possession ~ Christine Feehan

this is the eighteenth book in the Carpathian series. Manuel De La Cruz is a Carpathian, who has lived for a millennium never really believing that he would find his life mate. Now he has been gravely injured saving a woman, and he finally finds her. MaryAnn Delaney is a counselor who treats traumatized women, who has agreed to come to South America to treat Jasmine, a Jaguar who has been abused by the men of her species. Believing Manuel to be dead she has fallen into depression, and really can't figure out why. Once Manuel rises and is reunited with MaryAnn, they determine that there are other forces behind what is going on.

Darkfever ~ Karen Marie Moning

This is the first book in a new series, the Dark Series. Mackayla Lane, Mac, grew up in small town Georgia, with her sister, Alina. Now Alina, who was at school in Dublin, is dead, and no one knows why or who did it. Mac is determined to find some answers. Along the way she encounters Jericho Barrons, who knows something about the community that Alaina had become involved in, and may end up keeping Mac alive.