Keyan Bowes

If you're the kind of reader who enjoys the Sookie Stackhouse books, or Women of the Otherworld, or the Anita Blake series before they became soft porn....

... you have to meet Kit Melbourne.  Part-time barista, freelance florist, serious karate-ka, Kit inherits a jeweled bindi that reveals that her boyfriend is an occasional bear, her best client is a goddess, and many of her clients at her brother's cafe are Otherfolk. The only hitch is that a lot of people, human and otherwise,  know about this jewel, and are ready to kill her for it. All she has to do is find out who they are and how to stay alive.

Kit Melbourne is the heroine of Seeing Things, the first of the "Seabingen" novels by my friend and Clarionmate, Kater Cheek. (Seabingen is the name of the setting, a contemporary University town inspired by Seattle.) I've been one of the lucky early readers of this series, and it rocks.  Kater's decided to e-publish the first three novels.
 
And... the first one, Seeing Things, is up at Smashwords. If you like urban fantasy, and want a fast fun read and a heroine with guts, smarts, and a neat sense of humor... go for it.  It's FREE during the soft-launch period.

Here's the link (in case the other ones don't work and you need one to paste in your browser)
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/66778