Cassie Alexander is a registered nurse and author. As Cassandra, she’s written The Year of the Nurse: A Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir. As Cassie, she’s written numerous (and very hot!) paranormal romances, sometimes under the name Cassie Lockharte with her friend Kara Lockharte. She lives in the Bay Area with one husband, two cats, and one million succulents. 
Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander
Edie Spence has a degree in nursing and a job at the County Hospital, in the Y4 ward. County Hospital, the public hospital that treats everyone, insured or not, is a tough gig at any time — Y4 is both tougher and weirder, being the floor that treats daylight servants of vampires, vampires themselves, shapeshifters, and all sorts of were-folk. Oh, and did I mention zombies? The work is hard and dangerous, the pay is abysmal, but by working here, Edie guarantees protection for her junkie brother. As Nightshifted opens,
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