Unexpected Gifts — Candace Blevins

Polly was nearly killed in a vampire battle near the end of the American Civil War. Her body needed time to heal, but she awakens into a startling future no one in the eighteen hundreds could've possibly dreamed of. To further complicate things, Polly wakes a week before Thanksgiving, so she'll have to navigate the craziness of modern day Christmas on top of everything else.

Jayce is an ancient vampire who's taking it easy while he lives under this identity. He was a famous physicist in the roaring twenties, but he's currently a bartender, where everyone knows him as Ace. Abbott assigns the super-genius to teach Polly about this world she's awakened to -- with cars, airplanes, indoor plumbing, and smartphones with a camera in every human's hand.

Cole is a bear shifter, and is Jayce's partner. Lover. Whatever. Cole is a physics professor and doesn't have time for silly labels -- nor is he thrilled with the prospect of having a seven hundred year old former Queen of England living in their home. If she thinks he's bowing to her, she'll be sorely disappointed.

Sergei was abducted from foster care by an evil vampire as a child, and turned into a werewolf. Abbott rescued him when he took over Maryland, and he's living with Jayce and Cole, employed as their house manager, but he wants to be so much more to them.

Two vampires, a grizzly bear, and a werewolf. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but these four living under one roof is serious business. Follow them through an extraordinary Christmas season as they each find ways to offer Unexpected Gifts.