Madeline Black

Madeline Black is the central character in the urban fantasy series by Christina Henry. There are currently three books out (Black Wings (Black Wings, Book 1), Black Night (Black Wings, Book 2) and Black Howl (Black Wings)) with a fourth book (Black Lament (Black Wings)) on the way in October and a fifth book in the process of being written. There are also several short stories available on Christina Henry's website http://www.christinahenry.net. I recommend reading book one before the short stories and you will definitely be missing something if you don't read the books in order.

Madeline Black is an agent for Death. She is given a list each week with the names of the souls she is to collect and the time and place of their death. She conducts the souls to the Door. This is a duty she inherited from her mother when her mother was killed when Maddie was a young teenager. She also inherited a house and a gargoyle named Beezle. However, being an agent for Death doesn't pay well (or anything) so she has to  find a tenant for the downstairs apartment in her house and write free lance recipe articles for magazines to make ends meet.

Gabriel Angelescurrio shows up to rent the downstairs apartment and things start to go wrong in Maddie's life.

This series has just about everything you could want: fallen angels (gregori), demons, nephilium (twisted children of the gregori and humans), fairies, vampires, werewolves and of course the gargoyle. This is NOT paranormal romance and there is not a HEA. Also, the second book has rape scene, however you could skip that scene and still enjoy the series.

I really like this series, though the very last scene of the third book was a bit predictable. I am definitely on pins and needles waiting for book 4 (which I have pre-ordered).