HAH! Perfect. I think I have everything now but the "I warned you about this sort of thing..."/"But itz just mizunderstood!!1111" conversation between our girl and her mentor, but that's something I'll have to work on.

But it turns into a Lust elemental.

I am not allowed to let Bob attend Mardi Gras.....the destruction of the city would surely be noticed.

or, ... it would make Hurricane Katrina look tame by comparison.

I think that she would have the same cravings that a normal mother would have. Perhaps, with human mothers, the child doesn't start switching until after it is born.

If the power grid is still up, you could have it where some people have figured out how to use electricity to power long term spells.

Here is a resource that might come in handy for you, its called Technomancer. Its a sourcebook published by Steve Jackson Games, as part of the GURPS line.

Here are two:

TA Pratt's Marla Mason Series: Blood Engine & Poison Sleep. There is a third one that I think comes out soon. Its The Sopranos meets The Dresden Files.

Simon R. Green's Tales from Nightside Series, the first book is Something from the Nightside.

I'm currently reading Storm Born, so far, so good.

I have one question for Richelle, in this world, is the supernatural out in the open?

What about the crystalline structure of metals?

I think that the Ghost Riders were actually the American version of the Wild Hunt.

Annabelle Grant could be descended from an African tribe who can fly. Another spin could be that she has a tribe of Abatwa who work for her. The Abatwa are a type of "Fairy" native to Africa.

Perhaps the "Supernatural" Pinkertons have the immortal smith Weyland on their payroll.