Cara DeLongpre wandered into the mysterious Nocturne club looking for a fleeting diversion from her sheltered life. Instead, she found a dark, seductive stranger whose touch entices her beyond the safety she’s always known and into a heady carnal bliss…

A year ago, Vincent Cordova believed that vampires existed only in bad movies and bogeyman stories. That was before a chance encounter left him with unimaginable powers, a hellish thirst, and an aching loneliness he’s sure will never end…until the night he meets Cara DeLongpre. Cara’s beauty and bewitching innocence call to his mind, his heart…his blood. For Vincent senses the Dark Gift shared by Cara’s parents, and the lurking threat from an ancient and powerful foe. And he knows that the only thing more dangerous than the enemy waiting to seek its vengeance is the secret carried by those Cara trusts the most.

EXCERPT

“Is that the best you can do?” she asked with mock disappointment.

"You know better than that, darlin’,” he said with a roguish grin.

“Show me.”

His kiss was like silken fire and lightning, sending heat shooting through every fiber of her being. She pressed herself against him, wanting more.

“Here, now,” he said, “what do you think you’re doing?”

“Nothing,” she said innocently.

“Nothing?” He drew her body tight against his, letting her
feel his arousal.

She smiled at him, a decidedly sexy, wanton smile.

“You keep looking at me like that and I’m going to take you upstairs and have my wicked way with you.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Better hurry,” she said, “I have to be back at work in half an hour.”