Duty—or desire?

Vampire soldier Adare O’Cearbhaill’s default setting is cranky. Still, as a Highlander of honor and duty he stepped up to save an enhanced and special human female by mating her—with merely a bite and a brand. The last person he wants in his life is a fragile human, yet he can’t get her out of his mind. And when he discovers she is in danger, nothing can stop him from hunting her down—whether she likes it or not.

Photographer Grace Cooper has had it with vampires, demons, and the rest of an immortal world she was happier not knowing about. Forget the fact that her mate is the sexiest thing on two stubborn feet, or that her brand is fading along with her health. She’ll handle things on her own—until an old enemy reappears and she learns the only way to stay alive is to actually mate, wild sex and all, with that ripped and dangerous Adare…