Passion has a darker side... Kathy McKenna was sure that the littleMidwestern town of Oak Hollow would be isolated enough for safety butthe moment the black-clad stranger walked into her bookstore, she knewshe was wrong. Raphael Cordova exudes smoldering power, and his sensualtouch draws Kathy into a world of limitless pleasure and unimaginabledanger. Oak Hollow was supposed to be neutral territory forsupernatural beings. Instead it has become a home to an evil forcedetermined to destroy them-- and kill any mortal who gets in the way. Asleader of the North American Vampires, Raphael has always put dutyfirst, but then no woman ever enthralled him the way Kathy does. And asthe enemy's terrifying plan is revealed, Raphael's desire could be afatal distraction for all his kind, and for the woman he has sworn tolove forever...