Dare vampire Louis Redman believe an inquisitive researcher's claim that she's close to finding a cure for his age-old curse? Determined to become human again, he must trust the lovely geneticist who has pushed her way into his guarded life . . . and heart. But as Stacy Kimball gets close to the truth, danger stalks her from the shadows. Who wants to stop her from making the breakthrough of a lifetime: the agency that funds her work, the mysterious blood donor who threatens her emotions or the killer who terrorizes Seattle's night scene?