Growing up poor on New Chicago's nearest streets. Ava Sans had two options by the predator or be the prey. No context. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she's been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all - a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time. Once the leader of the entire vampire army, McKell has been deemed savage and unstable, spurred even by his own kind.

To McKell, humans should be nothing more than sustenance. Yet the petite, golden-skinned Ava is a fascinating contradiction - vicious yet, wary, strong yet vulnerable, lethal but fiercely loyal. Against his better judgement, McKell craves that loyalty, and much more. When the chase leads to seduction, McKell and Ava will race to discover the truth abou his past. But the answers will come at a price, even for a woman who thought she had nothing left to lose....