Los Angeles is no longerthe City of Angels…Dark, restless things prowl the L.A. streets.A series of unexplained murders threatens to shatter anuneasy peace among humans, vampires, and werewolves.Keeli Maddox needs to find the answers. And now,if she and her kin are to survive, she must trust a man asdifferent from her as night is from day. Michael is a slayer,a betrayer. . . an enemy. But Keeli, herself no stranger toshadow, knows that nobility can lurk in unexpected places—and that this remarkable being who takes her breathaway is meant to be with her. . . forever. In the midst ofgravest peril, their lives are about to change, as togetherthey rediscover the unparalleled pleasure of skin on skin,and the sweet, forbidden ecstasy found in a taste of crimson.