Can two vampires with dark pasts find a way to believe that love is worth the risk?Anca Fieraru's duty is to eliminate problems for the Magic Council as one of their appointed Judges. Her current assignment-find those responsible for the recent, renewed slaughters in Moss Creek, Arizona. In order to track a local vampire traitor, and hunt supernatural killers, she's forced to partner with a sexy, stubborn clan vampire. Even in the center of danger, their fiery clashes begin to remind Anca there's more to life than holding others at a cold distance. Doctor Matt Dixon has spent centuries healing others, in atonement for his own heinous past crimes. Never mind they were committed while fighting the Arcaine monsters that lurk in the dark, and responsible for destroying everything he ever loved. Now, he's found a place of peace in the Moss Creek clan. Until death once more finds its way into the center of his life. Ordered to work with the Magic Council's deadly assassin, Matt soon realizes there's an intriguing woman beneath Anca's icy fa�ade. Can they overcome the horrors of their pasts, and learn to trust one another, before the present danger consumes them both, and all they care for?