Kendra, the Mistress of Water, finds herself sinking within an ocean of heartbreak as Destiny lands her once again on the Isle of Serey. Nothing is going right--from her awareness to the island's most prominent Nysein womanizer to the desire he shimmies over her body. She can't fight the pull he has on her, but she suspects he's exchanging more than smooth banter with one of her sisters. Jealousy slashes the darkest recesses of her heart, yet she's tired of waiting for him. Either he'll give her what she wants, or she'll finally walk away...Maxim Korden, the seneschal to King Darien, has always loved the female sex. The scent, texture, and visual stimulation of a beautiful woman makes him crazy with need. However, he carries a deep secret--one impossible to believe. For nearly one hundred years, he can't touch a woman without sickness, though one caress upon Kendra's skin and the sweetest nirvana engulfs him. Fate has tilted a deadly trial against their brief happiness as a sinister force traps his newfound love.Includes a bonus story, The Nysein: GlimmerFor Victor Bradley, a crazy situation calls for desperate decisions: Glimmer is a problem. He can't ignore her cry for help. He tries to tell himself it's because she is in trouble and a vampire with a tempting gift, yet it's more than that. On the run, they cross into Fae territory and out-of-control doesn't begin to cover the circus unfolding.Two years of Glimmer's life are gone. She has been a prisoner to a man hell-bent on torturing her. When the opportunity to escape hits--she grabs it--running without a plan. Her getaway lands her in the arms of a lion shifter, a man too incredible to believe, but impossible to ignore.Her heart sings a mantra of words: help me... love me... stay with me. But, will he?