Sola Morte, a former thief and burglar, has abandoned her former life on the other side of the law. On the run from a drug dealer's family, she moved far from Caldwell to start a new life and keep her grandmother safe. Her heart, however, yearns for the only person who could break through her armor - Essail, Essail's son, who never thought he was capable of loving, much less a human woman. But they have no future, and not only because she does not know that he is a vampire, but also because Essale is not going to stop supplying weapons to the Black Dagger Brotherhood. But fate has other plans for them. When Essale falls into a coma and is on the brink of life and death, his cousins find Sola and beg him to come to give him a reason to live. The last thing she wants is to go back, but can she really let him die? When a deadly new enemy of the vampires shows his face and the Brotherhood needs Essail's help, Sola finds herself not only a target, but a critical force in the war. which she cannot understand. And when the truth about Essale comes to light, she will either run away from horror...or follow her heart into the arms of a man who loves her more than life itself.