DESIRE IS DEADLY.A VAMPIRE IN EXILELucilla is a hauntingly beautiful 700-year-old vampire from Hungary. She lives in exile in the dark forest of Charleston, South Carolina. Lucilla is powerful, reckless, and unpredictable. When Dorian enters her life, she is invigorated but ultimately commits unspeakable acts of violence to please him. A FATEFUL ENCOUNTERHired by a wealthy business tycoon to recover a lost family artifact, prominent antiques dealer Dorian Hunter gets more than he bargained for when a seemingly normal retrieval mission leads him to Lucilla. When his intrusion sparks her fury, Dorian desperately offers his services in exchange for his life.

A TORRID AFFAIR BEGINS

A passionate romance ignites, but soon Lucilla's affection for him takes a dark turn. Trapped by her obsessive rage and pursued by the authorities, Dorian must find a way to escape both the law and the vampire who will stop at nothing to claim him forever.