Griffin, a PI, accepts a new job, though he seriously has his doubts regarding the validity of some of his client's claims. The client, Felix, fully believes a woman named Isabella is a killer, and can entrap men with just a look. Griffin locates, and follows, Isabella for three nights, not seeing any signs of her murderous rampage. But, when she appears to be in danger, he doesn't hesitate to step in to rescue her...of which he quickly sees she can definitely handle herself.
"Don't look into her eyes. If you do, she'll take your soul." - Felix
Isabella is desperate to attack the man holding a knife to her face. Haha. No. She can only keep up the helpless act for so long. She quickly disarms, not literally, him and prepares to enjoy her reward. However, right as she's about to strike, you've figured out she's a vampire by now, right?, she hears a sexy voice that belongs to an equally sexy man, one that was prepared to save her.
Griffin shakes off her compulsion to forget her, and the way her everything impacts him, and let's her know, with a stake aimed at her heart, how serious he is, right before flashing his own fangs. Her fear surprises him as it seems real. When he stops the man intending to attack her, things quickly become dire for Griffin as he's stabbed with the man's Plan B, and it happens to be a silver knife. Yeah, Griffin is a werewolf, and though he is very quickly dying, he knows he can't accept Isabella's life-saving blood. It's forbidden.
"But his entire focus--even as his beast clawed for his freedom--his entire focus was on the sexy little vampire before him. The woman who'd just sealed both of their fates." - Griffin
Isabella can't believe she just met, and saved, a werewolf. She'd always been told to stay away from them, and now one had bitten her wrist and drank her blood until she'd had to force him to stop. As if that wasn't enough to make her want to leave Vegas forever, she's now being held at gunpoint in her hotel room. But he doesn't want to kill her. He has other plans...for her kind.
Griffin, having recovered and shifted to human again, tracks down Isabella, only to learn she's been injured. When he finds her again, intent on taking her with him, he stops another attack on her. Isabella is his, she just hasn't accepted it yet.
"I was told...it was wrong. Taboo. It's not. We're not. I'll fight anyone who challenges my right to you." - Griffin
Griffin knows their mating is forbidden, but it's done and no one will take her from him, and many will try. Vampires and werewolves alike will revolt against their union. Well, they will try.
But their respective kinds aren't the only obstacles they'll have to fight. It seems fate wasn't the only thing ensuring they would meet.
What happens when a vampire and a werewolf, forbidden to mate, do so anyway? How will their people react? Why is finding Isabella so important to Felix? What are his motives for involving Griffin? Will Griffin and Isabella survive? Is this just the beginning over their very long lives together? Or will their mating end before it ever truly got a chance to start?
One-click now and follow along as two people, their kinds sworn enemies, defy the rules and fall deeply in love. I hope this book is the start of a new series and the next one features Carter, Griffin's packmate and friend.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**