Mute vampire Boy hides in the caves of the Nevada desert, emerging to kill the Deviants seeking the ancient blood in his veins. When he encounters the lone holdout in the evacuated basin, he's drawn to her beauty, her fire, and her heart which hears everything he can't say. Lexie Grace is too loud, too outspoken, and too much. Her deceased grandparents' home is the only place she felt love and she won't give it up easily. The lethal, silent, playful vamp lurking around her barn is the perfect partner in battle and in her bed. But the Deviants aren't hunting Boy. They're following him. And Boy has to choose between the ancient who claws at his soul and the woman who owns it.