Vice cop Brenden Wallace has walked on the dark side for too many years. Now, newly divorced, he's smoking too much, sleeping too little, and the empty darkness in his soul is the blackest part of any night—until he's assigned to investigate an escort service called Exotic Jewels. The woman who shows up in his motel room is beautiful, mysterious and knows how to turn control and pain into thrilling pleasure.

An enigma hailing from another age, Líadán Niamh is the embodiment of seduction and sensual control. She arouses Brenden's most feral desires—fierce, bone-deep needs they explore together, mouth to mouth and skin to skin.

But Líadán's hungry kiss is more dangerous than Brenden could have imagined. Women are turning up dead, and every clue leads Brenden back to Líadán—and a raw, brutal passion that could cost him his life...