Cassandra Blanchard is living a lie; hiding her pain behind laughter and ready made smiles. Sarcasm has become her coping mechanism for dealing with the abuse she suffered as a child. Until one night during work, a stranger darkens the door, stripping her of her defenses and laying her soul bare to his hungry gaze.Malik Devain is on a mission to take out an entire family of shifters, and return home to Alaska before the week's end. But he hadn't counted on a sexy little blonde throwing a wrench in his plans. While her blood calls to the vampire within, her body controls the man in a tug of war of wills he's powerless to win.