One bad hand of cards has stranded Eliza Dunbro on a failing ranch in the middle of nowhere. She'd do anything to get back to the city, even seduce the handsome, pale stranger who rides into town. He's sexy and rich—a perfect combination—but there's something more about him that calls to her and make her think that sticking around might not be so bad. It's been hundreds of years since anything or anyone has caught Daniel Hastings' interest. The vampire doesn't expect much in the two-bit dusty town he's passing through to change that...until he sets eyes on the sassy, stubborn Eliza. A moonlit picnic is tossed aside for more carnal delights, and though he should be doing the enthralling, he finds himself caught in a spell of lust that Eliza weaves. Daniel finds himself afraid of cravings of a different kind...ones he can't have.