Audrey Yamamoto needs to get a life. This Halloween, her only plans are watching Hocus Pocus for the 30th time—alone. However, when she walks home from work, a car heads straight toward her, and she's sure her mundane existence is about to come to an end. But a beautiful stranger saves her just in the nick of time. Even crazier? The beautiful stranger is a vampire, and he wants to claim her for his mate...

***Get ready for Halloween with this sweet and sexy short story containing cavity-inducing instalove, an innocent heroine, a gorgeous vampire, and a HEA! Part of Romance Books You Should Be Reading: The Holiday Collection, a collaboration between bestselling authors of paranormal and scifi romance!***

Excerpt:

I close my eyes, expecting excruciating pain, but when I open my eyes, I find myself in the arms of a stranger. An extremely handsome stranger. I can't help gawking at his skincare-commercial-perfect skin, green eyes that sparkle like emeralds, and brilliant hair that's the most gorgeous shade of red. Did I somehow get into heaven? Because this guy is too beautiful to be from Earth. "Are you an angel?" I blurt out.

He smirks. "No, sweetheart. I did just save your a** though."

I blink. "Wait, what? That's impossible. That car was going way too fast... Oh no, is this a coma-induced hallucination?"

"No, sweetheart, this is very much real."

"That's exactly what a figment of my comatose imagination would say."

"Do you want me to prove this is real?"

I laugh. "Sure, go for it."

Shock fills me when he places his lips on mine. His mouth feels warm, wet, real. My conscious imagination was never this vivid. D**n, he's a good kisser. I feel myself getting aroused. God, this is actually real.

"Is that enough proof for you?" he whispers.

I'm tempted to say, "No, I think you need to kiss me some more," but I merely nod.