I am both a sinner and a saint, but I bleed vengeance.
For years, I've lived in the grey... until her.
Avery Washington didn't belong in the shadows, but I dragged her into the darkness anyway.
One kiss, and I would stop at nothing to possess her.
One caress, and my need to destroy wavered.
Our attraction was poison and pleasure.
They say the devil recognizes his own, but I never saw Avery coming.
She's determined to light the matchsticks, and I can't resist going down in flames...

Defied is the final book in the Blood Duet and should not be read before Sworn.