Breaking the Skin is a 20k word short novella that was included in the Taming the Vampire Anthology and is now being made available on its own. Michael “Hatch” Jacobson is hired muscle and damn good at his job. Since the existence of Vampires was revealed on earth, humans and blood drinkers have lived in peace. Because each side has abided by a strict set of rules. But rules get broken, and now Hatch is putting his muscle to use working with the blood-bag drinking Daybreakers to keep a rogue faction of vamps from feasting on humans. Lola Sommers works at a local blood bank. Her job allows her to support a cause dear to her: providing sustenance for the vamps who value human life. Her unique heritage opens her heart to their plight, but it's a human that catches her attention and makes her want a future like the stories her grandparents shared about true love. Back when shifters and witches existed. Before blood was a commodity and humans sat a little lower on the food chain. When Lola is put in the crosshairs of a Daybreaker war, Hatch will risk it all to protect what's his.