Daniel Becker is an artist who has been considered too “sensitive” for his own good by his father. After being accused of being gay, Daniel has decided to find out one way or the other. Unfortunately, he stops at the Crimson Quarter, where vampires roam, by mistake and gets marked by one of the Lost. He’s saved in the nick of time by a Guardian, a vampire who protects humans, from becoming even more of a victim. When that Guardian introduces him to the kind of love that can happen between men, Daniel is at once lost and found. His only problem is that he needs to convince his vampire that they need to be together. If he’ll listen. Gabriel is a Guardian, atoning for the pain and bloodshed in his past. When he saves a young man from becoming an unwilling victim to another vampire, that young one’s purity is too much to resist. He needs to mark him for his own safety, but he didn’t count on falling for the boy. Gabriel feels the need to give him time, even after a mind-blowing sexual experience. Eight long years pass…can he break his vow and claim Daniel as the right one for him, or will he keep himself in a self-imposed prison for the rest of his long life?