Would YOU love a monster girl? Grace Daytau is a gargoyle with a fresh lease on life. After turning state's evidence gets her witness protection at a university campus, she's determined to play it straight. There's just one problem: she hasn't been to school in almost twenty years! If she can't make the grade Daytau will revoke her witpro scholarship, leaving her at the mercy of the syndicates. She has a lot of catching up to do. Daniel Koffman does his best to avoid entanglements as he uses college coursework to further forbidden genetic research. But when a mysterious woman offers him an obscene payday to tutor a gargoyle, the offer is simply too good to refuse. It's an arrangement that will change his life. Daniel was in it for the money. Grace was in it to make good on a fresh start. Both had secrets to keep and neither wanted anything more. But love has a funny way of creeping in, and in their case, it all started with a little white lie ...