Suzanne Vela is a big girl with striking violet eyes and she's always been made to feel bizarre, not beautiful. She longs to meet the man of her dreams and live happily ever after with him, but she is so damn tired of dating. She has just moved to a quaint, quirky small town and she hopes that she has finally found a place she can call home. Mason Gray works with his brothers at Gray's Domain, a construction company and is a member of the small volunteer firefighting force in Shadow Point. When he saves a woman from a burning house, he realizes that there is something strange and special about her. She has been drained of nearly all her blood. She should be dead, but she is clinging on tenaciously to life. Suzanne is stunned to find that she isn't dead. A brave, handsome firefighter risked everything and did the impossible to save her. Suzanne finally learns who and what she is. There is power in her blood, and she will use that power to fight for a happily-ever-after with the man of her dreams.