Two very different men, each struggling with his own lust and desires. Can they find a happy medium? Ethan Harte returns to his old stomping grounds in Chicago a changed man. He grew up on the South Side, running with older boys and playing stickball in the streets. A one-night encounter with a brooding stranger named Darius has left him half-man, half-creature, with a thirst for blood that's hard to slake. Cullen Ryder, a South Side Chicago detective, has been on his own since his lover was killed in a car crash three years earlier. Disillusioned, bitter, and more than a little lonely, he's intrigued when former classmate Ethan comes back into his life. Ryder's life the past thirteen years has been about being a detective, and he prides himself on being a damn good one. But when he finds out exactly who and what Ethan is, and what he does to survive, their new bond is tested. Can Ryder live with the knowledge, and does he want to? Reader Advisory: This book contains one character from Night Shift, though the two books can be read as stand alone titles.