Author note: NIGHTFALL is a 40,000-word novel based on the novella Bleeding Heart. When a desperate scientist injected her with a serum developed to kill vampires, Jillian Conrad’s blood became death-at-first-taste to the undead. But this also meant a death sentence for her…and time is running out. Declan Reyes, Jill’s dhampyr protector and former lover, contacts a vampire-hunting friend who brings them to a secret research laboratory, one with the potential to develop a cure based on a sample of Jill’s poisoned blood. Declan trusts his friend. And Jill trusts Declan. And one day very soon, she holds tightly to the hope that they can be together without any deadly obstacles standing in their way. The only question is, will either of them survive that long?