Vampire: (noun) Bloodsucker, murderer, bedpost-notcher, God s gift to women, fiend. Seth Gramble is a prince among his people. Half vampire, half jaguar, he is one of a rare few who can shift into an animal form. Both his halves have found their mate in a female detective determined to lump all vampires in with the rogue who killed her former lover. He s given her six months to see him differently. He s done waiting. Paxton Tenor wants nothing to do with a blood-sucking fiend, no matter how much he makes her body sing. Nothing good can come of a vampire. A case she s working on partners her with Seth, and she s forced to reconsider her hatred. He doesn t seem at all like the rogue who sucked the life from her boyfriend in cold blood. When Seth s kitty comes out to play, Paxton realizes she s been stupid to deny herself this man. And when he puts his life on the line to protect hers? All bets are off."