Mara thought she had left her past behind. She was wrong.

Moving in with Sophie should have been the beginning of something new—until Mara discovers that her new neighbor is Adrian, the ex she hasn’t seen in years.

Except Adrian is no longer the man she remembers.

He’s stronger. Colder. Beautiful in a way that feels almost unnatural. And he’s hiding a secret that should be impossible: Adrian is a vampire, one of the nearly extinct creatures most people believed were nothing more than legend.

Then people across the city begin turning up drained of blood.

Adrian knows he isn’t responsible. But someone is recreating vampire attacks, and whatever they want, they may be trying to force him out of hiding.

As Mara finds herself drawn back toward the man she swore she left behind, Sophie begins to wonder whether Adrian is a threat to their relationship—or something far more dangerous.

Because Adrian came back into Mara’s life for a reason.

And something else has come back with him.

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