Mafia hit man. Vampire. The criminal underworld just got a whole lot darker.
Business has never been better for hit man Karl Vance. Boston is awash in mafia blood, and as a master vampire, Vance has a certain fondness for blood. He's sworn to never again feed on the blood of innocents, preying instead on the criminal underworld. Which makes him a valuable asset to those who deal in death.
Maria Ricardi intends to use that asset to its full extent in order to gain power within her patriarchal crime family. Vance thinks he's been hired to keep track of her, but she's got a plan to earn the respect she deserves. And she's not above using their instant attraction to get what she wants. Her ambition draws the attention of a rival clan's most dangerous consultant. Alejandro Delgado, Vance's centuries-old nemesis. Delgado zeroes in on the one chink in Vance's armor--his fondness for Maria.
Now she's enslaved by Delgado's unnatural kiss. Only one thing is certain. Vance has to decide which he wants more. To settle the score or rescue her soul.
Warning: Intense, graphic mafia-related violence, profanity, gangster slang, assassinations, fang punctures, betrayal, greed, murder, gangland warfare, pervasive supernatural mayhem, large-scale explosions, and expensive Italian suits.