The world knew Michael Brandt as a playboy tycoon...The underworld knew him as a fierce vampire hunter. Armed with a wooden stake and superior strength, Michael targeted the most powerful overlords in a clandestine do-or-die operation...and then tabloid reporter Jessie Morgan uncovered his secret. Only once before had Michael allowed a woman into his lair...and the consequences had been catastrophic. Now he'd fight heaven and hell to keep Jessie from the same fate. But he can't fight the attraction that draws him to her like a bloodlust. An attraction that might prove deadly...