Horror fiction. Love stories. No one sets fire to the page like Susan Sizemore! In her sensual new vampire romance, an unsuspecting mortal is embraced in darkness and passion.... He appears out of the dark desert night-a huge, dangerous stranger who sparks desire and fear in her like she's never known. Josephine Elliot knows only that her captor's name is 4Marcus Cage, and that he's on the run. But who is chasing him, and why? Is Marcus protecting her by taking her hostage ... or is he planning to use her to buy his own freedom? And why, above all, is she so inexorably drawn to him, body and soul? Marcus is overwhelm ed by his thirst for Josephine and instantly recognizes her as his soul mate. Desperate to evade enemies intent on destroying him and his kind, Marcus has no choice but to take Jo on the run. But when she unwittingly betrays him to his enemies, both are thrust into mortal danger. Can their newfound love survive her deceit and spare them a dark fate? Or will their insatiable desire burn for eternity?