Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a
vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his
Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his
destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human, but she knows
all too well the overwhelmingly aggressive instincts of Carpathian
males. And they're not exactly the kind of men she'd prefer to be bound
to for life.
A dedicated counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has a fulfilling life
with no room for someone like Manolito, born and bred in the Carpathian
Mountains, a law unto himself. But when MaryAnn agrees to go to South
America to offer guidance to a brutalized young woman, she has no idea
of the trap that awaits her in the sweltering thick of the jungle. She
has been lured there by Manolito himself, who has seductive plans for
the unaware, irresistibly human female.
Once there, she will be his. Once his, she will never be released. He is
her lover, her predator, her lifemate. She is his dark possession....