<p>★ 2014 USA Best Books Award Finalist ★</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Hidden deep beneath the city of San Diego is the mysterious town of Ţărână. </strong></p><p><strong>Nothing here is as it seems. </strong></p><p><strong>Because everything they tell her is a lie.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Debilitated by scoliosis as a child, Marissa Bonaventure seems the unlikeliest woman in the world to carry a rare, powerful gene. But it is exactly for her unique genetics that she's snatched from her bed one dark night, a coveted prize in a battle between demons. Her world rapidly unravels in unspeakable terror...until a shadowed, black-haired stranger rescues her.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Spirited off to the safety of a subterranean town, Marissa agrees to stay there and work her dream job for one year. But secrets hide around every corner, none more confusing than those shrouding her hunky hero.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Special operative Dev Nichita has found her at last - his true mate. But the lies he's been forced to tell her put their fledgling relationship at risk when it finally comes out that he's a vampire.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More than that, Dev is a Pure-bred male, steeped from birth in his family's arrogance and pride, so when Marissa pulls away from him, he can't handle her rejection. Bitterly, he drives her further away...until a devastating tragedy calls him back to her. Now he has the chance to right his wrongs. But just when he's on the verge of triumph, a treacherous move by his spiteful mother banishes Marissa from his life forever...unless he's willing to kill an innocent.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><u>Content guidelines</u>: contains profanity, violence, and adult situations.</p>