If Tristan Chance believed in curses…

He never would have denied his brother's claims that the Chance men are cursed to watch their soul mates perish, powerless to stop destiny from claiming them.

And he wouldn't have questioned the truth of his body's response to Lara Montgomery, a woman who calls to every aspect of his dark, sensual nature. After all, he's been alive for three hundred years, and in all that time he's never felt such an irresistible pull toward anyone. Yet each time he sees Lara, he wants nothing more than to rip those prim and proper accountant clothes off her body and reveal the sultry vixen he knows hides beneath…

And he definitely wouldn't have acted on his tempestuous arousal if he had known the family curse would put Lara's life in danger.

But even alpha vampires can be wrong. Tristan might be stubborn, but he's not reckless. One bite, one taste, and he knows he can't let her go. Tristan will do everything in his power to keep Lara by his side, even if it means taking on fate itself.