She was everything a woman could be. And Zach Christopher wanted her timeless beauty as the symbol of his family's cosmetics firm. But she lived in seclusion, and nothing could draw her into the light—not even the stunning passion that flared between them the instant they met….

The forbidden desire for a mortal man had shaken Anya Valorian to the depths of her tortured soul.

But she was determined not to give in to the never-ending hunger that kept her forever in the shadows. For this man could know nothing of the terrible price to be paid for loving one such as she….