Dare vampire Louis Redman believe an inquisitive researcher's claim that she's close to finding a cure for his age-old curse? Determined to become human again, he must trust the lovely geneticist who has pushed her way into his guarded life... and heart. But as Stacy Kimball gets close to the truth, danger stalks her from the shadows. Who wants to stop her from making the breakthrough of a lifetime: the agency that funds her work, the mysterious blood donor who threatens her emotions or the killer who terrorizes Seattle's night scene?