Live bait makes all the difference. That's what I was told when the slayers hired me. Vampire bait has short-life expectancy though. I don't care. I hadn't anything to live for. The least I could do was help mankind in my self-destructive spiral. That is until I meet him. My team suspects the vampire Overlord of Budapest of killing humans. They send me in to do my job and I do it too well. He finds me all right. And he decides to keep me. I want to escape, but I'm thrown into middle of the Vampire Nation with a sexy as sin overlord as my guide, and he doesn't know I'm the enemy. He offers protection, but I soon find out its my heart that needs protection most because I'm falling for Rurik, and he's got a secret of his own.


Annie Nicholas hibernates in the rural, green mountains of Vermont where she dreams of different worlds, heroes, and heroines. When spring arrives the stories pour from her, in hopes to share them with the masses one day. Mother, daughter, wife are some of the hats she happily wears while trudging after her cubs through the hills and dales. The four seasons an inspiration and muse.