Those who look upon Lannes Hannelore see only anexceptionally handsome man. But his beauty is a prison, locking the dark truth inside his tormented soul. For Lannes is one of a dying race of remarkable creatures,hiding in plain sight among earth’s human masters.His existence is solitary and sad-until the night he encounters a young woman on a deserted street, desperate,frightened, with no memory … and covered in blood.

She has no recollection of who she is or whatshe’s done-and now she must trust a mysterious strangerwhose imposing presence masks a gentle heart.Her need draws Lannes into a mystery that will cause himto confront his worst fears and question everythinghe believes-and compel him to risk his secrets for the one woman who might well be the love of his life …or the destruction of it.