Publisher's Synopsis
All Valerie Gilmore has left is her lousy job as a diner waitress and a toxic relationship with the first guy to help her forget her past. When she tragically lost her childhood sweetheart, Valerie ran away from home to start over, only to end up feeling more alone than ever before. Then one day a mysterious stranger walks into her life and changes everything. Russell is sweet and a little weird and Valerie can't help but think he's hiding something. He instantly acts as though he knows her and his familiar blue eyes seem to be looking past her broken heart, straight into her soul. After a deadly turn of events cause Valerie to run away yet again, Russell must consider sharing the truth about what he is with her. But his feelings for her, a promise made long ago, and the yearning to shed his secret and live as a human force him to break the ancient laws of his kind to protect Valerie at all costs.
