Publisher's Synopsis
Liliana Monte has grown up in a world drastically different from her friends at school. Liliana's parents have been a part of a secret society whose members aren't only elite, high profile families, but ancient, aristocratic vampires. The society was made as a contract between humans and vampires. In exchange for their son or daughter, the vampires provide payment via money, land, or the ultimate gift...eternal life. Even as a child, Liliana didn't agree with the society her parents forced on her, but her headstrong, fierce personality will be her best guide as she navigates her parent's uncanny aspirations. An encounter with the new king of vampires, Xavier Delaunte, would solidify her fear of being owned and begin Liliana's journey of fighting and running to avoid becoming what she dreads most, a prisoner.
Xavier Delaunte never wanted to ascend to the throne, but when his father Julian Delaunte allows vampire members of the society to torture and demean the human's they pair with, he has no choice but to take it from him. Xavier passes new policies to protect the humans, gaining him enemies in the process. Enemies that haven't been able to find leverage over Xavier until Liliana Monte. Nobody in Xavier's life has ever been able to stir or break through his taciturn exterior. However, when he meets a five-year-old little girl who manages to do just that, he immediately raises his guard as she could pose a threat not only to Xavier's rule but to his heart.
