Dante is part of an elite cadre of warriors whose job it is to keep rogue members of his vampire race in check. When a night out on the town goes awry, he finds himself at Tess Culver's place of business- wounded and dire need of blood.

Tess has no idea the type of creature that has broken into her veterinary clinic, but she knows he needs help. In one stunning erotic, moment, her life turns upside down, linking her to the stranger for all eternity.

Dante wants to forget the beautiful stranger who saved his life, but fate has made her his and when a strange drug hits the streets turning normally placid members of his race into raging lunatics, he's alarmed to find out she is somehow in the middle of it. Danger and passion infuse their every encounter, as Dante's soul- perhaps for the first time in his long life- awakens from a deep slumber and he discovers Tess is the one woman whom he was meant to protect ... and make his own.

Although I enjoyed the first book in this series, I wasn't so enthused with this one. I couldn't get a handle on why we should even like Dante, despite his tortured soul, and I never really felt the connection between him and his fated mate.

2 out of 5 from me. I hope the next offering (Tegan's story) will redeem the series for me...