Born into a world of ice slave to her evil father Lara Calladine knew paralysing fear as a child. Only by escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken did she survive to claim her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker. She walked her chosen path alone trusting no one. For beyond the frozen hall of her youth was a world of even greater mystery & danger. Now the worlds leading expert in the field of ice-cave study Lara is on a search for healing microorganisms but also for the source of her nightmares
- the cold dark corners of her childhood. Only one man has the will & the power to help her: Nicolas De La Cruz. Dangerous & arrogant centuries of hunting & killing have taken their toll on him but he still longs to feel sensual love without the hunger for blood. A tenuous trust emerges between Lara & Nicholas & a passion neither of them has ever experienced but as much as they long for a future as lifemates they are also haunted by the unknown dangers of the dark curse.