They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light ... WAS HE A MAN ... OR A MIRACLE? Alexandria Houton would sacrifice anything--even her life--to protect her orphaned little brother. But when both encountered unspeakable evil in the swirling San Francisco mists, Alex could only cry to heaven for their deliverance .. . And out of the darkness swooped Aidan Savage, a golden being more powerful, more mysterious, than any other creature of the night. The ageless Carpathian male snatched them from a hideous fate. But was Aidan a miracle . . . or a monster? Alex's salvation . . . or her sin? If she surrendered to Aidan's savage, unearthly seduction--gave him the color, the light, the family he craved--would Alex truly save her brother? Or sacrifice more than her life?