With a tortured past, she's a cat-shifter who refuses to get close to anyone. Yet she can't seem to resist the leader of the vampire protectors. Phoenix Kaplan has never felt a connection like the one she has with Dante Leonidas. She might service him monthly, allowing him to feed from her blood, but as much as her body tells her differently, she knows it can be nothing more, not with her insecurities and inability to be intimate with a male. That is, until she realizes the one thing she desires most in the world is something he could give her...and she propositions him to get her pregnant. She's never wanted anything more than to be a mother, and all she needs is this one thing from Dante. Although he should refuse, Dante can't resist the temptation. He's addicted not only to her blood, but also to the enigma that is purely Phoenix. And he is determined to prove to her that he can give her much more than what she asked for. She might protect her heart with an impenetrable wall, but he's willing to do whatever it takes to break down that wall in order to get what he desires most in the world.