Brecken de Boer is a man with extraordinary charisma and an impossibly difficult reality. Besides being a brilliant student addicted to adrenaline and caffeine, he is a blood drinking vampire who struggles to pass as human. He has developed a normal life, free of external turmoil. Then Henna Landau comes to town and his ordered world falls apart. Unsettled and angry, he goes after her. Beings like Brecken don't exist, so she has no idea what he really is. Henna is attracted, but senses danger and wants nothing to do with him. And yet, his erratic behavior tumbles her into confusion, lies and secrets. Brecken is convinced things are going his way - until he learns that another of his kind wants Henna for himself.