Essence Soleil would rather be known for her potions than her powerful family name. Running her witchery in AuraVeil keeps her (mostly) out of trouble-if you don't count clumsy accidents and clients demanding questionable "enhancements." Elias Slate has spent years locking away his emotions and his past. Cursed by a love he once trusted, every flicker of feeling threatens to unleash magic he can't fully control. When a love potion goes wrong, Essence and Elias find themselves unwillingly tethered. What begins as a forced partnership quickly spirals into a perilous race against time to undo the bond before the vampire princess's patience runs out. But the longer their souls hum in tandem, the harder it is to deny that fate may have had other plans all along...