Jessie is drawn into Michael’s crusade by circumstances and by the attraction she feels toward him, an attraction that is returned even though Michael doesn’t want to admit it any more than Jessie does.Michael tries to keep her safe, but ultimately she is attacked by one of his hereditary enemies and turned into a vampire herself, meaning that now Michael is sworn by the honor of his family to destroy her. 

Stepping off the train in Zephyr, Texas, young writer Brianna Stark didn't quite know what to expect of her new home. She supposed life on the ranch would be much simpler, and perhaps a bit lonelier, compared to her native Baltimore. But caring for her orphaned nieces and nephews was far from simple, the town of Zephyr was as tranquil as it appeared -- and life was hardly lonely, thanks to the handsome ranch foreman, Seth Van Dale. Brianna had thought that men like Seth only existed on the pages of dime novels like the ones she wrote. But the blue-eyed cowboy was all too real, for his kiss stirred feelings in Brianna that words could never express . . .