SHE HUNGERS FOR HIS LIGHTShe calls herself Valerie Tate. One of the few vampires left on earth, asbeautiful as she is powerful, Valerie has resisted her craving for human bloodfor years, just as she once hid her true gender. But the night she lays eyes onthe most enticing man she's ever seen, her appetite can no longer be denied.He radiates goodness and light-and searing sexual energy. Valerie must havehim. Taste him. Consume him. For he is temptation-and he is her destiny . . .HE BURNS FOR HER DARKNESSLance Soleil is a rugged war veteran who runs a homeless shelter in Portland.At first gaze, he knows what Valerie is-and wants her even more. But when hewelcomes a pack of werewolves into his shelter, he attracts the attention ofValerie's oldest rival-her bloodthirsty brother, Radu, who hopes to become thefirst vampire President of the United States. Valerie knows Radu has a hiddenagenda, and with Lance's help she is determined to stop his unholy rise topower. But first, she must risk their growing love by fully revealing herself-asthe one and only Dracula . . .