Immortality has a way of rewriting fate. Merrick, the dark elfin King of Valdis, was once heir to all that is good, a prince of happiness and pleasure. Now, cursed as the ruler of mischief and king of necessary evil, he stands trapped between the Blessed kingdom of his estranged brother and the ruthless King Lucien of the Damned, who is determined to lure Merrick's soul into oblivion. Damnation is winning. Before he is lost forever, Merrick craves one final taste of the happiness he once owned. When a mortal woman awakens an obsession he cannot control, he realizes he doesn't just want her. He needs to claim her. But the line between fear and desire begins to blur . . . Lady Juliana of Bellemare always dreamed of adventure, but she never expected the shadows to answer. When her fianc� is murdered and the village children vanish, she is thrust into a world of lethal seduction and ancient magic. The choice is simple: surrender to him or die. Desperate to save the missing, she crosses into the immortal realm - a land of beautiful nightmares ruled by a king who offers her a single, soul-shattering bargain. Will Juliana yield to the fire between them or burn Merrick's kingdom to ash?
