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Summary

Who would kiss a stranger without a care to the consequences?  Sierra Willows, a 17-year-old heiress whose thoughts never drift far from herself.  That is, until the stranger turns her life upside down. Unmoved by her status, Nom shows her the world that exists beyond her sheltered life.  But little does he expect that appearances will end up mattering least to the one they should matter most.

So begins the unlikely romance between a socialite and a shadow.

Excerpt

He again leaned away from her hand, his blue eyes wary. “What are you doing?”

“I’m not going to hurt you.”

“Right,” he said sarcastically, “’cause you’re not the kind of girl who does that.”

His words stabbed at her suddenly-vulnerable emotions. Sierra pulled her hand back, her eyes growing dark.

Nom watched her as she shivered and drew her arms into the trench coat. He sighed, “Here,” and held out his hand. She eyed him and then placed her hand in his. He slowly brought her hand toward his face. Nom hesitated slightly and then pressed her fingers to his cheek. Their breathing caught, so that the only sound was the rippling of the water in the wind. She carefully drew her fingertips over his scars; they were cold and mottled, twisting in ridged patterns down his neck.

It was only skin.

Their eyes locked and, for the first time, they saw something in each other—a glimmer of recognition that maybe they weren’t so different after all.