Having loved and lost his soul mate three times, Broderick MacDougal refuses to put his beloved Blossom in danger once more by barging into her life. As a vampire-with a dark past and countless enemies-he brings too many risks with him to selfishly claim her as his own again. But keeping her at a distance, while he guarantees she lives a "normal" life, proves to be much more difficult than he anticipated, and so is encouraging her to find refuge in...