Book excerpt: A brooding, gorgeous vampire isn’t going to stop her from doing her job. Vampire Alistar Kostas doesn’t know who he can trust. He had his hands on the deadly white-haired witch, but she slipped through his fingers. His failure cost his teammate his life. He’ll never stop hunting her, but a week into his search, there’s a new problem. Alistar endured torture by fire at the hand of humans for years. So when the very human Lexi shows up on his doorstep, assigned to help him find the wicked witch, he is less than thrilled about his new partner. Lexi’s mind works like a supercomputer—which is perfect for finding dangerous paranormals and uncovering the mole within New Orleans’s supernatural team of guardians. Her job was tough enough before the arrogant, distrustful vampire vowed to find out all her secrets. If Alistar thinks he can distract her from this case with heated looks and near kisses, he’s going to be disappointed. Soon, fireballs are flying, their banter gives way to something more, and now he is thirsty for blood from the source.