Part of Dark-Hunter, book 3
First published 2003
Zarek has spent nine centuries in exile, banished from the Dark-Hunter brotherhood that turned him from Roman slave into immortal guardian. The isolation has pushed him toward madness, and he trusts no one, not even himself. He knows only his talent for making wrong choices and hurting those who cross his path. Now he wants answers about the night that sealed his fate. He has lost everything already, so he has nothing left to fear. Then Astrid enters his world. This remarkable woman sees through to truth itself. She is brave and strong, a bright point cutting through his darkness. When she touches him, he trembles. When she smiles, his frozen heart breaks apart. Astrid opens her door to him one night, and suddenly this wild, damaged man remembers what it means to want human connection. He begins to dream of love, both giving it and receiving it. But Zarek remains an former slave whose soul belongs to a Greek goddess. How can someone so bound and broken dare to reach for someone as brilliant as a star?
Genres: romance, dark-fantasy, fantasy-romance, paranormal-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Dark-Hunter
Period: 9th century
361 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: abuse, mental-illness