Detective Brady Lindstrom deals in death, and not just because he's a homicide cop with the slaughter of a century to solve. Ten years ago, vampires murdered his lover. Ever since, he's looked over his shoulder, ready for vampires to strike again. Or maybe just the one he loved.<br><br>Exhausted and angry about the needless deaths he has to investigate, Brady worries the killers he's looking for aren't even human. Those fears are compounded by an unexpected visitor, the battered and nearly broken Cole Singer, the lover he'd long ago given up for dead.<br><br>When Cole offers to trade information on the killers in exchange for sanctuary, Brady realizes he doesn't have a choice. It isn't about justice. He simply can't turn his back on the face of the only man he's ever loved. Even if he's a vampire.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

“I know you don’t date.” Cole’s voice was barely above a whisper, almost lost as he spoke to the window. “I know that’s my fault.”


Protesting otherwise was a waste of time. They both knew he’d be lying.


Slowly, Brady eased back into traffic. “He didn’t need to threaten you,” he said, changing the subject again. “That crossed a line.”


“He’s just doing his job. At least he cares enough to watch your back.”


Brady glanced over. Cole still stared out the window. “So you weretrying to get into my pants by saving me?”


He meant it as a joke, but Cole didn’t relax. He rubbed at his swollen knuckles, his pale skin glowing in the streetlight.


“You think I’m proud of how isolated you are? You think I get off knowing what you’ve turned your life into? I don’t. I’m not. As much as I want to, I don’t know this man you’ve become.”


Chapter 25