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

“Not everything is black and white.” Cole softened his voice, hoping it would have a calming effect on Brady. He had enjoyed the coziness a lot. He wanted that back. “We’re both different men than we were, but there’s a lot that’s the same too.” He tried to smile. “I can forget you have a pulse if you can forget I don’t.”


His heart twisted when Brady said, “I don’t know if I can do that.”


“Can you try?” He let go to skim his fingertips over the bruise on Brady’s temple. “You already admitted you don’t want me to go. That’s half the battle, isn’t it?”


Chapter 28