When half-elf Gideon's elf brother Braden runs afoul of a powerful old vampire, Gideon steps in to help him, suggesting it might be a good idea to recruit a dhampir. Reluctantly, because the only one he knows enjoys flirting with his lover, the witch Delilah, Braden agrees. Thus sexy Edan joins the team, and immediately sets his sights on Gideon.<br><br>Vampire Vicario lives in New Orleans, so the team heads down there, staying at a B&B owned by another witch, Maeve. She agrees to help them, and together they come up with a plan to destroy Vicario. A plan complicated by the fact Vicario's tame sorcerer can see dhampir when they're invisible, thus potentially making it impossible for Edan to take Vicario's head.<br><br>To succeed in saving Braden will require all their combined skills. At the same time, Gideon is facing a personal battle: how to deal with his growing attraction to Edan. The sex is great, but there is more to a relationship than that, as he well knows. Can the two of them move beyond the physical -- if they survive the conflict with Vicario -- or will their differences tear them apart?

The Half-Elf and the Dhampir

“You’re presuming he’s got something more in mind than dinner. He might feel the same way I do, that he needs to know more about who he’s working with.” I rather hope he accepted because he’s, umm, interested in more than dinner. It could be tension relief if nothing more, and at the moment I could use some. Why I agreed to help Braden…He knew why. As he’d said, they were brothers. It’s what brothers did.


“Gid, I swear.” Braden shook his head. “Sometimes you can be so na?ve.”


“Moi?” Gideon grinned as they got off the elevator. “Never.”  3


Chapter 10