A Quick Bite

Lissianna Argeneau has spent centuries waiting for the right man, and she has no interest in a quick snack. When she finds an attractive stranger tied to her bed, she wonders whether he might be the one.

She has one problem that gets in the way. Lissianna is a vampire who faints at the sight of blood, a quirk that makes feeding awkward, however tempting a man's neck looks.

The man is Dr. Gregory Hewitt. He wakes in an unfamiliar bedroom and is shaken for only a short while, because the woman standing over him is beautiful and seems to be offering a night of passion. Whether she means to love him or simply feed on him is what he has to find out.

This is a paranormal romance with a comic tone, built on the push and pull between a doctor and a vampire who cannot bring herself to bite. Greg wants to know if real love is possible with her, and the story keeps that question moving through the flirtation between them. The mood is playful and flirtatious, with the vampire premise treated for laughs and heat rather than dread.