Dark Sentinel

Lorraine Peters has lost her entire family. Hoping to find some calm and wear down the anger inside her, she walks into the woods. What she finds there is a brutal attack: three men are beating a single man who cannot defend himself.

The victim is Andor Katona, a Carpathian who has spent centuries as a monk in the Carpathian Mountains. He never found his lifemate, and the world has looked colorless and numb to him for as long as he can remember. The vampire hunters attacking him have taken him for their quarry, and he is close to welcoming the end. Then Lorraine charges in, furious and set on saving him.

At first sight, Andor knows she is his lifemate. Their telepathic link is not enough to make her accept an immortal bond, and he has to win her trust. Lorraine is cunning as well as brave, and her nerve draws the attention of a master vampire who has already lost something he thought irreplaceable. He wants revenge on Andor and on the ancient Carpathians who stand beside him.

This is paranormal romance built on the Carpathian lifemate bond, with a human heroine and a threat of open war between Carpathians and vampires. It opens with a violent scene and keeps the action and danger close to the love story.