"As they drank tiny glasses of Chartreuse and the fire died down to embers, he continued to hold her hand, and then, with one finger, touched the thin silk strap of her dress, and eventually, for just a moment, her neck, but no more...." Champion equestrienne Jo Martin has set off for France and her dream job at a breathtaking Château. She dismisses the rumors about vampires as nothing more than tabloid fodder and just wants to spend all her time in the saddle. But David la Motte, the Marquis's sexy younger brother, has other ideas-and he's not shy about spelling them out. The longer she stays, the more entangled Jo becomes with the la Motte brothers. David is irresistible to women but a classic playboy; his brother Henri is a shy scientist who lights up when Jo enters a room. But she didn't come to France looking for romance, and struggles to sort out passion from real emotion. Before long, events begin unfolding faster and faster, threatening everything she has always believed about the world, and about herself.