Shadow Dwellers — J.C. Wilder

ONE WITH THE HUNGER (Shadow Dwellers, Bk 1)

Shai Jordan, fledgling New York journalist, is on the trail of a serial killer.

The excitement of her first big assignment turns into terror when she sees an uncanny resemblance between this string of murders and the death of her mother years before the bodies have been drained of blood. Now, in an eerie, sickening development, all the victims bear a disturbing resemblance to Shai, and all signs point to her as the next victim. But no one, not even the police, will believe her or protect her.

Out of the darkness comes a man who turns her blood to flame and incites her deepest, darkest desires. Her sensual lover who pulls her into a nighttime world of erotic abandon that threatens not just her career, but her life. As evidence starts to build, Shai must determine whether her dark lover is her savior...or her killer.

RETRIBUTION (Shadow Dwellers, Bk 2)

Jennifer Beaumont had a love that should've lasted forever. It was a love strong enough for her to betray the man she held dear in her heart in order to save him and, once again, succumb to the wishes of her "master", the evil vampire Mikhail.

Conor MacNaughten has held thousands of women over hundreds of years, but none ever touched him as deeply as Jennifer and no one hurt him as much as she did when she tossed him aside. Now Valentin asks him to work with the one woman he loathes in order to save another.

The game begins with a kidnapping, bringing together two people who can't forgive or forget... or can they?