Double Image — Jaye Roycraft

Vampire Dalys Aldgate has been a survivor for 235 years. Life as an Australian convict has sharpened his survival skills, but the bush also bestowed him the ultimate gift of survival �" a journey to the Other Side. With his soul left behind, Dalys became a mirror on to which humans project their fantasies, never seeing the “monster” on the other side. In present day Mississippi, using one of his many aliases, Dalys lives a reclusive life as the owner of a haunted inn until his even more haunting past catches up with him.

Ex-cop Tia Martell is trying to adjust to life “after the job” and put the years of violence and death behind her. While on a freelance photography assignment to shoot antebellum mansions in Natchez, Mississippi, murder brings her face to face with Dallas Allgate, the coldest, yet most fascinating man Tia has ever met. Before Tia can unravel the mystery of the man with the hypnotic eyes, a young vampire and his master, Jermyn St. James, seek him out for revenge. St. James only wants Dallas's true death . . . until he sees Tia. Now, he wants her, too.

One of them will have to make the ultimate sacrifice. But will Dallas let Tia make her own choices, or will he bend her will by projecting her fantasies upon his . . . Double Image.