Empath — H.K. Savage

Claire Martin is a young woman with the unwanted talent of empathy. She's lived her entire life as a slave to a constant barrage of emotions that weren't hers. Leaving for college she hopes simply to blend with the crowd where she can best hide her curse.

Within her first few weeks at school Claire meets Stephen Andrews, a small, fragile looking boy who changes her life forever. Stephen, a boy with a secret of his own, instantly recognizes Claire for what she is. It is through Stephen's aid that Claire meets James, a vampire with a talent of his own. As soon as they touch, their abilities connect in a way that has not occurred in over three hundred years forming a bond that cannot be broken.

Empath is book one in the Empath Trilogy, a series following the adventures of an alliance of vampires and weres working together to halt a war between the races while James and Claire explore their identity blurring bond -- a bond which pits the natures of human against vampire leading them both to question who they are and what they ultimately want, while they work together to protect the human world from decimation.

Follow the trilogy: Bonded, Secrets. Be sure to check out the other books by HK Savage: Life Blood, and Blood Bound.