Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. Romance. It's not easy being a Vampire Angel. No one knows that better than Trond Sigurdsson. In the centuries since he last went out drinking and wenching with his Viking buds, Trond has been a gladiator, a cowboy, a ditch digger . . . even a sheik. But now he's the baddest of them all: a Navy SEAL kicking the butts of terrorist immortals with the help of his hotter-than-Hades female partner, police officer-turned-Special Forces operative Nicole Tasso-whom Trond dearly hopes to "partner" with very shortly in a whole different way. The "cop" part of Nicole tells her that there's something bizarre about her gorgeous, godlike teammate. But her "all-woman" side can't help wondering how great it would be to have a virile Viking in her bed. Trond has secrets galore, but Nicole feels certain she can dig them out-and really get to the heart of this powerful, unnerving stranger whom she may be risking her soul to love. Contains mature themes.… (more)