To save her brother, she must bargain with a monster. But the price he demands is not her body, but her soul.

In a village cowering in the shadow of the Carpathian cliffs, Lirien is out of options. Her brother is dying from a curse the healers cannot break, and her only hope is the terrifying and forbidden name whispered in terror: Voryn. The ancient vampire who rules the valley is her last resort, a creature whose hunger is said to be for the very essence of a person. To face him is a death sentence, but to do nothing is to watch her last living family member fade into nothing.

When she enters his gothic manor, she finds not a mindless beast, but a hypnotic predator who offers a tantalizing pact. He will save her brother, but in return, Lirien must come to him for one night and willingly surrender to his every command. In a chamber filled with instruments of pleasure and pain, she is drawn into a scandalous dance of dominance and submission. She discovers that Voryn's true desire is not just her submission, but her complete and utter surrender.

It is a world of savage passion and sinful pleasure, where every touch is a test and every command is a lesson in desire. But as the lines between captor and captive blur, Lirien is forced to confront a shocking truth: the monster she fears may be the only one who can set her free. And in giving him her soul, she might just find her own.