Dawned

When artist Elise Munro wades in the cool splash pool beneath a secluded waterfall, she isn't searching for destiny-only solitude and inspiration. She doesn't expect to be discovered by the man who will change her life forever.
Broderick Devereaux happens upon her by chance. Enigmatic, magnetic, and carrying shadows he refuses to name, he feels like a collision neither of them saw coming. Their connection is immediate-deep, consuming, and impossible to deny. What begins as a fleeting moment in the wilderness becomes a love that feels carved by fate itself.

But perfection is an illusion.

As Elise's career begins to rise, Broderick's past tightens its grip. His fixation on destroying Solomon Blackwell-a charismatic businessman with a trail of quiet devastation in his wake-threatens everything they've built. Unaware that Solomon is a rogue vampire with a blood-soaked agenda, Broderick believes he's fighting a powerful man... not a monster.
And Elise has no idea how dangerous the truth really is.

Pulled into a world where love is a vulnerability and trust can be fatal, Broderick must choose between devotion and vengeance. Because some loves don't fade quietly.

They shatter.

Before the Circle of the Red Scorpion, there was the love story that started it all.