Billionaire real estate mogul Carter Maddox has everything-except peace from his past. When a massive deal sends him back to his hometown to acquire the last holdout property-the mysterious Mourningswood Hotel-he expects resistance. He doesn't expect Oliver Blake.The brooding, magnetic carpenter isn't just trouble-he's a vampire with a gaze that cuts deeper than any deal Carter's ever closed. Their chemistry is instant, electric... and dangerous.But Oliver isn't the only one with fangs-or secrets.Carter is hiding something. Something he's buried so deep, even he's afraid to dig it up. And when Oliver's possessive ex, the seductive and ruthless werewolf Adaire Maloney, resurfaces with his own agenda, the sparks between Carter and Oliver threaten to ignite into something explosive.Can Carter survive the pull of the past, the bite of obsession, and the claws of a jealous rival? Or will Mourningswood swallow him whole-heart, soul, and blood?