Blood Bonds - Forbidden, #1

Tall, dark and brooding, Blake Stafford is what forbidden fantasies are all about. When he walks into Sophia Williams' village gift shop, he brings with him drama, excitement, and blood. Drawn to Sophia's sweet innocence and lush curves, Blake soon finds himself craving something he can never have – a future. Because Blake is something that shouldn't exist even in the present. Blake is a vampire.

Cursed and tormented, he's doomed to spend eternity searching for the missing piece of a band. A piece that will set him free and finally offer him the redemption he craves. Sophia's simple, ordinary life is shattered by nights of passion in Blake's arms and days of sunshine basking in his love. She's never been happier.

And then, her best friend, Natasha, goes missing. And the fantasy she has spun around herself and Blake beginsto unravel. Natasha is not the first person to go missing from the village and she won't be the last. Unless Blake stops it. But by doing so, Blake's truth will be revealed and he will lose the only girl he's ever loved. He will finally find the redemption he's chased for hundreds of years but at what cost – his heart, his future, his love?

Can a vampire, nature's vilest demon, do the right thing? Can he give up his heart's desire for the greater good? Can he destroy the only good he's known in his tortured eternity? And will the choice even be his to make?

Blood Bonds by Maia Graves is Book 1 of the Forbidden Series.