

The plot follows the ups and downs of Dage and Emma's "courtship" - which means that we read lots and lots of scenes in which Emma does something to defy Dage, and he follows up by dragging her off to the bedroom for extremely forceful sex with little or no foreplay. As the story proceeds, other women become infected and Dage realizes that a there is a traitor in their midst. After the Kayrs brothers reunite in their Colorado mountain fortress, they continue their war with the Kurjans and their scientific research to manufacture a cure for a virus that the Kurjans have used to infect both Cara and a young shifter woman named Maggie. (Oddly, he has a strong affinity for grape-flavored energy drinks, which he is constantly guzzling down.) As the story opens, Dage daringly rescues Emma from a helicopter that is piloted and guarded by Kurjan soldiers. Dage is the eldest of the Kayrs brothers and has been the leader of the vampires since the Kurjans killed their parents several centuries ago.

This book tells the story of the romance between Emma, a psychic Geneticist who is Cara's sister, and Dage Kayrs, who is King of the Realm. Fated clearly telegraphs that these will be the next two love affairs. Some of the supporting characters are certain to show up as couples in future books: Taren's brother, Dage and Cara's sister, Emma and the shape-shifting cougars, Jordan and Katie. The plot follows the ups and downs of the couple's romantic relationship, as they either dodge or take part in a series of battles with the Kurjans. Within 24 hours, Cara finds herself both married and mated to Talen, with both of them sporting a mating brand (which appears only on the bodies of mated couples). Talen calls it fate Cara calls it coercion. Just as the Kurjans are about to kidnap Cara and Janie, the mighty vampire warrior Talen Kayrs bursts in and carries them off. Cara has always refused to recognize or use her powers, but Janie has regular visions of future events, and she knows that trouble is coming. After a truce of 200 years, the Kurjans are on the attack again, and this time they are after psychically talented Cara Paulsen, a plant physiologist, and her four-year-old daughter, Janie.
