Julian Savage is golden. Powerful. But tormented. For the brooding hunter walks alone, always alone, far from his Carpathian kind. Like his name, his existence is savage. Until he meets the woman he has sworn to protect . . .When Julian hears Desari sing, emotions bombard his hardened heart. And a dark hunger to possess her floods his loins, blinding him to the danger stalking her, stalking him. And even as Desari enflames him, she dares to defy him-with mysterious, feminine powers. Is Desari more than his perfect mate? Julian has met his match in this woman, but will she drive him to madness . . . or save his soul?