When Marla gets lost off-trail during a holistic herbalism class, she injures herself with the edge of a deadly thorn. She knows the thorn well enough to know it's poisonous, but the antidote hasn't been covered in class, and she suffers the horrors of knowing why she's slowly losing consciousness.
When she awakens to the handsome face of a fearsome-looking elf-type, she soon realizes he's saved her life. But he's got an enemy who could place her in danger, and there's the little problem of the undeniable attraction between them that makes it impossible for her to stay away for long.

Summary: Girl pricks thumb on poisoned hedge; Dark elf saves girl, and, in the process, himself.

Genre: Paranormal romance
Length: 14,513K word novelette/ approximately 60 paperback-sized pages