Then he meets the one woman who does not simply fear him. Amanda Wright is intelligent, determined, and unwilling to surrender herself to his darkness, even as their connection pulls them into a dangerous struggle neither of them expected.
As Amanda resists him, Deacon is forced to confront something far more terrifying than desire: the return of feeling. What begins as captivity becomes a battle of wills that binds them both, awakening in him a fierce devotion that could either redeem him or destroy them together.
Now the curse that made him a vampire is no longer his only prison. If Amanda can reach the soul he thought was lost forever, Deacon may have one final chance at freedom. If she cannot, they may both be consumed by the darkness closing around them.
Long before Deacon Mathews became a creature of shadow and hunger, he was the beloved son of a powerful sultan, raised in a palace of marble courtyards, perfumed gardens, and whispered prophecy. Revered for his beauty and trained for command, he was destined to inherit not only power but the weight of a dynasty. Yet on the eve of that destiny, a darkness entered his father's court, and Deacon was cursed with immortality that stripped him of warmth, mercy, and the life he had once imagined.
Across the centuries, he carried only one fragment of that lost world with him: the memory of a woman named Amna, whose soul had once seemed bound to his before either of them understood why.
What he does not know, as the modern world draws them together again, is that Amna is more than a memory reborn, she is the living key to the prophecy that may either free him from his curse or destroy them both.
Suzzana C. Ryan is a wife, mother, and a grandmother. She has always wanted to be a writer. She began this journey in 2011 and her first work, A Vampire for her Birthday was published by an indie publisher. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, that news never changed her dreams. She wrote even during her darkest days undergoing treatment and surgery. She got lost in her fantasies. Today she is still writing and has conquered her demons and disease. Her advice is never let go of what you dream of. Go for it. She's written over thirty books and will continue to create romance stories that people love to read.