Julian Vance is the golden boy of St. Jude’s University, a brilliant, cold-blooded surgical prodigy who has never lost a patient. To the world, he is perfection. To his rivals, he is a target. But to the shadows, he is a century-old predator hiding a lethal, blood-chilling secret. Julian is a monster in a white coat, and for a hundred years, he has played with human lives and minds as easily as sutures.
Then, there is Dr. Clara Montgomery. She is a dedicated, fierce residency standout who has always stayed under the radar, until she witnesses the impossible. Deep in the trauma bay, she sees Julian’s eyes bleed into crimson fire and his hands twist into claws. He isn’t human.
When Julian attempts his signature move—erasing Clara’s mind to protect his cover—he meets the only obstacle he has ever faced in a century: Absolute, terrifying immunity.
Clara doesn’t forget. She remembers every dark detail, every lethal instinct, and the primal hunger radiating off him. Now, trapped in a high-stakes game of professional sabotage and supernatural survival, the predator and the witness are bound together. With rival doctors closing in to expose his secret and Julian’s own monstrous nature threatening to tear him apart, he has only one choice: rely on the one woman he cannot control.
As the lines between life, death, and desire blur within the hospital walls, Clara finds herself playing savior to a man who should be her nightmare. But can she truly cure a monster, or will Julian’s darkness bleed her dry?
He can rewrite everyone else’s memory, but she is the one secret he can never bury. How long can you survive the man who wants your life and your heart?
