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Something waits in the shadows…

On a Texas night twelve years ago, Vic Vargas kissed Delaney West so deeply that she almost came apart. Later that same night, evil crept into Delaney’s room as she slept – and everything in their world fell apart. Now Vic is a rancher living a half-empty life punctuated by one-night stands and a strained relationship with his 11-year-old son.

Then Delaney returns to San Julio, and the past comes rushing back… along with the dark echoes of that night so long ago. Livestock are dying. Some say coyote, but others whisper another darker word. Chupacabra. Bloodsucker.

The past hasn’t disappeared – nor has the instinctive desire that snaps and crackles between Delaney and Vic. And as those emotions ignite, so does the evil that hibernated for the last twelve years. The evil that waited for Delaney to return to San Julio… and to Vic Vargas.

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She ripped his heart apart… 

Vic Vargas planned to marry Delaney West, but when she suddenly left town–and him–behind, she turned from the love of his life to the woman who’d torn his world apart.  Now, twelve years later, she’s back, and the walls protecting his heart are crumbling.

He betrayed her trust…

The night she and Vic were supposed to meet at the Chain Tree and elope still haunts Delaney.  He left her there, at the mercy of someone else. Coming home to San Julio was supposed to help keep her sleepwalking at bay.  Instead, it’s opened up old wounds, and put her in the path of the so-called legendary monster tormenting San Julio.

Now time is running out…

With a killer on the loose, will Vic and Delaney learn to trust each other again, or do the roots of betrayal run too deep?

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