Deep in the untouched bayou of Louisiana, Rafael Astier finds himself stuck in the infamous Broussard plantation with a vampire that is centuries old. With no way out, he finds himself in a sticky situation, and it isn't the summer's heat that is causing it. Esais La Bauve is both handsome and strong willed. He's everything Rafael has ever dreamt about. Attraction quickly turns to desire, and matters of the heart become both heated and complicated. The decision to love or to flee is taken from him when he is thrust headfirst into the past of the Broussard family. If he wants to make it out alive, he'll have to trust in Esais, one of the living dead. Will Rafael be able to trust in a man that whispers promises too good to be true, or will he succumb to horrors of the plantation's tortured past?