"Cara Paulsen does not give up easily. A scientist and a single mother, she's used to fighting for what she wants, keeping a cool head, and doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter Janie. But 'whatever it takes' has never before included a shotgun wedding to a dangerous-looking stranger with an attitude problem. Sure, the mysterious Talen says that he's there to protect Cara and Janie. He also says he's a three-hundred-year-old vampire..."--P....

"Eileen Merriweather knows a thing or two about romance. As a professor of literature, she teaches prestigious courses on history's greatest romantics, but one week out of the year she abandons her dusty textbooks and makes a pilgrimage to the Hudson Valley with her best friend Pru to meet their Super Smutty Book Club in person, and celebrate the romance series that brought them together - Quixotic Falls. It's a week of wine and happily-ever-afters....