Catch: Book 1

Chelle: Orphaned at birth, I'm convinced that I'm the heinous seed of a human-vampire mating. How else to explain that I can heal without medical intervention, reach my flat's window on the fifth floor in 3 seconds, the occasional thirst for fresh blood (yuck!), and to escape my approaching boss by making him 'temporary' walks into the W.C. Oh, wait a minute. Vampire can't do mind game. But I can. Sharks! Then I must be a human-alien off shoot. Or worse, vampire-nephilim.

Austen: To kill a vicious parasite, its feeding tentacles must be severed. I must fabricate a trade. It has to be perfect; Hicks will be vindictive if I make him an ex-father-in-law soon and loosen his grip on my wealth at the same time. But I must — they are going after her too. This stubborn redhead with a simple worldview thinks she could outwit Section 48 — the world's last line of defense even the President is not informed of its existence. But I can never lose her for she keeps my soul sane... and so warmly satisfied... Not even if it takes the destruction of part of Manhattan by a 16-wheelers onto scores of cars on an elevated highway and a head-on train.