(COMPLETED)-Melody is 17 when she is turned into a vampire by Maria, creator of Jasper and various vampires she used as her army. Her mate was turned into a vampire before she was, and killed by Jasper in a battle. When she hears she has to fight, she runs away when her years of misery begin. She hates her new life, she hates the monster she has become. She drowns in her own guilt and in the loss of her mate. Until finally she picks up her life again thanks to a very wise man. This is when she decides to live among humans. Her own gift will surely help her with this. When she is on Forks high school, her human friend gets into a car accident. She goes to the hospital, where she runs straight into Carlisle. He doesn't know she is a vampire, because of her own tricky gift. He gets confused about her nature as she plays with him, fools him and he becomes her own little toy. Is she falling for a married man? As she is about to lose Carlisle because of her own foolish game, the pawns are turned. She has to convince him of her true nature and get him to stay in forks, but this isn't easy. Why, could just tell him and prove him! But gaining the trust of someone you have lied to for several months isn't easy. Even if this person is Dr. Carlisle Cullen.

Retired country singer and ex-marine Bradley Thompson never thought he'd give up his 'go where i want' lifestyle for any woman. But then he meets Isabelle Warren and her daughter Sara one dark summer night and realizes he was wrong. But Isabelle is running from something and scared to let herself trust him. Can he convince her he's not like the rest and make her take a chance on him or will her fears keep them apart?