Asher Webster is a dhampir. She's the first female of her kind to become a Hunter. This is her second year in the business, with the highest killings in the association. But when she meets Pierce Westen, something changes. It's like she almost doesn't want to kill the vampires that caused her existence. When Pierce kidnaps her, taking her for a ransom, he doesn't expect the results. Asher says she will do anything to kill him, but what if her mind were to change? What then?