Edward Masen, twenty-eight, is the most popular escort working for Esme Platt at Buying Love, Inc. He's the best at what he does and no woman goes unsatisfied. He's smooth, sexy, dangerous and in control. In many ways. In all things. However, his employer holds him to this job due to the debt he needs to repay. He's a slave to the job in more ways than one. He lives in the best apartments, dresses in designer clothing and drives the best cars. All of it, though, can disappear in a moment's notice all because of Esme knows Edward's darkest secret.
Isabella Swan, twenty-six, is an heiress to the Swan hotel fortune. Her father, Charlie Swan, owns a string of high-end hotels and resorts all over the world. Bella, as her friends call her, is going through a nasty divorce from her husband, Riley. He cheated on Bella with the limo driver, the gardener, the pool boy and Bella's assistant, Maggie. Bella is bitter and angry, hating all men and most of all, her abhorrent soon-to-be ex-husband.
Charlie is having a grand opening for his newest hotel in Seattle, Swan Towers. Bella is expected to be there with a date for this lavish opening party. Rose, Bella's best friend, suggested that she use a male escort, handing her Esme Platt's card for Buying Love, Inc. Bella calls and asks for the best. Edward arrives, dressed in his designer tuxedo, all suave and debonair, but detached and cold. However, the attraction between the two is palpable.
Will they succumb to their attraction? Will Edward pull Bella down the dark path in his need for control? Or will Bella be his light? Or is this all a ploy for just buying love?
Annabeth Swan was the older sister of Isabella Swan. Unlike her sister, Annabeth wasn't upset with the idea of moving to Forks to live with their father. Annabeth had continued to visit him every year near Christmas, unlike her sister, so she and her dad had a bond.
Annabeth was different from her sister, she wasn't as awkward and clumsy. She was strong-willed and charismatic. She had a few friends at Forks High School, so when they finally went to school, it wasn't as awkward for her as it was for her little sister.
As Bella got wrapped up in the Cullen family, Anna stayed away from them. The family tried to include her, because Alice knew that Anna had a mate, but Anna just wasn't one to encourage such fantasies as Bella was. It was Bella that told her about vampires, and that was when Anna's world changed forever.
Hidden in the shadows was a blonde vampire. He wasn't like the Cullens, meaning he wasn't a "vegetarian." He killed for his food, but he also simply liked the fight that everyone put up before they died. It was fun, but when he entered Forks, something was different.
There was a scent he just couldn't shake, and Victoria could tell that something was up with him. She and Laurent were both curious, but Victoria quickly became jealous, especially once they figured out where the scent was coming from. The scent was a human, and the human was James's mate. Victoria was not happy, and she tried to force herself closer to James, but she didn't quite get what she wanted, and she truly wanted him to feel her pain...