Why These Two — Jackie Ivie

WE KILL FOR PROFIT
MOSTLY

SPECIAL FORCES

Darryl Bailes had a career ending injury that became a mind-numbing reality. Trained with every weapon, his specialty is close-combat knife fighting. Life had purpose once. Now he's a mercenary. Bodyguard. Security Gun for Hire. Glorified babysitter. It's a whole lot of nothing to look forward to.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Spawned by the Black plague and tempered by steel, Medieval vampire Reika is perfect with any blade, but especially her prized Seventeenth century Italian daggers. She ought to be. She's had seven hundred years of training. Honing her skills. Perfecting her aim. Notching her kills. Watching time pass. Every day like the other. And then...something changes.

CREATED BY FIRE; QUENCHED BY ICE

Darryl's good at protecting his charge. Assassins are routine. A vampire assassin is something else. She's lightning fast and crazy sexy. Beautiful. Amazing. Breath-taking. And that's before he sees her blade wielding ability...