Nick was born a malak, a being with all five of the hunters' affiliations. For this reason, her family of hunters uses her as a weapon against the creatures of the night. Connor, a half-werewolf, has come from the neighboring Silverwolf clan to train in order to exact revenge against the vampire who killed his parents. He is pared with Nick, the only Lovac clan hunter without a partner. Trouble finds the duo when the demon who killed Nick's brother comes back for her. Will the couple survive the adventure, or will they be swept away in a river of fire?

Poetry. "Heather Woods is a lightning rod; her poems abundant with the evanescent, sensual pleasures of God and spirit in this remarkable, transformative first collection. 'May all beings be full of light and the roots of light, ' she writes, a modern mystic who acts as both a receiver and transmitter of radiance. This is a holy book of the highest order." D. A. Powell

"Somebody shook, then popped the lid on, the Great Hymnal: out flew these devotional lyrics wholly recast ravenously tender, carnally transcendent, and fearlessly pitched towards ecstasy. Heather Woods reawakens a...