They say a demon cannot love. They have clearly never met him.

A second-chance romance from USA Today Bestselling Author Adrienne Blake — coming soon.

The Elliot vampires were once England's most feared immortal house. These days their motto — "More than human" — reads more like wishful thinking.

Anne Elliot has spent eight years being sensible about the one thing she was never sensible about: Frederick Wentworth. A demon. Beneath her, her family insisted. Beneath her notice, her godmother agreed. Anne believed them, because Anne always believes the people who are wrong about her.

Wentworth left for the infernal wars and did not, as promised, get himself killed. He has instead gotten himself formidable — and returned home radiating exactly the kind of power that makes a room full of vampires remember their manners.

He is not here for Anne. He says this with great conviction, several times, to anyone who will listen.

But old bonds have a way of resurfacing at the worst possible moment, and Anne's own long-dormant gifts are stirring for the first time in years — inconveniently, in his presence, and with the subtlety of a house fire. Between a crumbling immortal empire, a bloodline on the brink, and a demon who has clearly not gotten over her either, Anne is about to discover that regret has excellent timing and even better claws.

A second-chance romance for anyone who has ever loved someone they were told, quite firmly, not to.