If it was still beating. Angus MacKay has been undead for almost five hundred years and it s not often something， or someone， surprises him. Until Emma Wallace. The sight of this luscious agent from the CIA s elite Stake-Out team was enough to stop Angus in his tracks. But then he discovers that she s a vampire slayer， intent on killing the "monsters" who killed her parents. And it s Angus s job to stop her. The only good vampire is a dead vampire. It s been Emma s motto since she committed her life to the destruction of these things. Now Angus MacKay wants to convince her differently. Sure， he s a sexy Highland warrior who seems to have stepped off the cover of a romance novel， complete with brogue， kilt， and sword， but he s also one of them. And it s her job to kill him. The war is on， but will it end in the destruction of one or both of them . . . or in total surrender to a passion for the ages?