[First Fruits 01] • First Fruits

**He's odd. But, then again, so is she . . .**

Parsley Walker didn't want to fall in love. She wanted to pour coffee, serve flapjacks, and forget that she could read minds. She wanted to be a ghost in a waitress's uniform. But then fate walked in, and he had dark hair and a dark mood, and he looked at her like she was the only woman in the world.

**And, to him, she was.**

Jesse Linwood intended to blow into town, grab the girl, and get gone. Instead, the girl grabbed *him* with her shy smile and sad eyes. Now, his cold, black vampire heart beats for her alone, but he isn't the only one who craves her. To keep her safe, he must pick a fight he knows he cannot win.