amp ire . ▁Before ▁he ▁can ▁stop ▁it , ▁the ▁v amp ire ▁k ills ▁Sav ann ah ’ s ▁friend ▁Peter ▁and ▁attempts ▁to ▁claim ▁her ▁for ▁himself . ▁Greg ori ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁kill ▁him ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁her . ▁Sav ann ah ▁still ▁ref uses ▁to ▁bond ▁with ▁him ; ▁however ▁Greg ori ▁inform s ▁her ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁choice ▁for ▁either ▁of ▁them . ▁ ▁Know ing ▁that ▁she ’ s ▁in ▁shock ▁and ▁gr ief ▁because ▁of ▁her ▁friend , ▁he ▁takes ▁her ▁to ▁his ▁property ▁to ▁he al , ▁int ending ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁m ating ▁rit ual ▁the ▁next ▁day . ▁However , ▁their ▁clos eness ▁is ▁too ▁powerful ▁to ▁ignore ▁and ▁they ▁begin ▁to ▁mate . ▁Unfortunately , ▁Greg ori ▁has ▁waited ▁to ▁long ▁and ▁los es ▁control ▁and ▁nearly ▁k ills ▁Sav ann ah . ▁It ▁is ▁only ▁her ▁accept ance ▁of ▁him ▁that ▁pull s ▁him ▁back ▁from ▁the ▁aby ss . ▁ ▁Now ▁Sav ann ah ▁and ▁Greg ori ▁must ▁learn ▁how ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁and ▁love ▁one ▁another ▁while ▁stay ing ▁one ▁step ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁v amp ires ▁and ▁the ▁human ▁v amp ire ▁hunting ▁society ▁who ▁have ▁target ed ▁them . ▁ ▁Awards ▁W inner ▁of ▁ 2 ▁ 0 f ▁ 9 ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁P EAR L ▁Awards ▁Best ▁Sh ape - Sh if ter ▁Best ▁Over all ▁Par an ormal ▁Rom ance ▁▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁R ita ▁Final ist ▁Par an