Emelina Rose is one of the few residents of Wells, a small mundane town in Maine. Knowing all the locals wasn't possible, but recognizing them was and she would know if she'd ever seen his face before. Her small town becomes intoxicatingly interesting as the mysteriously captivating face shows up again as a student at her school and she soon realizes that he is something more than human. Tristan Bello possesses Emelina at first sight. After being unable to deny his own forbidden desires, he risks exposing the secret of his identity and they teeter on the edge of danger to satisfy desires that could yield grave consequences. Just as Lina gets what she most wants, she is pulled into his secret world and she jeopardizes much more than she ever knew she had to risk.