a corrupt Breed civil government official had Andreas human friend turned into a minion and then had his whole Darkhaven family slaughtered. This move on the part of, William Roth, sent Andreas over the deep end. Andreas has a unique and terrible gift handed down from his breedmate mother, he's a pyrotelekenetic. This sounds cool, but in Andreas' case, he's barely in control as he goes about exacting deadly revenge on all who had anything to do with the murder of his family. Andreas is finally to the point where he only has the mastermind of it all left to kill and if anyone gets in his way- this includes William Roth's breedmate, Andreas' former love of his life- he will not hesitate to treat them as collateral damage. That is until he is confronted by Claire Roth- the only woman he has ever loved and the woman he walked away from without a word. 
 Claire's first view of Andreas after all these years when she thought that he died in the fire with his Darkhaven family is to see him coming toward her engulfed in a wall of flame with little sanity left in his eyes. Even in this fiercesome condition and knowing that he has killed others, she still protects him. Claire is forced to believe Andreas' assertions about her mate after several things happen that force her to flee for her life with Andreas into the protection of the Order. 
 Now Claire tries to convince Andreas that her love is worth more than his revenge though its not so simple of a choice. Andreas also must heed duty- help the order fight Dragos. 
 The plot was very exciting from the get go. I loved the pace and all the scenes of danger and passion. Andreas has both his pure vengeance, his duty and his love for Claire warring in him. Claire has to get past Andreas' previous desertion and her husband's betrayal as well as accept the Andreas that is before her now. Dragos and Roth have a truly 'crippling to the Order' plot hatched up on top of their world domination plan. The Order even at full strength are barely contending now that Dragos has sent his GenOne assassins after them. So much is on the brink! 
 The characters of Andreas and Claire are awesome. Andreas has been a favorite since I met him a few books ago and I was so glad to see him get his own story. Claire was the best mate for him. She could have come across as a 'meh' society lady who whined about what could have been and got clingy with Andreas, but when the chips were down she showed a backbone of steel.