Looks can be deceiving as with this book, at first I hesitated when I read the summary and had a different pic in mind when I started reading it. For some reason I didn't think the setting was going to be in the 21st century..huh dunno why. Well it was, the story takes place in modern day New York with a half breed young women name Pia, who has just stole from the eldest creature in Earth ( a dragon shifter) it wasn't that she wanted to no..her ex boyfriend blackmailed her into doing it since he knows some secrets about her that should not be known. I believe he takes the award for the most scumbag of ex-boyfriends. 
 So here she is a target of a Dragos and his enemies and on top of everything she cannot allow anybody know who she is or better yet what she is. ( she did spend her whole life hiding and avoid attachment to places and people to protect herself) 
 Overall, the story was a good one, this series is a definite must read. Only complaint I have is that Pia should have used her awesome abilities more-we only saw a glimpse but it was good. I believe there are still some unresolved issues revolving her heritage so its surprising the next book will be about another couple although I am not complaining.