Though nobody knew about what happened in his childhood or about his mutation. Hector had a tragic a background as well, and suffered greatly as a child. She hasn’t cried since then and never will again.

Though that procedure had taken endless torture fueled days, until the very end when she felt nothing. The Story: Noelle had been kidnapped as a young girl and her father’s response to that was to fry her nerve endings and destroy her pain receptors so she could never be tortured again. She just wanted someone to love her and see that she was worth something. Noelle had never gotten along with her parents, she just never was enough for them.

Noelle has a wrap sheet full of violent encounters that may or may not have been exaggerated to get her into the program. She is young and naïve, though her cousin is an AIR Agent. The heroine: Noelle Tremain - tall, slender, beautiful and wealthy, she is one of the trainees at the AIR training camp. They literally burned through bodies, ripped out organs and destroyed just about anything. He had accidentally killed his one and only girlfriend with his mutant arms that were fired up by strong emotions. When he first sees Noelle Tremain get off the bus as a new recruit he is attracted to her but he knows that he and females did not mix.

The Hero: Hector Dean - He was an agent and trainer at the Alien Investigation and Removal training camp. Yet neither Hector nor Noelle knows what to fear more-the killer case, or their own lethal desires. When a wealthy businessman is murdered in New Chicago’s seediest district, the two are partnered, and there’s no escaping what they both want: each other. But to be with her, he risks destroying her. For the first time, his stone-cold resistance is tested. She is beautiful and rich, with a party girl smile that hides a shocking vulnerability, and from the beginning his sizzling attraction to her is undeniable. But Noelle Tremain is a temptation like no other. Little wonder he’s determined to remain on his own. He is a walking weapon, capable of killing with a single brush of his fingertips. Hector Dean is shaved, tattooed, and totally ripped-and he has a deadly secret. With one caress, he can give unforgettable pleasure.

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter captivates with a dark, tantalizing world of humans, otherworlders, and a powerful AIR agent consumed by his desire for a woman he can never have.

Dark taste of rapture