title: Darkest Temptation
author: Van Dyken, Rachel
description: I'm a werewolf King who chose to step down out of grief for my mate.
  
  For centuries I've been alone, choosing to live a life of modesty despite the wealth surrounding me.
  
  I deserve to be punished.
  
  I crave things I have no business craving.
  
  And it is manifesting itself in a way I'm terrified I won't be able to control any longer.
  
  Especially since she arrived.
  
  Vampire. Orphan. Beaten beyond recognition.
  
  My blood calls to her in a way that makes no sense.
  
  I'm a wolf.
  
  She's a vampire.
  
  The two don't mate.
  
  They barely tolerate one another.
  
  All it takes is one slip of control on my part ― one taste.
  
  And I doom us all.
  
  Then again, I never knew what is lurking inside has the power to balance good and evil.