title: Lord of the Last Heartbeat
author: Peterson, May
description: Stop me. Please.
  
  Three words scrawled in bloodred wine. A note furtively passed into the hand of a handsome stranger. Only death can free Mio from his mother's political schemes. He's put his trust in the enigmatic Rhodry -- an immortal moon soul with the power of the bear spirit -- to put an end to it all.
  
  But Rhodry cannot bring himself to kill Mio, whose spellbinding voice has the power to expose secrets from the darkest recesses of the heart and mind. Nor can he deny his attraction to the fair young sorcerer. So he spirits Mio away to his home, the only place he can keep him safe -- if the curse that besieges the estate doesn't destroy them both first.
  
  In a world teeming with mages, ghosts and dark secrets, love blooms between the unlikely pair. But if they are to be strong enough to overcome the evil that draws ever nearer, Mio and Rhodry must first accept a happiness neither ever expected to find.
  
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