title: Marcus
author: MacKenzie, C.C.
description: USA Today Bestselling Author, CC MacKenzie introduces a standalone first in series, 'The Vampyre Legal Chronicles – Marcus':
  Magic will return to the human realm of Earth and Earth will burn as the ground shakes. Mankind will perish under the combined fists of pestilence and disease and magic will rule the land.
  And so it begins...
  Take one broodingly hot vampire Highlander. Add one gorgeous New Born and this is just the beginning.
  Free spirited Anais Walker has one passion, Corporate Law and one goal, a glittering career with Gillespie, Pattullo & Hindmarch.
  Success is so close she can taste it, until a lamentable slip of concentration jeopardises a billion dollar deal with the Chinese in Shanghai.
  Is Anais about to lose it all?
  
  Famously ruthless corporate lawyer Marcus Gillespie has two secrets.
  He’s a Vampire Prince and after two hundred and thirty years he’s found the woman for him.
  She’s beautiful, smart and with a body to die for. After six months of mentoring Anais, the time has come to move her from the boardroom to the bedroom. When Anais makes a costly mistake, Marcus has the gorgeous lawyer just where he wants her.
  
  But although passions run red hot in the bedroom, Anais refuses to give her heart or commit to a future not of her choosing. When an ancient enemy arrives in Shanghai with bad news, Marcus finds himself in a race against time not only to win her heart, but also to save her life in the shadow of a changing world...
  Each Book in the series is a standalone story.