Bound Blood: A fated mates steamy vampire romance

I refuse to be Forever Bound. I saw what the desperate search for the illusive mate of a vampire did to my father. And the women who died when he was wrong. I don't care what it means for the Cadell name or fortune. To save an immortal life of lecturing, I need to find a stand in. A fake Forever Bound. And it turns out Xanthe is more than willing. She's fascinating, alive in ways I've never seen in my centuries-old existence, and fearless. Not even a grumpy vampire will stop her from getting what she wants. Then I learn it's because Xanthe has nothing to lose. Turns out, I could be the one who saves her. Or the one who kills her.