Alexander Karim, long-time friend of Brody, Veris and Taylor, has been questioning everything; his purpose in life and his identity as a vampire and a doctor. Even his long time pursuit of the lovely but reluctant police lieutenant Sydney Stevens is on shaky ground. Life tosses him a curve ball when Alex learns that Brody's trial lawyer, Rayner De Leon, the youngest appeal court judge in the state, is attracted to Alex. Rayner is a vampire, Rafael, who has known Brody and Veris since the fifth century. Alex warily allows Rafael to seduce him, and the affair has surprising results for both of them. But then a deliberate hit and run tosses Sydney back into Alex's life and time, her defenses are down and she is vulnerable. But there are unanswered questions surrounding Sydney. Who tried to kill her? And why is she insisting that Alex was there, when he doesn't remember it that way? When a kiss sends Alex and Sydney back to Alex's beloved desert, and he realizes that Taylor is not the only one who can time travel, the questions pile up like gunpowder. The flint that strikes the spark is Sydney's past, which is exposed when Rafael reaches through time and uncovers her dangerous secret. The explosion that follows is both deadly and tragic, reaching out to touch everyone's lives. This book is part of the Kiss Across Time paranormal time travel series: 1.0: 2.0: 2.5: 3.0: 4.0: 5.0: 5.1: 6.0: 7.0: 7.1 8.0: 8.1: The series has ongoing storylines and characters. Reading the books in order is recommended. A Vampire Time Travel Romance