Bloodbound Westbound

Qin Sheng wakes in a mass grave three days after a tunnel collapse—with a throat burning for blood and fingernails sharp enough to tear through wood. The woman who dug her out whispers, “You’re like me now,” then disappears before sunrise. With no English, money, or papers, Qin hides among a westbound wagon train as a quiet Chinese widow. But every heartbeat around her is a temptation, and when miners turn up drained of blood, a relentless bounty hunter named Luke Hardee begins tracking the monster in their midst—never suspecting how close she is. Edith’s warning haunts her: Reach Salt Lake City before you lose control, or kill everyone in the wagon train—so when Luke discovers Qin’s secret, will he hunt her down, or become the first man she can’t bear to destroy?