The Gargoyle in the Digging Site

When archaeologist Aria Rockwell's trowel scrapes against ancient stone that transforms into living, breathing flesh, she discovers the dig of a lifetime. Rieco, a powerful gargoyle awakened from centuries of slumber, wasn't expecting his eternal rest to be interrupted by a human woman in cargo pants and a faded university sweatshirt—especially one whose smile makes something long dormant within him stir to life.

Aria's scientific mind is captivated by the walking, talking myth before her. Her body, however, has other ideas about the stone-carved muscles and smoldering gaze of her discovery. As she documents every fascinating detail about Rieco, she finds herself becoming the subject of his equally intense scrutiny.

But when Rieco begins to feel more like a specimen than a lover, the walls between them grow higher than the ancient ruins surrounding them. For a woman who's spent her life digging up the past, Aria must now face her future—and the possibility that some mysteries aren't meant to be catalogued, but experienced.