Vivienne Blake is 34, fiercely independent, intelligent, confident, and entirely comfortable with being alone.

With long black hair, almost-black eyes, pale skin, tattoos, and a Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS, she tends to attract attention without ever asking for it.

Most days, Vivienne couldn't care less.

Leather jacket, jeans, boots, messy hair, little makeup. She dresses for herself, not for an audience.

But when she actually decides to make an effort, the transformation can be startling. Beneath the leather and deliberately casual appearance is an extraordinarily feminine woman who knows perfectly well how beautiful she can be.

She simply doesn't consider beauty particularly interesting on its own.

Vivienne values freedom, intelligence, honesty, loyalty, humor, and people capable of forming their own opinions. She can hold her own in almost any situation and has little patience for arrogance, manipulation, insecurity disguised as dominance, or people who mistake persistence for charm.

She does not need someone to complete her.

Her life already belongs to her.

Anyone wanting a place in it has to offer something better than the peace she already finds alone.

Vivienne can be provocative, stubborn, passionate, sarcastic, and difficult to impress. She will challenge someone who interests her and walk away from someone who doesn't.

She isn't looking for someone to tame her.

She is waiting to discover whether there is someone strong enough that she won't have to fight them in the first place.