London, winter of 1862, Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute,
arrives on the doorstep of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she
met once seven years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child
who, until now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the
girl lives--but that her life and soul are in mortal peril from a
vampiric ghost. But this is no ordinary spirit; the bloodthirsty
wraith is none other than John Polidori, the onetime physician to
the mad, bad, and dangerous Romantic poet Lord Byron. Both McKee
and Crawford have mysterious histories with creatures like
Polidori, and their child is a prize the malevolent spirit covets
dearly.
Polidori is also the late uncle and supernatural muse to the
poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel
Rossetti. When she was just fourteen years old, Christina
unwittingly brought Polidori's curse upon her family. And when
Polidori resurrects Dante's dead wife--turning her into a
horrifying vampire--and threatens other family members, Christina
and Dante agree that they must destroy their monstrous uncle and
break the spell. Determined to save their daughter, McKee and
Crawford join forces with the Rossettis, and soon these wildly
mismatched allies are plunged into a supernatural London underworld
whose existence goes beyond their wildest imaginings.
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