Shauna's search for infamous vampire hunter, Henry the Inquisitor, was cut short by a summons by the first vampire. What secrets will she uncover in the presence of such ominous power? Once she uncovers secrets about her own past that she could never have imagined, she is sent back to Europe to finish the hunt for the hunters. This time she will have help from vampires of similar power to her own. And she'll have the usual help of her mentor and best friend, Elizabeth Bathory. But her favorite source of blood is now a vampire as well, so Shauna needs to find other ways to feed and she's still uncomfortable drinking from strangers. Her travels take her to the darkest, vilest, part of the vampire underworld, testing her morality and how far she's willing to go to embrace the darkness. Even with all the help in the world, she is still uncertain what she'll uncover or if her friends will be enough to keep her from being killed permanently.

Abandoned for her magic, raised by a dryad, Emily must leave her sheltered home to face her duties as a Tempest--a servant of Maia. Accompanied by the notorious outcast mercenary, Katriene, Emily is thrust deep into a mission to protect the kingdom. Along the way she must face the truths from her past, understand the limits of her magic and face the greatest battle of all: Love.

Shauna, Adjusting to life without the Sun and the need to feed, travels to Europe to track down the notorious vampire hunter, Henry the Inquisitor. She finds the night culture there in upheaval as hunters have decimated the vampire populations of France and the surrounding countries. The royalty she meets are not as friendly as she is accustomed to. Her companion and best friend, the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory, has particular difficulty adjusting to the new powers in Europe. Defending her friend may make enemies among the vampire royalty. In case Shauna doesn't have enough to worry about, her twin sister and vampiric progeny, Laura, free of her mortal addictions, may have found a new, deadlier, habit.

Shauna discovers the vampires in her favorite novels are real, as she hoped they would be. Her initial encounter with them proves fatal for her. She awakens as one of them, but the mysterious vampire who turned her has disappeared. She is taken under the wings of both the Countess of Philadelphia and the legendary Elizabeth Bathory and soon discovers that even immortality can be fatal.