As children in Belfast, Bridget and Colum Connolly's world is turned upside down after a deadly attack on their family. Twelve years later, they try to make a life for themselves in America. Living has never been easy for Colum, and Bridget craves something more than small-town life can offer. Certainly the last thing she wants is make friends with local farmhand James Barlean. And when she sees him behead a vampire, Bridget knows she has to make her brother realize this quaint little community is more dangerous than it seems.