it's 1813, and florence hummingdale is having the time of her life (or death, depending on how you look at it). florence is a vampire, living with four other vampire girls in an abbey outside london: estella clements, theodosia rathbone, genevieve goldsworthy, and marianne st. james. despite their wildly different personalities, the five girls have grown incredibly close in the two hundred years they've been acquainted. but when marianne, a romantic who has sworn off love, falls for a human man, chaos breaks out at manfred abbey, and even florence's sarcasm and wit can't help them now.