New Orleans, Louisiana 2003...
Vampires, creatures of the shadows, born of night and bloodlust, that's what we've been told to believe for thousands of years. The truth is much scarier. They reside amoung us, as they have been unable to do for much of the past several hundred years. They are mysterious, striking, and enrapturing for some, for others, they are the stuff of nightmares, vulgar and ghastly.
An age old vampire nest is one buried away in an old Victorian mansion, behind a graveyard, and surrounded by trees, its a place most wouldn't suspect that its inhabitants reside in. The eldest of the nest has spent over 500 years creating, birthing, and protecting his powerful nest, but the time has come for him to wed.
Annabelle Chevalier is a frail human due to marry Dave in a few months time, a sacrificial lamb to appease some of the deadliest vampires in existence. She will be turned into the very creatures she fears upon their wedding night and become a slave to the night. When she gives up all she has ever known to reside with a nest in their home, she is met with many surprises.
Her nightmare quickly descends into a romantic dream she never thought possible, but her love cannot be if she wishes to appease all that seek to subdue her.
It was the night of Samia Eden's wedding. The night she would be wed to the love of her life, Elden Varasova. The first son of the Varasova Family. It was the first night of the rest of her life. A life lived in the dark. A life immortal. Once Elden had sunk his teeth into Samia's neck she would become a vampire like him, and they would live happily together, forever.
Then the chapel doors burst open, and Samia's world fell apart.
Held captive deep within the territory of a vengeful werewolf pack, Samia is to be forced into an arranged marriage with the ferocious son of the pack's leader by the time of the next full moon. The pack has the Church's approval. There is nothing Samia or the Varasova's can do to stop it. Her fate is sealed.
That wont stop Samia's best friend Phoebe Scott from trying. Even if that means working with Elden's shifty brother Carlisle. Phoebe knows she can't trust him. He's dangerous. And for some reason his sister Dana says Phoebe and Carlisle should stay away from each other. But what choice does she have?
A heinous crime has set the wheels of destiny - and justice - in motion. While she hunts for the culprit, a mysterious emissary of the Church must ensure the transfer of Samia from the Varasova Family to the pack goes smoothly. Dozens of lives and everything the emissary has fought for is at stake. With whispers of witchcraft on the wind, she must succeed. Or there will be Hell to pay.
When darkness falls, we will do what we must for the ones we love. But ill the dawn find us still worthy of its light? Or will the first rays of the sun fall upon the twisted faces of the monsters we have become?