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.
In a world of supernaturals, I am something else.
Ascension Day turned Average Joes into spell-casting savants, Plain Janes into glamorous vampires, and the homeless guy at the intersection of Sunset and Santa Monica into the alpha werewolf of Los Angeles. Unfortunately for me, my Ascension was... unique. I was struck by lightning and can't stop throwing sparks.
For the last fourteen years, hiding has kept me safe from the government, while my uncle's magic has kept the public safe from me. Now, just when I've found some semblance of control over my power, my world turns upside down again. A terrorist organization has kidnapped my dad, thrusting me to the center of an investigation that quickly reveals my anonymity was only an illusion.
Some of the most famous, dangerous supernaturals in the world surround me, and their agendas are as mystifying as my growing powers. My sworn protector is none other than Riven Thorne - arguably the oldest, most powerful vampire in existence. But even silver linings cast shadows; Riven has more secrets than I do.
My name is Alfea Sullivan, and for better or worse, the world is about to find out exactly who I am.