'You are not alone. There are others like you.' When she reads those words, Eleisha Clevon knows she has to respond to Rose de Spenser's letter and connect with another vampire. Both reluctant predators, they venture outside only when the hunger becomes unbearable, try not to draw attention to themselves - and feel guilty when ending human lives. But Eleisha has learned a way to draw blood from her victims without killing them. She wants to share this knowledge with like-minded vampires and create a haven where they can exist together - and forge a united front against Julian Ashton, a vampire who has been hunting down and destroying his own kind for the past century. To win Rose to her cause, Eleisha must risk meeting her face-to-face, knowing full well she might be an agent of Julian's - but never expecting the revelations Rose has to share about Eleisha's own vampire origins.