The first installment of a scorching new dark vampire romance series by the New York Times bestselling author, Lilith Saintcrow.

Everything went according to plan until Bea actually drove the stake into the monster's heart.

Bea Dunlevy's world was shattered one autumn night, and now she's gunning for the monster who killed her beloved brother. Three years of work and planning pays off, sure-until the stake proves not quite enough.

Ageless, nameless, and powerful, he is also dying by inches-until chance grants him a miracle, in the form of a beautiful assassin. Now he must claim the one thing that can keep him awake, aware, alive; any protest will be ignored, any obstacle obliterated.

But he is not the only danger in the demimonde. Another power haunts Bea's quest for vengeance. To survive, she may have to endure being claimed by a creature older than history, amid the betrayal of those who know what stalks the night...