For Deirdre Griffin and her lover, Mitch, the prospect of immortality is bearable
-- as long as they can spend everlasting life together. At
their English seaside pub, The Black Rose, they charge tourists
by the pint (of blood). But when Deirdre goes missing,
everything changes. The only clue left behind is a syringe
that may have contained a paralytic drug engineered to affect
vampires. Even worse, Deirdre isn't in the best of health.
Her blood is undergoing a metamorphosis that could cure
her vampirism, but may also have the side effect of killing
her. There is a chance to reverse the change except for
one glitch -- she's pregnant.
Who is powerful enough to overpower Deirdre and why? The
desperate search for his mate will take Mitch across the ocean
to New Orleans, the haunted city that was once Deirdre's home,
and that hides secrets both sacred and profane in the dark shadows
of its mossy cemeteries and crumbling mansions. Human
or vampire, whoever took Deirdre has also jeopardized the life
of Mitch's unborn child -- the last link he has to his humanity.
And should harm befall either of them, he'll take his
revenge in blood...
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