Lena had enough trouble navigating normal life in rural Ohio with her neurospicy thought processes. Being the only survivor of an accidental lupine attack throws a wrench in her life as she becomes an unintentional survivor in a game between brothers that really isn't any fun at all. Now, she has to sort out the changes she is enduring, while trying to stay one step ahead of the mad man who took a chunk out of her shoulder.

Avaline would have been quite content spending her eternity in the shadows, immersed in music, wine and just a little retribution. However, obligations she never knew existed pulled her into the suffocating world of vampire politics, undead "family" dynamics and complicated emotions she never expected to deal with. How is Avaline supposed to manage the expectations and all the invisible threads that are tethering her?