Can you resist the pull of Darkness? The Kingdom of Veissaria is in decline. For everyone, uneasy times have come. The northern lands are overrun by vampires; great houses are wrapped in fear. Alison Richie—an heiress of an ancient line—spent many years locked away in her own house, not suspecting the monstrous inheritance of her ancestors. The guardianship of her older brothers long ago turned into control that overstepped every boundary. A thirst for freedom and the shocks she has endured awaken in her a power that refuses to accept the rules of the Richie family. Alison throws herself into the whirl of events, not imagining where her choice will lead her and what she’ll have to sacrifice.