Morgan de Ventana has tracked the vampire, Nicolai Kesslanski to a small book shop in Paris where, finally, he has the chance to avenge the murder of his father. But with Paris in turmoil and the Bastille about to be attacked, why would Kesslanski be interested in a book shop? What was it he so desperately sought that he'd kill an old man to get his hands on it?
India has protected the secret all her life. Her parents were murdered for it by Nicolai Kesslanski years ago. Now, her grandfather, the only family she had left, lays dead upon the floor of the bookshop he so loved. Should she trust the tall, dark stranger who came to her aid? India is prepared to die to keep the secret from Kesslanski, but is she also willing to risk Morgan’s life?