Roxy Harker is a single mother and a newborn vampire. Thrust into a shadowy London underworld controlled by immortal beings, Roxy has to come to terms with her need for blood while struggling to raise her young daughter.But when the powerful lord of the vampires is mysteriously killed, plunging the city into civil war, Roxy stumbles upon an ancient secret, and a terrifying darkness that threatens vampires and humans alike.She learns there are some things that even vampires fear.