These violent delights have violent ends.After surviving a shadowed childhood, Mallory Webb is ready to start fresh as a theater major at her mothers alma mater, a sanitarium turned liberal arts university in Rhode Island. Landing the lead role in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet feels like a dreamuntil the blood-soaked wraith that caused her mothers death resurfaces after years of quiet. With nothing to go on but cryptic symbols in an old college notebook, Mallory hopes the reason behind her mothers haunting lies somewhere on campus, and resolves to find answers before she meets the same fate.Shes surprised to make an unexpected ally in Ezra Pierce, the magnetic fourth year directing the play, and takes solace in their undeniable chemistry. But Ezra is a master secret-keeper, and its clear he knows more than hes letting on about Saskia Garin, Mallorys elusive understudy whose past eerily mirrors her own.When an ancient, bloodthirsty evil calls to collect on a bargain that dates back to the New England vampire panic, Mallory, Ezra, and Saskia will have to untangle the tragic ways in which their histories are linkedand face the devastating consequences of their own star-crossed love story.
