She stalks the lonely back alleys of Boston, the deserted industrial docks of the harbor, seeking revenge on
the vampire who killed her mother. Rashel Jordan knows where they live. But they don't yet know that the
black-haired, green-eyed girl is as deadly as she is beautiful, killing the Night People one by one. Armed
with wooden stake, martial arts, and the will to resist a vampire's mind control, she is safe as long as her
true identity remains a secret. But when she rescues Daphne Childs from certain death, she's suddenly
swept into the Night World Slave Trade, gateway to the vampires' secret enclave. Here Quinn is the
gatekeeper...dark, dangerous, irresistible. He decides who is chosen. He holds the keys to
the realm Rashel is desperate to enter. She looks into his eyes, stunned, to see her
soulmate--a vampire whose entire world she has vowed to destroy....