Jules Gentry didn't ask to be a vampire, but what's done is done. That's what he tries to tell himself. But how do you face becoming that which you have always loathed? Jules is back home in Chicago, but nothing is the same. He's running his company, Phoenix Inc., for the first time without his long-time best friend and business partner. Kelsey Daegar is still in Paris with her lover, Miles Rosseau, the vampire who turned them both on a horrifying night when everything fell apart for Jules. Phoenix Incorporated has always grounded him. The foundation supports and enpowers the gifted para community, giving them a positive outlet for their myriad psychic powers. Kelsey was the face of Phoenix, while Jules stayed in the background, by his own choice. Now, even Phoenix can't help him find his center. Being shoved into the limelight while still trying to come to grips with what he has become is tearing him apart. Clarissa Styles is a vampire and she loves it. The immortality, the power, the lifestyle. She loves it all. There was a time when things were very different, but Rissa likes to keep the past in the past. That was then, this is now. And her now is Chicago, a city she is finding delicious in so many ways. Especially when he walks into the blues lounge where she is singing. Jules intrigues her. Who is this big tantalizing man so at war with himself? Rissa's lush voice soothes Jules in a way nothing else can. The woman herself irritates the hell out of him, but he can't stay away from her. That's when things get dangerous. For both of them. The leader of Rissa's vicious old coven comes to the Windy City, bringing with him a maelstrom of blood and death and terror, along with secrets from both their pasts. Can Jules and Rissa face it together or will they rip each other apart in the flames?