Mr. Johnson was an abrasive and abusive man not well liked by his neighbors. Still they were all shocked by his murder. Carmella (Mel) Cassini is a no nonsense homicide detective on her first case. She latches on like a bull dog until she's satisfied they caught the right killer, despite what her partner and captain think. The only one who knows her softer side is her girlfriend Bobbi.

There is an infection going around that medical science refuses to accept. The bite of a vampire. It gives one viral like symptoms while one transforms into a creature of the night. Lucy Blake was a fan of vampire culture. She wrote articles in a magazine and ran a blog. Yet, she didn't believe they existed. Not until the night she got bitten.

Elyse came as a governess to the only child of Lord Worthington. She found him strange and mysterious but did not know his dark secret. Despite his strange ways and obsessive behavior, Elyse falls in love with her employer who keeps her as his mistress. When she learns about his secret; that he was a vampire--a monster, she tries to escape but he hunts her down, always bringing her back.