Raven-haired, emerald-eyed Dorian has walked the earth for over seven hundred fifteen years. In all that time, he has never felt the irresistible force now driving him into the countryside. There, surrounded by snow and biting cold, he makes a fateful decision-or has it been made for him.

Eighteen-year-old Katherine's life is a whirl as she prepares for her high school prom. She's going with Ridge, the first boy to succeed in asking her out. None of the others ever seemed to fit. For that matter, she's not sure Ridge is right for her, either.