"I wanted to learn. I wanted to learn about the long line of heroes who battled sinister and shadowy forces. Then again, it was more than that-perhaps I was even more curious about the monsters." When Maria comes across an old, leather-bound book titled Demons and Dark Essences, she doesn't know if she's more intrigued by the book or its handsome owner. As she studies, she learns of a dark plot to bring forth Luctus-the summoning of an army of monsters into the world-but she also learns how she might be able to stop it. Meanwhile, the man who teaches her quickly captures her heart, stirring...