It was certainly not your typical boy-meets-girl romance. Eighteen-year-old Tim Currie was only half Amber Underhill's age. While discovering ecstasy in the arms of a much-older woman, the young man also ran headlong into her dark and dangerous side. Diagnosed as being bipolar, Amber experienced severe mood swings and bouts of deep depression, both made worse whenever her own blood was added to the mix.

Amber had two obsessions in life: to become a prima ballerina and to find true love. Failed attempts at both carried dire consequences for young Tim. Using seduction and dance to...