Art Student Sybill Lysander had an ordinary life, working in a coffee shop in the Central West End of St. Louis, with every day much like the one before. Then a vampire named Fin walked in  the door, and her whole world changed.

Fin and his maker, former Queen Marie Antoinette had hidden for years in the nearby gated community of Westmoreland Place. But when pieces of her past came up on the auction block, Marie was filled with nostalgic longing, wanting to collect those items for herself.

Old enemies were patiently watching, and both Fin and Sybill become caught up in...