Emeline Ryan - an orphan trapped forever in the beauty and naivete of her nineteen-year-old self - first lays eyes on haughty vampire Jude Archer in London, 1854. For Jude, it is love (and lust) at first sight. For Emeline... not so much. The brief moment sparks a singular obsession in Jude. Determined to have her, he stalks Emeline across the Atlantic, across the breadth of her native America, and across time. More than 150 years later, flitting among the metropolises of 21st century America, the pair is still engaged in an epic game of cat-and-mouse. The world has changed dramatically, but...