Once the avowed enemy of vampires and other night creatures, Anita Blake is now immersed in their world, as consort to the vampire Jean-Claude as well as lover of alpha werewolf Richard. However, when the vampiress Belle Morte, originator of Jean-Claude's line sends her sadistic underling Musette to Jean-Claude to demand that he perform a service for Belle Morte, Anita finds herself entangled in a complex plot fraught with sensuality and peril...