C├йlieтАЩs life is over. She took her final breath trying to save the people she lovesтАФincluding the powerful and enigmatic vampire king, Michal, who refused to let her go. When C├йlie wakes, she cannot walk in the sun; she can hear her friendsтАЩ heartbeats and she craves their blood. Michal has cursed her to the eternal existence of a vampire.
But C├йlie isnтАЩt the only dead roaming the earth. Her sister, Filippa, has returned as a shadow of her former self, and other revenants are rising from their graves intent on revenge. The fragile balance between life and death has broken, awakening an even darker forceтАФand he is coming for C├йlie, ready to claim her as his Bride. With the fate of their world at stake, C├йlie and Michal must set aside their searing attraction to mend the veil and right the balance, once and for all.┬а
Shelby Mahurin is the New York Times bestselling author of the Serpent & Dove trilogy. She grew up on a small farm in rural Indiana, where sticks became wands and cows became dragons. Her rampant imagination didnтАЩt fade with age, so she continues to play make-believe every dayтАФwith words now instead of cows. When not writing, Shelby watches The Office and reads voraciously. She still lives near that childhood farm with her very tall husband and semiferal children. Visit her online at www.shelbymahurin.com.