After losing her parents in a terrible accident, seventeen-year-old Tanja Simms suddenly finds herself living with her great aunt in the small town of Whisper By, Louisiana; where she not only meets a handsome stranger on the beach at night and begins to fall in love, but soon finds herself caught in the middle of the town's murder mystery.

Park Ranger Doug Williams finds himself looking for three strangers, two men and a woman, after someone has murdered their supply store's owner. When he sets out with his sled and dog-team to search for the killers, he finds his fellow ranger and best friend dead in a pool of frozen blood on the snow.

Almost two years have passed since Max and his followers were eliminated. And Judy’s eighteenth birthday is less than six months away. Just when everyone is finally resting at ease and feel they can go on with their lives, strange things begin to happen: dead bodies, human and animal, begin popping up everywhere. What’s more, they have been completely gutted. This is not the work of any ordinary vampire.

Paul has made his decision. He want's to be turned. He goes to Dorian and Amber for help.

Escaping the loss of her husband, Amber Dalziel leaves Texas and moves to the Pacific Northwest. She meets Paul Stevenson, proprietor of the local gas and grocery. The first night in her cabin, Amber hears frightening screams and can’t sleep. Amber and Paul develop a promising friendship, but Amber soon meets the handsome Dorian, unbeknownst to her, a vampire.