You have to pay for playing with fire.

The years Leila spent with the traveling circus were, of course, educational. What she didn't learn was what it was like to be a vampire, or what it was like to be married to the most famous of them all. Adapting, Leila balances on a knife's edge between passion and danger, but meanwhile the real threat approaches...

Vlad must fight a sworn enemy whose power extends across all continents and whose power is equal to his own. It’s not that Vlad is afraid, but he is afraid... for Leila, because his enemy knows that she is Vlad’s biggest weakness. When friend and foe unite against him... and his overprotectiveness pushes Leila away, Vlad's love for his new bride may be what dooms them both...