After the end of the Fae-Vampire war, Ethan Raines goes out to seek Leto Petrides; a royal Fae and heir to her parent's dynasty. Many years after Ethan rescued Leto from the hands of vampires, he returns to recruit the precocious Sprite to join his crusade in this prequel to the full length novel, "Tall, Dark & Deadly."

Chloe Hunter can't seem to stay out of trouble. Incarcerated by The Bureau after running amok for a century with a gang of vampires, grifting and terrorizing humanity, she's ready to make up for her dark and naughty past. Luckily, when The Bureau would rather see her at the end of a wooden stake, in comes her new straight-laced boss, Ethan Raines who's got other plans. An enigmatic vampire who finds her hybrid blood and sexy street prowess too irresistible to pass up, Ethan requests The Bureau to release her into his custody. Her debt to society is to punish other supernaturals who break the law and cut them down. When Chloe's old gang involves her in a plot to unlock a mysterious box of woe, she's forced to make some hard choices that threaten to betray the trust of the man who's given her a second chance at life and love.