Librarian note: This is an alternate cover version for this book. His whole body jerked against mine, his arms tightened and a low growl mixed with a decidedly sexy moan came from the back of his throat. I could tell he was having an instant response to my biting him, I could feel exactly where his mind had taken the moment to. I gasped at his reaction, thinking this was having way more of an effect on him than me. And then the taste of his blood hit my tongue. Working as a bartender at the most popular club in town, dating a handsome, sexy and ever so slightly mysterious Englishman, Georgia thought her life was finally going somewhere. Then one night a rogue vampire caught her unaware, introducing her to a night time life she never knew existed. Trusting no one and finding it hard to forgive the one man who could have warned her, but didn't, Georgia fights to retain her humanity. All the while fighting her attraction for the one who let her down. But with some hard and fast rules, an iron will and determination, plus abilities that make her a commodity to any who traverse the night time world, Georgia must find a way to remain true to herself and not give in to the seduction of the Dark. But the Dark is so appealing and her vampire-within so strong. Can Georgia resist temptation, in all its glorious guises and still be true to her Light-filled side? As she'd say, this really sucks!

“It’s in all of us. Humans too. But the supernaturals have more than the Norms do. Part of what makes a vampire a vampire is drawn from the Dark. All fairies, regardless of whether they are Dark Fey or Light Fey, have Dark in them. Shapeshifters too, although I’ve been told they fight it. But never underestimate the Dark. If you don’t want it to crawl into bed with you late at night, don’t pull back the covers.” Someone's abducting members of parliament, and they smell like wet dog. This could mean disaster for the country. For Georgia Deverell, it means so much more. The half-vampire/half-vampire hunter Nothus suddenly becomes a hot commodity. Because no one, not Norm nor supernatural, can hunt down the perpetrator like she will. But that’s not all Georgia has to worry about. Her Dark Shadow has just about had enough. And when a fairy changes the balance of power between Gigi and her vampire-within, things get interesting. That’s if interesting involves a sexy vampire or two and the battle they currently have to win her as a mate. Taking on Fey monsters and shapeshifting Taniwha are the least of Georgia’s problems. Taking on the Master of Auckland City and the vampire she never stopped loving could be the death of her. The final death that is. Like Gigi says, it sucks to be me.

“Six weeks of utter hell had led to this. Six weeks of chasing breadcrumbs across Ljósálfar and finding nothing. Six weeks of popping in and out of Fey portals, covered in the scent of new season peaches, hungry, exhausted, desperate. Six weeks of finding Isoleth’s spies for Sofiq and meeting the terms of my agreement with Aliath… and not finding Kara. Six weeks.” The Valkyries are riding, and Odin has woken up. War is brewing in Álfheimr, and it’s spilling over onto Earth. As if that isn’t bad enough, the Queen of the Light Fey thinks Georgia killed her only son. And revenge for a fairy is personal. But facing off against Isoleth’s monsters isn’t the worst of Georgia’s troubles; she’s been trying to hunt down her best friend for what feels like forever without any luck. But luck is for the weak and Georgia could never be called that. Her vampire-within is old and powerful... and has just woken up. And the Dark Shadow remembers. Death stalks Auckland’s Nothus, and if she doesn’t get a handle on her vampire-within soon, someone else will do it for her. And his idea of dealing with a problem vampire is to call on the power of the city and turn her into dust. As she’d say... my life sucks.

The smart thing to do would have been to send Samson to Jett, so the Master of the City had a heads-up on what we'd found out before we tipped our hand to the Iunctio. The smarter thing to do would have been to have avoided the Plaza Hotel altogether, and get Samson to ask Lucinda the questions I needed answers to. The smartest thing to do of all would have been to have gone home, climbed into bed and shown my mate just how much I loved him. Let's just say, I'm not always smart. With the Master of the City still seeking a kindred-joining, you'd think Georgia Deverell, half-vampire/half-vampire hunter, would have her work cut out for her. But there's more for the Nothus to be concerned about. The Iunctio has moved to Auckland and set up shop in a luxury hotel. That's not the worst of it, though. The kill-on-sight order for Gigi's kind is still in effect, making bumping into a Councillor's vampire a risky undertaking. Add in the fact that the new Champion is acting strange, unjoined Nosferatins are turning up in the city in droves, Norms are misbehaving, and someone is killing vampires after torturing them to their final death. And Georgia's life has just become very dangerous and very messy indeed. But the Dark Shadow remembers, and the Black Dog is on the rise. Power is what it will take to survive all of this, but power is what Georgia and her mate have in spades, of course. Although, as luck would have it, there is one person with more power out there, and they have every intention of using it to make the supernaturals pay. As Georgia would say ... life sucks but vampires suck harder.