Blood doesn't lie—but vampires do. Elana Bishop built her life around helping others. Haven's newest Consort of External Affairs, she's mastered the art of turning insight into influence. When her diplomatic mission leads her to Il Giardino—a glittering vampire enclave carved into the Italian mountains—her supernatural intuition screams danger. Behind crystal chandeliers and renaissance splendor, ancient powers play a deadly game. Humans trade their freedom for false security, signing contracts in blood while their families slowly disappear. As Elana investigates a fifteen-year-old missing persons case, she uncovers centuries of perfectly preserved secrets—and perfectly hidden bodies. With her best friend trapped in the gilded cage and a devastatingly handsome guide whose loyalties are decidedly murky, Elana must choose to maintain the fragile peace between vampires and humans, or expose a system of exploitation that could spark a war between species. If she fails, she'll lose more than her friend—she'll lose everything her mother died protecting. Will Elana's insight reveal the truth in time to save her friend? Or will she join the ranks of the disappeared, entombed forever in Il Giardino's perfect prison?