Oriane’s current existence as one of the ‘undead’ has forced her to discover ways to reinvent herself. Love, acceptance, and happiness have eluded her. She receives an opportunity to travel to the New World, marry, and hopefully live a satisfying life, void of accusations and loneliness. Her awaiting husband is more monster than she. He orders her to live for a period with an Indian tribe. After a series of catastrophic events, it is Yaholo, a man of the tribe who accepts her and perceives her as exceptional, not an abomination. But she is married. And her husband returns for her. As she struggles with her growing feelings for Yaholo and the abuse from her husband, relationships between the French and the Indians are deteriorating. Preparations for war are underway. But sometimes life presents one with challenges appearing insurmountable, yet it serves as a true testament to one’s true character and perseverance. An honest heart and true conviction can be rewarded. Even when all else seems lost, dreams can come true.

My name is Irenne and I was sent to the new world by King Louis IV to become a wife to one of the many single military men already here. It was a horrible trip and we were forced to stay below decks so that when we arrived, we were all pale and sickly looking. The men thought we looked like vampires as we disembarked and made our way to the convent that would be our home until we found husbands. That’s how the legends started about us. Little did they know how true some of those tales would become.

An endless ocean. A ship full of women she’s never seen before. A small wooden box containing the remnants of her life. Clutching her few belongings Gisella is shipped to strange shores to meet an unknown husband. Sebastian. Sold and abandoned by her father into a nunnery, Gisella sails to the shores of New Orleans with her sister Casket Girls to provide French wives for the gentlemen of the fledgling city. A gentleman husband of her own and an uncertain future. Passengers whisper that the filles a la cassette are vampyre. But while the girls laugh at such silly superstition, they disguise their own fears that they are to be brides of such a monstrosity...

Damica isn't sure why her mother decided to ship her halfway across the world. She only knows that she is not going to get married when she gets there! The year is 1728 and she can take care of herself! The ship is crowded, she has to share the space with girls who are wistfully dreaming about thier new lives. The days are full of daydreams of the future, giggles, and cardgames to pass the time. Everything is full of hope, until the first death. Damica must use all of her wits to stay ahead of the terror that is on the ship with them. Land is their salvation, or will the power that pursues her tear her world apart!

There are secrets surrounding the fire that took her parents and Perrine isn’t talking. Instead, forced to leave her sister behind, she boards a ship on its way to the states to get married. She has to provide for her sister, after all. Upon her arrival, she’s handpicked as a wife and thrusted into a world she’s got no business being part of. Full of secrets, lies, and mysteries that surround everything she encounters, Perrine must face reality as it is. Or, as it ends up being. Because everything she thought she knew no longer exists. Fangs, bloodlust, and confusing love are all mixed with secrets and lies of a new life that she has to learn how navigate.