<BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Beware the place where darkness rules and bloodlust is the ultimate aphrodisiac... </P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>An apocalyptic storm has transformed New Orleans into a city of lawless terror?and Mikaela Jones is standing in the center of the nightmare. A beautiful, courageous journalist with a mysterious past, she sees monsters prowling all around her. But the gravest peril of all awaits Mikaela when she is taken captive by a mesmerizing male who is not mortal?a breathtaking creature who arouses the fire in her blood, making her burn for the exquisite erotic ecstasy of total surrender. </P> <P>For seven centuries Alex Broussard has been waiting for the chance to free himself from the threat of the matriarchal undead society that seeks his destruction. And now, finally, that time is at hand?until the opportunity is ruined by the stunning, innocent, <I>human</I> interloper Alex is compelled to rescue from certain doom. Now they are joined, for good or ill, as they give in to the burning need that neither can resist?risking everything to experience the ultimate sensual release as the darkness rises all around them. </P>