Forced to flee Paris, Celine Rousseau hoped New Orleans would be a place of safety. But before long she was drawn into its dark underbelly by the enigmatic leader of the group known as La Cour des Lions, Sebastien Saint Germain.

Loving him has proved costly: still recovering from a night she can't remember, Celine's dreams are troubled. And a chain of events has been set in motion that could unveil a truth she is not ready to learn - and even lead to her demise.

Cursed and changed forever, Sebastien, too, has not emerged unscathed, while the treaty between the Fallen and the Brotherhood has been broken beyond repair. War between the immortals seems imminent.

And just as