Not all monsters can be saved. In the eerie town of Shadowbrook, Detective Bree Willard works a chilling kidnapping case where adolescent females claim to have been held captive by a vampire, their stories blurring the lines between delusion and reality. Teaming up with criminal profiler Franklin Lawrence, dark secrets come to light, which threaten to expose her hidden ties to the criminal. Count’s morals and his desire to consume human blood threaten to tear him apart. But meeting his next prey, he must confront the depths of his darkness to discover how far he’ll go to preserve a sustenance that could defy time itself. Ten-year-old Scarlet Ryan is Count’s newest prize, but she’s unlike his other victims in more ways than he can imagine. Years of foster homes and relentless bullying has taught her to rise above life’s cruel twists. She’s armed with a cunning plan, and an infinite reservoir of patience. Psychiatrist Dr. Emma Barrett has dedicated her life’s work to diagnosing and treating individuals suffering delusions from clinical vampirism. But recent events trigger her darkest memories. Can she live with her choices? Or do they make her just as corrupt as the monsters she’s trying to save