Reyva Bergmont awaits an execution she doesn't deserve... Being high-born means she's given a choice: death by axe or exile to the bloodthirsty vampire community known as the Hive. After years of unhappiness concealing her taboo magical abilities, Reyva is ready to greet death, but when her loved ones are threatened with a similar fate, she sacrifices herself. This glittering, nocturnal world wraps its arms around Reyva, seating her at the right hand of the ruling regent. Not only is she his future queen, but a key piece in a vampiric prophecy - not one all immortals want fulfilled. Amidst political turmoil, Reyva finds herself entangled in a steamy romance, surfacing familiar temptations from her past. In the end, will she submit to another courts' view of who she ought to be, or will she forge a new life - wholly on her own terms - among the shadows?