THE HOUR WHEN DREAMS BECOME NIGHTMARES…

Hosted with the Contessa della Trieste, an opulent Carnevale ball in Venice takes a terrifying turn for American book critic Jordan Riley. As festivity becomes frenzy, Jordan is certainly rescued by a powerful man disguised being a wolf. But was the mayhem she witnessed-the blood, the fangs, the screams-truly just entertainment, or something far more sinister?

AND PLEASURE BECKONS FROM BEYOND…

From a deconsecrated Venetian church to a secret society in New Orleans, Jordan is led on a nightmare journey to the razor’s edge of actuality. Her strange savior is constantly a shadow behind her, both tormenting and tantalizing her, as Jordan discovers a world of predators and survivors, a fresh order of vampires-and an eternal craving for food that threatens to consume her.