Edmund Fitz Clare has been keeping secrets he can't afford to expose. Not the orphans he's adopted. Not to the lovely young woman he's been yearning after for years. He's an upyr--a shapeshifting vampire--desperate to redeem past misdeeds.

Estelle Berenger knows better than to fall for her best friend's father--besides being sexy, brilliant, and kind, he's also quite eccentric! Estelle could overlook Edmund's peculiar allergy to the sun if this were his only oddity. Instead, he seems to hold the key to her own mystery: ever since she was struck by lightning as a teenager, she's had abilities--and strengths--no normal woman should possess.

The star-crossed pair might be able to resist each other, but deep in the heart of London, a vampire war is brewing, a conflict that threatens to throw Edmund and Estelle together--and to turn his beloved human family against him...