In 1803, fledgling vampire Pru Hightower follows a tempestuous path from the muddy streets of New Orleans, to the bayou throbbing with voodoo drums, to the pirate stronghold of Barataria,looking for love. Not the tainted love of Nicolae, the vampire who made her, but that of a mortal man, the pirate Stede Bonham.
Fledgling vampire Pru Hightower feels her humanity slowly slipping away. The only thing that can save her is love. Not the tainted love of the vampire Nicolae who forced his dark gift upon her, but the love of a mortal man - the pirate Stede Bonham. But Stede's happy-go-lucky nature hides a secret that can destroy Pru's faith in love as easily as her mortality was destroyed by Nicolae.
As the French tri-color is lowered in New Orleans, and tempers flare between old-world Creoles and brash Americans, the key to reclaiming Pru's lost soul lies with an ancient witch inhabiting the body of a voodoo queen. Can Pru trick the witch into chanting the spell that will restore her mortality? Will a voodoo love potion win Stede's love?
From the mud-filled streets of New Orleans to the pirate stronghold of Barataria, Pru follows a tempestuous path to the heart of darkness and into the arms of the vampire who will never let her go.
