[1] In the previous novel, Dark Celebration, Manolito De La Cruz was very close to turning and when he happened upon Mary Ann Delaney he found his lifemate.

Mary Ann is a counselor for battered women and is visiting the Carpathian mountains with her best friend Destiny and her lifemate Nicolae.

Upon learning this, Manolito goes to his brother Riordan's lifemate, Juliette, and convinces her to seek out Mary Ann to help her sister back in South America.

Mary Ann is approached by Juliette De La Cruz who convinces her to go to South America to help counsel her younger sister.

But Manolito's brain isn't as damaged as they thought, for there is a nefarious plot that could bring both the Carpathian and human worlds crashing down.