Bayou Gavotte, Louisiana, has a post
office, a city hall, and an active PTA. It has magnolias and passion vine. It
also has fetish clubs. And vampires.
Being irresistible sucks. Ophelia Beliveau learned that at puberty. When her
friends grew breasts, she sprouted fangs as well. The effect on boys was
even more dangerous.
Ophelia's peril has only increased. As a woman, there's been only one solution, but she can’t avoid men
forever. Solitude satisfies no craving, and now her self-imposed exile must
end. A vandal has destroyed her garden. A web of blackmail and murder is being
woven across town, with Ophelia at its heart. And then there’s Gideon O’Toole,
a detective sworn to uncover more secrets than she thirsts to bare…