Daisy O'Donnell doesn't get the attraction some women feel for vampires.She likes her men with a pulse. And she's just met one who's full oflife: Erik Delacourt, the unreasonably sexy man she keeps meeting at apopular L.A. nightclub called the Crypt. She barely knows him, butthere's no resisting the connection she feels... There's one importantdetail Erik hasn't gotten around to telling her yet. He's a powerfulvampire out to hunt the Blood Thief who is draining young vampires allover the city-and who has just raised the stakes by destroying one ofErik's friends. To Erik, Daisy is a bright spot of innocence in a worldof darkness and menace. He'll do anything-even lie to her-to keep hersafe and pure.