Dark Crown

Celine Frost is the last heir of the ancient Frost vampire bloodline. Seven years ago, she watched her family be slaughtered by her uncle Malakai; since then she has suppressed her bloodline with potions and hidden in the New Orleans night as a human ER nurse. Until a vampire warrior gravely wounded by forbidden magic is brought into the emergency room, and Celine's blood resonance awakens out of control. Sensing the return of the Frost bloodline, Malakai sends Damien Cross, a human billionaire and vampire-hunting consultant, to track her down. Damien believes he is hunting a monster, but as he draws closer to Celine he discovers that the organization he serves has long been manipulated by his enemy, and that he himself is not a purely human hunter. Amid the chase, the tests, and redemption, the two form a forbidden alliance and expose three hundred years of lies about the power of the Council of Seven Clans. As the coronation ritual for the Throne of Eternal Night is about to begin, Celine must turn from a fugitive into a player who moves the pieces. She will reclaim the throne that belongs to Frost, yet she will not repeat the old order of the vampires — she will rewrite the rules herself, so that the throne belongs not to blood, but to those who truly guard it.