Nikki and Michael

Private Investigator Nikki James grew up on the tough streets of Lyndhurst and believes there's nothing left to surprise her. But all that changes the night she follows a rich man's daughter into the shadows and finds herself caught in a war between two very different men. One is a madman, intent on destruction. The other has his own heart of darkness. For three 300 years Michael Kelly has existed in life's shadows, gradually learning to control his vampire cravings.

Private Investigator Nikki James has a lot to contend with. Her lover Michael Kelly walked out without so much as a goodbye, and what seemed like a simple case of stopping a runaway teen brought her face to face with another clutch of deadly vampires. But if that seemed bad, it is about to get a lot worse, because when Michael returns, it is not for her, but for the case.

Nikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend Jake. The wife of an old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her - whatever the cost. The authorities believe the kidnappings to be the work of a sick mind, but Nikki knows that the truth is something much worse - especially since she seems to have an unexpected psychic link to the killer. But as always, she is more than willing to risk her own life to save another's.

Nikki James is just an ordinary, risk-taking, psychically inclined private eye until she hooks up with Michael Kelly. Now she is something more: one of the few, the chosen, the magic-wielding undercover operatives of the Damask Circle, an organization protecting humanity from a rising tide of evil.