For the love of her vampire suitor, Karl, Charlotte has forsaken her
human life. Now her only contact with humans is when she hunts them down
to feed. Her thirst for blood repulses her but its fulfilment brings
ecstasy.
The one light in the shadows is the passion that burns between her and
Karl. A love that it seems will last for eternity - until Karl's former
lover, the seductively beautiful Katerina, is rescued from the Crystal
Ring. For nearly fifty years she has lain, as dead, in the icy depths of
the Weisskalt. Now she wants to reclaim her life ... and Karl. In
despair, Charlotte turns to the prima ballerina Violette Lenoir, an ice
maiden who only thaws when she dances. Charlotte is fascinated as she
has been by no other human, longing to bring joy to the dancer. But her
obsession opens the flood-gates to a far darker threat than the vampires
could ever have imagined. For Violette is more than human and if she
succumbs to the vampire's kiss it could unleash a new terror ...