The White City, 1893: In turn-of-the-century Chicago, with the
World's Fair bringing bustle and excitement to her home city,
sixteen-year-old Emily Wheiler should be reveling in her youthful beauty
and the excitement around her. But her whole life changed when her
mother died, leaving her to be the Lady of Wheiler House. Her father, a
powerful bank president, is at the center of an important social hub for
the booming young city, and he needs Emily to do everything her mother
would have - to be a good hostess and make sure the mansion runs
smoothly.
As Emily uneasily tries to replace her mother, she also longs for
more... for love and a life of her own. When a handsome young man
notices her at one of her father's parties, it seems that her hopes may
finally be coming true. Until her father forbids her to see him - or any
other man - and starts revealing a darkly violent side that even he
can't understand.
At last, afraid for her life and with nowhere to turn, Emily is Marked
by a vampyre and brought to the Chicago House of Night, where she begins
a magickal new life that should allow the wounds from her past to heal.
But as she gains strength, and a powerful new name, she carries a dark
need to wreak vengeance on the man she trusted most.
From victim to High Priestess, beautiful young woman to powerful
seductress, Neferet's journey begins in NEFERET'S CURSE...from authors
P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.