Kelly's family has beaten her nearly to death, yanked her fangs and discarded her in West Virginia - a buffer zone between two contentious vampire families. It's impossible for a vampire to survive in exile, especially without fangs. Desperate, Kelly will do anything to convince her family to take her back. Jaq's werewolf pack calls West Virginia their territory. They keep it that way by killing every vampire that crosses the border from either side. When she finds a vampire abandoned and dying, she throws caution to the winds and nurses her back to health. Now Jaq's in the difficult position of keeping Kelly safe from her own pack until the vampire is allowed back into her family. But the vampire factions are on the warpath, and the werewolf territories are smack in the middle. Both Jaq and Kelly must make allies of old enemies to protect what's theirs and to carve out a family that's more than blood.