When Sheriff Sam Sheridan is wounded in an encounter with the malevolent Dr. Cinatas and his Vladarian vampires, he is forced to turn for healing to Emerald Linton, a woman he has always believed to be a New Age fake. Many years before, Emerald was unable to save the father of her child from the evil powers that had enslaved him. Now, as Sam reluctantly entrusts himself to her, dare she trust her heart again?