In the steam-fuelled world of Victorian London, vampires,
werewolves and slasher gangs stalk the night and a man made
partly of metal is about to discover just how far he’ll go
to protect the woman he loves…
After a vicious vampire attack left him struggling to leash
the dark urges of the craving virus, John ‘Rip’ Doolan,
thinks he’s finally starting to master the darkness within.
The only thing that threatens to shatter his hard-won
control is Esme, his closest friend and the only woman he’s
ever wanted. If the stubborn beauty ever realised precisely
what was going through his mind, their friendship would be
ruined…
For six months Esme has waited for Rip to recover and take
her as his thrall, not daring to hope for more. Too afraid
to put her heart on the line, she’s devastated when Rip
reveals that he never had any intentions of making her his.
But when a savage gang of Slashers start causing havoc in
Whitechapel, Rip and Esme have no choice. They must face up
to the depth of the passion that burns between them and
forge a new relationship… or risk losing each other forever.