When their Wiccan pal Miranda tells Roxy and Joy that the ritual they did to find each of them the perfect man actually worked, Roxy is ecstatic, Joy skeptical, as usual. Roxy is certain her perfect mate will be a Dark One, one of the vampires in books written by her favorite romance author C. J. Dante. No matter what reasoned argument Joy offers regarding the unreliability of basing reality on a book of fiction, and that vampires logically cannot exist, Roxy fully expects to meet her dream man soon. Joy has agreed to visit the village of Dante's castle in the Moravian highlands of the Czech Republic while they are on a business trip to Europe. Roxy is certain C. J. Dante will be able to hook her up with the dark and troubled fanged one of her dreams. Joy is agreeable to the side trip, she enjoys travel a great deal, but her primary purpose is to keep Roxy out of trouble.

Soon after their arrival, Joy begins to have episodes where she seems to be sharing the mind of a man, an angry man who hungers for blood. Who could it be? Is it the charlatan who claims vampire-hood and is running the traveling Goth festival occurring nearby? Is it the tall sexy Raphael with the golden eyes who has her statuesque body aquiver? Or is it another person entirely, one who has been killing women in Europe over the summer months?

Katie MacAlister has made a name for herself combining Romantic Comedy with paranormal themes since 2003, when A GIRL'S GUIDE TO VAMPIRES was first published. This first in the Dark Ones series is what started it all off, and is just as fun the second time around.