Buried in the Heartland is a town that no one enters or leaves. Graf McDonald was the first visitor in more than five years...and he was only looking for a party! Unfortunately, Penance, Ohio, is not that place. After having been isolated for so long, its inhabitants donâ__t take kindly to strangers.

Jessa is the only one who trusts Graf, and sheâ__s desperate for the kind of protection that only a vampire like him can provide. Supplies are low, the locals are stirring for a sacrifice and thereâ__s a monster lurking in the woods. New men are hard to come by in the lonesome town, and this handsome stranger might be Jessaâ__s only help for salvation. Even if she has to die first