Betrayed and angry after finding out Rein's decision when he appeared to her at the beach, Rachel takes Nix up on his offer to go away for Christmas and her birthday. The Betherington Mansion Hotel isn't what it appears to be and Rachel soon finds that her plans to have a Merry Christmas are threatened when a mysterious note is left on her bed. She finds out she's in danger and ends up having to go to the one person she never wanted to have contact with again, Rein's mother.
Christmas is full of surprises, but not the kind Rachel wants. When Yuri shows up, she learns who and what she really is and has to make hard decisions about her life and the roads she'll take to survive her circumstances. Rein is out of the picture, but she isn't out of their world. Now Rachel is the one all the vampires are interested in, but not to recruit her, they want more.