In 1578, Romanians and Hungarians everywhere united to rid their Transylvania home of its vampire infestation. Ileana Vladislava transformed herself into a bat to escape, safely eluding Claymor Elgany, a vengeful vampire hunter and werewolf.Hundreds of years later, Ileana is a lonely vampire residing within the walls of Wightwick Hall castle in Newcastle upon Tyne. The forever thirty-one-year-old vampire has managed to keep her identity a secret ... that is until a nosy Lorraine Krag moves into her Jesmond Dene neighborhood and starts prying into her life. As fate would have it, Ileana encounters the young, beautiful, and lonely Myrna Ivester. She transforms Myrna into a vampire, changing both their destinies, which will lead to the reappearance of Claymor - who stands in their way.