roseline enescue didnt ask to become an immortal to have all of the guests at her wedding slaughtered or be forced into marriage with a man whose lust for blood would one day ignite the vampire legend willing to risk everything for a chance at a normal life roseline escapes to america terrified her husband vladimir will find her roseline enrolls as a senior in chicagos elite rosewood prep school mingling with humans is the last place he would look for her but her transition into the human world isnt easy mortal men flock after her while cutthroat girls plot her demise yet roseline remains relatively unfazed by the petty hysteria until she falters into the arms of gabriel marston reluctant mvp quarterback unwilling ladies man and sensitive artist in hiding troubled by the bond that pulls her towards the mortal boy roseline tries to ignore him but gabriel is persistent as their lives entwine roseline begins to realize that gabriel is much more than he appears his ability to toss a football the entire length of the field and grind concrete into dust pales in comparison to the glowing blue cross tattoo that mysteriously appears on his forearms despite the forbidden bond between them roseline cant help wondering what gabriel is hes not human hes not immortal so just what is he