amber reed is a dead girl walkinghaving just been turned by her gorgeous vampire boyfriend eighteenyearold amber reed is bestowed with the ability to see ghosts between trying to figure out how to control her bloodlust and solving the mysterious disappearance of a friend amber realizes someone wants to step into her shoes so badly theyll do anything to take her placewhen one secret after another pops up the only person who believes her is her enemy devon amber cant figure out if hes here to help or save his own immortal race from losing the ancient war against the vampires what she does know however is that she cant resist his good looks just as much as she cant help becoming someone elsein a world of dark magic and ancient enemies three powerful courts fight for supremacy and amber might just be the pawn in winning this war forever but hows a girl to survive when everyone wants her dead