Most women complain that there are no single straight men left. I d just like to meet one that s human. I\"m Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I ve dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed but not won by Jean-Claude, the Vampire Master of the City. And now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town....

When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love, and she knows everything there is to know about loss....