Terrible Praise

Stela once served as a warrior and enforcer, but centuries of survival have changed the work her vampire family needs from her. Hidden in abandoned freight tunnels beneath Chicago, they depend on discretion, financial arrangements and the ability to pass unnoticed through modern life. A late meeting takes Stela to a hospital, where she encounters Elizabeth Dumas. A gifted nurse who set aside academic ambitions to care for her mother, Elizabeth belongs to a world Stela cannot safely invite into her own. Their immediate connection threatens the secrecy on which the family's security rests. As attraction develops into a bond, both women face consequences that extend beyond the brief encounter that first brought them together.