The Vampires of Crimson Cove

After the death of his mother, Cade Colter arrives in the seemingly idyllic mountain town of Crimson Cove, where his older brother Brooks is being pulled into the depths of a deadly addiction. His drug of choice: the venom of Gretchen VanTreese, a beautiful, ruthless vampire who rules the Crimson Corset nightclub, a local den of debauchery notorious for its lurid parties and sordid past.

It's been a year since the bloody showdown at the infamous Crimson Corset nightclub, but in the mysterious little mountain town of Crimson Cove, the dead don’t rest in peace for long. Haunted by guilt and desperate for redemption, Cade Colter has come into possession of an ancient ceremonial dagger -- a mythic blade that bridges the worlds between the living and undead. When he unwittingly awakens a malevolent entity that feeds on fear and death, no one is safe.

Cade Colter’s world is coming apart. Stalked by a ruthless crew of fanatical assassins determined to silence him, he lives in fear, haunted by grief and the guilt of a tormented past. But even as he struggles with his own demons, a new tide of terror is rising -- an ancient darkness more dangerous than any vampire. A malignant presence stalks the rain-soaked streets. Cloaked in widow’s black, she comes with the fog, her poison rotting victims from within, leaving nothing behind but hollowed corpses and the echoes of their final, desperate screams.

After centuries of denying his true nature, Vampire Michael Ward has surrendered to his darkest impulses. Once a man driven by peace, he now prowls the Santa Cruz Boardwalk -- a ravenous predator consumed by feral rage and an insatiable lust for blood. His victims are left mutilated, their bodies twisted into grotesque displays that are turning the boardwalk into a gallery of horror.

When his closest companion is executed by monster hunters Cade Colter and Father Vincent Scarlotti, an ancient vampire, the God of Shadows, is hell-bent on revenge. Unleashing a creeping contagion that will not only destroy Cade and Vince but seep into the marrow of Crimson Cove itself, the God of Shadows waits, watching as the living become strangers to themselves, haunted by insidious whispers only they can hear.

It’s Founder’s Day in Crimson Cove and even as the town’s darkest secrets are masked by carnival lights and laughter, a serial killer leaves a trail of butchered bodies in his wake. The line between man and monster blurs with every fresh corpse, and to save those he’s sworn to protect, Sheriff Ethan Hunter must first determine whether his quarry is flesh and blood -- or something far deadlier.