When young Madelaine de Montalia meets the toast of 1740s Paris — courtly Le Comte de Saint-Germain — they both know that they have found true passion. Even the revelation that Saint-Germain is an immortal vampire doesn't cause Madelaine to doubt her heart. She is certain that Saint-Germain is not a monster. Yet true evil does haunt Paris. Using their titled privilege to cover up sadistic rapes and fiendish murders, devil-worshiping nobles plot to seize convent-raised Madelaine. Now to save the woman he loves, the embattled Saint-Germain must confront an arcane, foul conspiracy... and the dark minions who wield the very powers of Hell.