Vincent, a young nobleman, on leaving his mistress's Townhouse one cold night in the 1700's is attacked by a vampiress in search of a mate. Years later, he is cursed by a Cheyenne Shaman, with the ability to feel emotion. He escapes his maker's deadly embrace, although she still tracks him, and reemerges into society decades later only to meet with the very woman who could destroy him, in more ways than one. Detective Elara Gale hates vampires after her childhood boyfriend is murdered and she sees a black cloaked figure fleeing the scene. So, when she discovers the man, she is already half in love with is no other than the vampire she is hunting, her loyalties are torn between her desire for Vincent's touch and her duty to the law. They are swept back to the past by an unusual hypnotist and an arrest gone wrong in an attempt to stop Epatha from turning Vincent into a vampire. And save his mortal soul...