Frightened by her powers and their implications, Gillian runs away from the doctor who is trying to help her adapt to her vampirism. Meeting her real family is confusing and fascinating, but the safety they offer does not shelter her for long. Soon, with the help of an ancient and evil vampiress, Gillian is captured by a scientist who wants to study and write about her; and the vampiress wants to use her for revenge.

Whoever wins, Gillian will live, but the question is- will she be saved or damned?

Introducing a new spin onto the vampire legend, Ms. Carter tosses readers headfirst into her world, and it's a chilling one, fascinating and dangerous. This novel gives the distinct impression of being a second or third book in a series [Child of Twilight is the sequel to Dark Changeling - Steve]; therefore, if there is a prior one, readers are advised to find and read it first.

Synopsis
Gillian, a vampire-human hybrid in the throes of adolescence, panics at the unfamiliar urges and powers surging through her. Overwhelmed, she runs to the half-human father she has never known.

Psychiatrist Roger Darvell has come to terms with his vampire half and built a good life, with a satisfying career and his human partner, Dr. Britt Loren, who is also his lover. Gillian's sudden appearance out of a December night throws him into turmoil. Can he teach her how to live as an ethical vampire without violating either side of her nature?

Before they have much time to learn to trust each other, a specialist in folklore kidnaps Gillian to study her. She is soon rescued, not by Roger, but by Camille, a vampire woman determined to avenge her brother, whom Roger killed in self-defense thirteen years earlier. Camille's wild, fierce lifestyle proves seductive to Gillian. Can she resist Camille's attempt to make her a "real" vampire, one who treats ordinary mortals as mere prey? Can Roger save Gillian before her human side becomes completely submerged in lust for the kill?