Heaven, her brother Tom, and the younger children of the Casteel family cling to their pride despite being the poorest family in the hills. When their stepmother leaves, their father's scheme threatens to destroy Heaven and the other children forever.

A sequel to Daughter of Darkness finds Lorelei escaping from the vampire world of her early life and struggling to follow her heart and hide from the past in spite of terrifying nightmares and the constant threat of her powerful and vindictive father.

Semantha Heavenstone, returning to Kentucky right before her graduation, confronts the memories of her late sister, Cassie, who was very manipulative, and her mother and hopes to start fresh after her father remarries and she begins working for the Heavenstone empire, but someone makes it difficult for Semantha to forget tragedies in the past.

growing up in the heart of Cajun country, the only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving guardian Jack, a drunken outcast who lives alone in a shack in the swamp.