Maggie has always feared she'd go insane like her mother. And she's been holding everything together pretty well in her twenty-two years, passing for (almost) normal in her small Southern town. Until she meets Damon - an intriguing man whose father is also insane - and an intense attraction turns her world upside down. He brings out a darker side to her she's tried hard to keep hidden. Like her secret craving for blood. Suddenly, the people she's known all her life, and trusted the most, are changing. They're keeping secrets, lying, and hiding things. Damon begins to convince her that a fifty-year-old mystery could not only reveal the truth of the insanity plaguing their families, but also lead to a cure. However, for the cure to be true, she must first believe they are descended from supernatural beings - vampires from a parallel universe. And to believe such a thing would be crazy. Right?