A Bargain of Blood and Gold

A novice hunter with a mission. A five-hundred-year-old vampire with a strong sense of irony. A town plagued by creatures in need of saving.When Johnathan Newman arrives in Cress Haven the last thing he expects is for his life to be irrevocably changed. Sent by a clandestine league of vampire hunters to investigate a string of murders signs point to a vampire lurking amid the townsfolk. Johnathans attempt to enlist the locals leads him to an unlikely partnership with Vic the towns most eligible enigmatic bachelor.As the pair work to solve the mystery Vics secrets come back to bite him. Revealed the vampire fights his attraction to a man trained to destroy him while Johnathans emotions land him in the middle of forbidden desires. Even if Vic isnt the murderer how can Johnathan yearn for his natural enemy?As Vic leads Johnathan into encounters with terrifying beings straight from childrens nightmares Johnathan learns that not only is the world stranger than he knew but that those he once trusted have far darker intentions that will place hunter and vampire at the center of a conflict between realms.Cress Haven holds more sinister secrets than its resident vampire a secret so great it could unleash Hell itself.