A dark and compelling story of hunger, love and transformation from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence.
The only thing more terrifying than the hunger of young children... is their mothers.
Beatrice is a foster mother: a vampire responsible for caring for newly transformed vampire cubs during the first years of their lives. She makes her home in an abandoned, isolated maze of offices beneath her sponsor's skyscraper, where she raises her young - two difficult, hungry children of the night.But when you swallow a third, the balance is disturbed. Her hunger increases out of control. Her body changes, betrays its purpose, transforms her into something more monstrous.
Desperate to regain control of herself, Beatrice approaches a human gynecologist who may be able to unlock the secrets of her abnormal body. But soon their relationship threatens the secrecy of her vampire guild, as well as the safety and development of the infants she depends on...and in a world ruled by secrecy, even the smallest revelation could prove fatal.
