Jim Hewitt has earned his living as a vampire hunter his whole adult life, until one fateful night when the hunter becomes the hunted.
Now a fledgling vampire trying to accept his new life, he changes his name to Travis Black and moves to Susandale, a small town with a secret.
In an effort to avoid marrying the man her wealthy parents have chosen for her, Sara Winters makes a deal with her father-if she can't provide for herself for one year, she will agree to marry Dilworth Young III.