–– Not bothering to look at me, the man raised his hand up and flipped me off.

Your loss. I thought as I watched his hand come back down to rest on the bar. Changing my grip on the handle of the knife and exposing the blade, I brought it down on his fingers, lopping off three of them just above the middle joint.

The man yelled out furiously and gripped his, newly shortened, fingers in his other hand as he whipped himself around to face me again. “You b–“

Anticipating his movements, I lunged forward, pressing myself against him and held the paring knife at his throat. With my eyes hot on his own, I bared my fangs at him through a wide smile. “This is the part where you leave, or the next tip I remove will be more sorely missed.” ––

***

Ruby had everything she wanted in life–a handsome fiancé, a rooftop flat, her dream job, and the ability to get anything else she ever needed. Until, her fiancé turns her into a vampire.

Forced into a new life, Ruby is invited to learn and work amongst the most sought after Vampire Clan in the city.

Led by the devilishly handsome, Thaddeus–a centuries’ old vampire from ancient Greece–and his rugged, Irishman bodyguard, Grimward; Ruby quickly discovers that by listening to her intuition, striking secret deals, and attending sinful meetings, that a life of darkness may not be so dreadful... If only she didn’t have to follow the leader.