It's not the family you're born to. It's the Family you join.DeadFor tabloid reporter Samantha "Sam" Ridgeway, chasing down the mysterious Duncan St. James, who saved a pregnant actress from an apocalyptic cult, should have been an easy story. Until her editor nixes the piece without a reason. Until her LAPD contact is murdered in front of her. Until she's kidnapped by a bunch of crazy scientists to be the guinea pig in their bizarro experiment. And Sam knows what happens to guinea pigs when the experiment's done.UndeadBut when Sam wakes up, she's got super-strength, super-speed, and an appetite that won't quit. She escapes from the mad scientists with the help of St. James, but he's got more secrets than she thought. Like glowing eyes and fangs. Could things get any worse than getting turned into the living dead and having the hots for a vampire? Yeah, they can . . .