Fleeing from an abusive and controlling husband, Erica Jones leaves her home in Texas, hoping to start anew, ending up in Petersville, Maine; a quaint little community with a Victorian atmosphere. Erica considers herself very lucky, finding not only an apartment but a job, and all in the same day. Not only does she immediately find her new boss, Danny Morana, attractive, but he introduces Erica to Abigail Peters, the community's most prominent citizen. What Erica doesn't know is that she has ended up in a town run by vampires.