Tessa's life hangs in the balance – and she's already been dead for the past month. Standing before a court of her peers; charged with treason, heresy and the murder of a fellow vampire; Tessa is determined to tell the terrible truth about the events that led to her trial. It's a story that involves orgiastic group sex; sadomasochistic thrills; and lesbian trysts with beautiful vampires. It's a story of passion and promise with every delicious sensation heightened by vampiric awareness. It's a story that takes her on a satisfying discovery of the pleasures that come from being Once Bitten.