Something dark lies just beneath the surface of the old gold rush town and it is stirring. Rhi Brennan has heard the voice all of her life, pulling her across the country to build a home and a career as a blackjack dealer in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Jack Blackthorne has been a vampire and member of the Brotherhood of the Gate since the Crusades and he is tired. Tired of fighting a war to protect the thirteen Gates of Hell. A war that has cost him his human existence, his brother, and his beloved wife. Cripple Creek has always been special. Once the greatest gold rush camp in the world, now a gambling/tourist destination, the city has always been a magnet for theunusual. Bigfoot, alien abductees, ghosts, witches, vampires, the locals have seen it all. But forces are gathering in the Colorado Rockies, stirring in the clear air above the gambling mecca behind Cheyenne Mountain. Ghosts openly stroll the brick sidewalks, tommyknockers haunt the woods looking for fresh meat, and vampire knights and one very fashionable vampire madam prepare for what could be the final battle between good and evil. A battle Rhi wants no part of but seems to be stuck with. Accompanied by a ruggedly handsome immortal knight who has been carrying a torch for her for a century, her gun-happy best friend, her faithful bloodhound Ellie Mae, and a mixed bag of characters she wishes she only imagined, Rhi must face her own destiny. A destiny irrevocably bound to Blackthorne's, a choice that might mean Heavenor Hell for Rhi and everyone she loves.