The story of Rose Baines continues in the second book of Carole Gill's Blackstone Vampires
Rose and her children find themselves held captive on a ship staffed by vampires, overseen by the mad and evil demon Eco. The last time Rose saw Eco he tried to destroy the children, and now he tells her he loves her.
""I saw you leave the house that day, Rose. That terrible day you discovered your family butchered. I saw you...""
Eco, believing he has fallen in love with her, pens a confession documenting all sins he has committed during his immortal existence.
From Ancient Egyptian vampire cults, Roman vampire brothels, The Dark Ages, The Crusades, The Black Death of 1348, on to his meeting with the child murderer and Satanist Gilles de Rais, and concluding with his wicked, blood-soaked affair with the Blood Countess herself, Erzebat Bathory. The pages are filled with debauchery, vice and murder - how can one stained with so much blood and evil possibly be trusted?
Author's excerpt from the novel:
"I am the demon, Eco. I begin at the beginning, that is, my own beginning. There was hardly a time when the world did not know my name or the nature of my existence. I have been feared, hated and condemned to Hell. Yet, what is Hell to me but another place I call home? Demon though I am, my roots are in heaven; my father's former stomping ground for Father was one of God's own angels, as Louis' father was. Sad to say, they backed the losing side, for they chose Lucifer. Yes, he who is called Satan now..."