**A must have for Kitty Norville fans, but also an excellent standalone for readers new to Vaughn s worlds. Kelley Armstrong, author of Bitten

From the author of the beloved Kitty Norville werewolf DJ host series, the last full tale in the series: the vampire origins of Kitty s famed ally, Rick and his sudden turn to darkness in the seventeenth century.**

Ricardo de Avila would have followed Coronado to the ends of the earth. Instead Ricardo met with the end of his mortal life and a new one, as the renegade vampire, Rick.

For over five hundred years, Rick has infuriated the demon world. He has ferociously protected his found-family from marauding vampires, joined forces with a legendary gunslinger, appointed himself the Master of Denver, and called upon a church buried under the Vatican. Of late, Rick has even made a famous friend: everyone s favorite supernatural talk-show host, Kitty Norville.

Now, whether you are new to Vaughn s fan-f