Part of the Universal Library series of horror/comedy books inspired by classic horror films of the 1930s. The stories are set predominantly in the present day but with a classic feel, tongue-in-cheek delivery and many references to the original films and other horror movies for film fans to spot. Though they all take place in the same world, the books are stand-alone (though you probably get more out of them by reading in order as characters do recur, weaving in and out of the series). In the late 19th century, vampire hunter Bella embarks on a decades-long quest across Europe and the world, in search of her nemesis, Count Dracula. Over a hundred years later, the discovery of a mysterious tomb in the Carpathian mountains leads to archaeologist, Maggie Moran getting lost in a snowstorm and winding up at a strange castle, where the elderly Count who lives there gives her shelter. Months later, the mysterious Lazlo Edlemann, a handsome and wealthy European, arrives in the little West Country village of Bunston Standing, capturing the heart of local woman, Carla Van Sloan. But when Carla becomes ill, Edward Chandler starts to wonder about Edlemann. Edward was an Anglican Priest, living in London, until a crisis of faith forced him into a lengthy sabbatical, now he will need all his faith to save the woman he loves from the dark forces that have been unleashed, a quest that will be informed by events that occurred a century earlier.