Lucinda, Darkly

For time out of mind, Lucinda has dwelt in eternal darkness. Ad a demon dead princess, she exists in an endless, joyless realm. But she is about to discover a need she never knew existed -- not for power, not for blood -- but for a more dangerous passion...

For centuries, Lucinda has endured the crushing agony that is her reality. As daughter of the High Lord of Hell, she rules over nothing, retrieving the occasional wayward demon and feeding off of the savage Monère -- of whom she was a member before she died. Her only true diversion is visiting the living world like the shadow she has become. Then she comes across a lone Monère warrior, Stefan, living alone with a Mixed Blood boy -- as outcasts. So when Stefan offers himself to her, she is moved beyond measure by her desire for him -- and soon finds herself drawn back into the heady eroticism of the Monère. There, she must carve out a home between the jealousy of the dead and the violence of the living if she is to keep her newfound love -- and life...