palm springs (calif.)

A private investigator, a soon to be ex-cop, and a young policeman are drawn together in their search for a fugitive.

The stage is set for drama when Sydney, an alchemist, is sent into hiding to a human private school in Palm Springs, California.

At a boarding school in glamorous Palm Springs, California, alchemist Sydney must protect the vampires-in-hiding from the threat of other humans, a task made harder by forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer.

Carter Jackson thinks he has better things to do than entertain the daughter of his mother's friend, but when he meets her he decides they could have fun together, until they get involved in a ten-year-old murder mystery that puts both their lives at risk.