Sometimes you have to break open before you can shine. Vampire Lane Meyer usually only cares about two things: his girlfriend and his band, Night Creatures. When Della dumps him, Lane's a wreck. When she starts dating Jazz era vamp Jack Steele the same night, Lane's old guitar teacher becomes his rival. That same night, the Gatto Gang makes Lane an offer he can't refuse. The band's in debt to the shifter Mafia, so now Night Creatures has to win the Newport Battle of the Bands... or else. But they're up against the Jack Steele Band, the winners for the last ten years. When people turn up at the hospital reporting blood loss, detectives investigate both bands. Can Lane stay focused through Jack's and Della's public displays of affection, with Newport's Finest watching him and shifter goons in the front row?
