Scorching the Earth

'Insanity is a severe sentence for the immortal.'Scarlet Cherie is almost a year into her life as a vampire, and things finally seem to be settling down. With Nikolaos, Scarlet's master and lover, busy as Magnate of Britchelstone, and Laith, her animus, regularly staying with them, she is settling into equilibrium. That is, until the unthinkable of vampirekind happens...Scarlet awakes during the day, facing a new torment of dawn-filled agony and daylight terror. When she finally does sleep, it's to face nightmares like she's never experienced before, ones filled with sensual torment, feeling far too real.When two surprise guests from Nikolaos's past come to warn them all of a nightmare-prowling creature hunting down Scarlet, the old group comes together to fight off an ancient demon known only as Mother.