Dark Temptation: Part IV - The Serpent's Tooth (Cravers Chroni...

A vampire baby born to mortal parents.A mother near death whose immortal fate hangs in the balance. A young, terminally ill wife who begs her vampire husband to transform her.Vampire Jonathan Cravers agonizes over impossible decisions when he discovers his curse has infected his descendant’s unborn child. Summoned from Ohio to Massachusetts, Jonathan attempts to save the mother by compelling her to give birth. When she remains unconscious and drained, Jonathan blames himself, having forced her to drink his blood over a decade ago. Now, whatever property creates a vampire has somehow contaminated the innocent baby.In Ohio, Jonathan’s young and ailing Amish bride, Rebekka, fears she has lost Jonathan’s love. Tied to him by a blood bond, she pines for reunion. She knows of his attachment to Angela and convinces herself he has chosen the other woman over her. Ostracized from her Amish community and family because of her relationship with Jonathan, she feels utterly alone and unworthy of the sanctuary of Heaven when she dies. Only by becoming a vampire is she certain she can escape the tortures of Hell.In spite of Amish laws and edicts, Rebekka’s mother, Esther, is summoned to care for her. Mystified by Rebekka’s debilitated condition and her obsession with joining Jonathan, Esther fears her child has been abused. At the prompting of Dr. Mark Josephs, Esther persuades Abram, her intractable husband, to let her travel with Rebekka to join Jonathan. Despite putting Esther under the Amish punishment of the meidung, Abram allows her to make the trip.As the three dire situations converge, a host of Guardian angels battle the Fallen and their evil minions. Yet, even the angels cannot prevent the demon-possessed baby from inducing a young member of the household to sacrifice her blood to him.At the heart of the conflicts stands Jonathan, a vampire forgiven his sins by God and torn between two loves. It will be up to the Guardians to illuminate the righteous choices their charges must make.

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