So…you’d think after banishing an immortal being and a fallen High Priestess, saving Stark’s life, biting Heath, getting a headache from Erik, and almost dying, Zoey Redbird would catch a break. Sadly, a break is not in the House of Night school forecast for the High Priestess in training and her gang. Juggling three guys is anything but a stress reliever, especially when one of them is a sexy Warrior who is so into protecting Zoey that he can sense her emotions. Speaking of stress, the dark force lurking in the tunnels under the Tulsa Depot is spreading, and Zoey is beginning to believe Stevie Rae could be responsible for a lot more than a group of misfit red fledglings. Aphrodite’s visions warn Zoey to stay away from Kalona and his dark allure, but they also show that it is Zoey who has the power to stop the evil immortal. Soon it becomes obvious that Zoey has no choice: if she doesn’t go to Kalona he will exact a fiery vengeance on those closest to her. Will Zoey have the courage to chance losing her life, her heart, and her soul? Find out in the next spectacular installment in the House of Night Series,Tempted.


妳受造之日，便注定愛他。
但妳生來也是為了摧毀他。
愛情是屁話，嫉妒是白癡，我不屑。
我是立誓的戰士，只求堅定地保護妳。

但是，如果她的戰士保護不了她呢？墮落天使卡羅納答應柔依說真話，只能冷冷地痛下殺手。這是為了維護話語的真實性，不是因為嗜殺。一旦不能履行誓約，善射的戰士只能心碎，宛如自稱曾經心碎的卡羅納。

柔依不捨卡羅納，因為她本是古代切羅基族的少女埃雅，因愛而生。柔依是唯一可以驅逐，甚至摧毀卡羅納的人，因為埃雅受造便是為了誘惑他的身體和靈魂。只有愛的誘惑，才足以拘禁黑暗天使。然而，埃雅也因愛而死，回歸泥土。柔依呢？柔依抗拒得了不死生物的誘惑嗎？

一個是史上第一個雛鬼女祭司長，一個是史上第一個紅色吸血鬼。同樣法力驚人，同樣堅定地選擇了女神妮克絲的道路。但是，黑暗的祕密、未曾吐露的猜疑，橫亙在柔依和史蒂薇．蕾之間，形成在心頭反覆起伏的猶豫。

祕密與疑心會危及她們的友誼嗎？或者，其實是危及她們的生命？一開始，危害夜之屋與人間的威脅似乎已經解除，留下的是戰鬥之後對亡者的哀傷。但是，黑暗的勢力仍如同幽靈，在校園裡徘徊，在舊火車站坑道裡埋伏。

黑暗就只是黑暗嗎？不只是柔依，史蒂薇．蕾也在黑暗之中看到亮光。她一再告訴柔依，要信任自己的直覺，一如女神的教誨。她自己所遵循的，不過是同樣的原則。但她什麼都不能講，只能默默承受朋友的猜疑，在獨自深入坑道後，天亮時暴露於陽光之下，只為了拯救一個仿人鴉。藍色吸血鬼對抗邪惡的選擇是絕對正確的嗎？還是，對紅色吸血鬼而言，善惡之間難以分辨的界限更符合真相？

故事進展至此，柔依第一人稱的單一敘述觀點已不足以展現逐漸加速的節奏。場景也已由陶沙市擴及遙遠的威尼斯外海小島。

命運彷彿任意投擲的骰子，卻似乎一開始已成定局
永不退燒的系列小說，長期盤據紐約時報暢銷排行榜

The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire--that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It's tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny--with a little help from her new vampyre friends.