Angela and Gilbert fell in love very quickly when they met while she was 
working at a museum and he came in to see a professor. They seemed like the 
perfect couple and very happy. At least they were before he left her at his 
father's house and went off to Egypt for an archaeological expedition within a 
month after their marriage. Gilbert fell ill and had to return not long after 
he left.

The Gilbert the left wasn't the Gilbert that came back. They were like two 
different people. This Gilbert was pale, ill and very aloof. He had moved his 
sleeping quarters in the room next to Angela's using his illness as an excuse. 
According to Gilbert and Professor Miller the man he went on the expedition 
with, Gilbert needed to sleep during the day now. For some reason the daylight 
had ill effects on his health. Adding insult to injury Gilbert brought a 
pretty Egyptian girl of royal descent and her servant back with him and set her 
up in his father's house with quarters of his own. 

Angela seldom saw Gilbert. He was always tied up with the Professor and the 
Princess in the basement with the crates they brought back. Strange attacks 
began to happen in the village. Young women were being attacked and their 
throats were being bitten. 

Angela begins to suspect that Gilbert and the girl are somehow involved in the 
attacks. They hadn't started until their arrival and Angela never sees either 
Gilbert or the girl during the day. All the attacks happened about Midnight. 

Angela has no idea what she is up against. What ties does her husband have to 
this Egyptian? Is she of royal descent or is she actually the royalty? What 
are the secrets she has and is she a vampire? Is Gilbert somehow her servant, 
or is he too a vampire? Why does the professor dislike Angela so much? What 
is his part in all this? Last of all will Angela find a way to get the old 
Gilbert back or is he gone forever?

Like many of the older gothic vampire books I found this a bit of a slow read. 
This gives no real confirmation as to whether there really was a vampire or 
what the true reason behind Angela's husband's personality changes were.