What if the only thing keeping your children alive... was the monster inside you?Lucien Vale thought he'd left blood and darkness behind when he found love with Serena, a mortal woman who gave him a chance at peace and fatherhood. But when Serena is murdered in the streets of New York and their infant twins barely survive, Lucien begins a brutal hunt for the men responsible.Sixteen years later, those children now teenagers begin to thirst.As they uncover the truth of their legacy, Elara and Julian Vale must confront who their father really was, what their mother truly knew... and what it means to be born of both vengeance and love.Set against the gritty beauty of New York City, Blood Heir: The Silence Between Heartbeats is a haunting literary vampire saga filled with loss, longing, and justice served cold.Perfect for fans of Interview with the Vampire, The Crow, and Let the Right One In, this is not a story of monsters.It's a story of what survives them.