When Shirley's mother is killed during the Blitz, she and her father cross the Atlantic and become part of a new family. The Romanovs live in a typical American small town. When the lake snows over during the winter, it opens a portal to Transylvania where Shirley's step-sisters become vampires. A bite on the neck, and Shirley is about to become eternal and influence the twentieth century in ways she can barely imagine.