Some loves are written in destiny. Others are carved in blood. ​They call her the Red Woman, a vampire myth whispered through alleyways and sprayed across the walls of Los Angeles. Five hundred years undead, Jennifer Benoit is a monster, an immortal woman shaped by violence, survival, and old stories meant to warn the living. She has ruled by one unbreakable law: never fall in love with a mortal. ​Then she meets Jerry Krause. ​Their forbidden bond awakens something ancient, a hunger deeper than blood and more dangerous than death. As love ignites between vampire and human, the fragile balance of the supernatural world begins to crack. Hunters rise, Elders stir, and shadows from Jennifer's past return with claws sharp enough to tear eternity apart. ​Los Angeles becomes a battlefield of dark fantasy and urban magic, where every night carries danger and every secret demands a price. Jennifer must confront what she has always feared becoming, while Jerry is forced to choose whether love is worth standing against monsters, legends, and fate itself. ​Eternal Nightshade: The Forbidden Bond is a gripping vampire romance blending urban fantasy, supernatural danger, and emotional intensity. A story of love that defies immortal laws, this Young Adult dark fantasy explores what happens when a monster chooses love, and when old stories refuse to stay buried. ​In a world ruled by shadows, will love be their salvation, or their final undoing?