Bernadette has chosen a life beside the strangest of companions: Angela the diminutive Vampire, Mia the fiercly loyal weretiger, and Jinny the sweet-natured (but horribly untrained) werewolf. This diverse group continues to be relentlessly pursued by a trio of Hunters bent on ridding the world of their kind, and Bernadette will not be spared. Abandoning the safety of Angela's family manor, will they be gunned down by the coldly driven Alastair and Elena? Or will they meet a grizzlier fate by their cheerful pet Jacques, a vampire who steps into sunlight just to feel the pain? Their story continues with Volume 2 of Anathema...

Bernadette is a fearful young woman who has been sent to clean the local haunted mansion. As if she needs more trauma in her life, she encounters a hungry little girl - the mansion's resident vampire - who offers her a new job. Of course Bernadette should refuse, but Angela the Vampire shows more wisdom and respect than Bernadette has ever known. The cowardly maid is left to choose: an oppressive job and her distant dream of a family, or this mysterious underworld of polite vampires, werewolf families and pet tigers?