Once Burned
core novel 2012 Night Huntress
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.19 (71,995 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780061783203 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Leila Dalton is a mortal woman who was electrocuted as a child. Since then she can release electricity through her touch and read people's secrets from what she handles. She keeps to herself and works the carnival circuit until creatures of the night kidnap her. In desperation she sends a telepathic call for help to Vlad Tepesh, a vampire said to be the real man behind the Dracula legend, who controls fire. Vlad's enemies plan to use Leila against him, but when the two meet, an attraction develops between them.
Where it sits
- Universe: Night Huntress
- Series: Night Prince core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jeaniene Frost
Notes
- From the series record (Night Prince): Vlad Tepesh and the mortal Leila Dalton face supernatural enemies across four novels.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Night Prince: position 1 of 4: next Twice Tempted (2013)
- Internal chronology, within Night Huntress: position 3 of 16: previous First Drop of Crimson (2010) · next Shades of Wicked (2018)
Sources
- Official reading order
- Series listing
- Fandom Urban Fantasy wiki
- Wikipedia, Night Huntress
- Apple Books, Once Burned
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