Ciara Griffin doesn't know why she got called for the job as summer marketing intern at WVMP, a radio station with an odd daytime talk and nighttime music format. But she needs a job to continue her education and she's trying to go straight.

Actually, it turns out Ciara's background as a con artist is just what the radio station needs. WVMP has resisted syndication, but they're losing numbers and they need some fresh new gimmick to get advertisers to buy.

The DJs are an odd mix of characters. They specialize in different eras of music, even dress and talk in that time.

Nothing occurs, until Ciara learns that the disc jockeys at WVMP only come out at night for a very good reason. They're all vampires.

Worse, the radio station provides a perfect outlet for them. Vampires can only live so long because they are anchored in the time where they were created. The music helps keep the vampires from fading away.

Defying her past, Ciara decides the perfect gimmick is to tell the truth. They start a "WVMP: The Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll" campaign with blogs, podcasts, live performances and even t-shirts.

This works until other vampires decide to take offense. They don't want to come out and the station is forcing the issue.

And the syndicate still wants to buy the station. It's going to take every wile Ciara has to keep her new vampire family, who "make the Munsters look like the Cleavers," from fading away.

While the idea of supernaturals involved with a radio station isn't new, the whole story arc for Wicked Game had me so engaged, I was up all night reading. Bonus points to the author for throwing in so much delightful music history and trivia as well.