The Night Shift: A Modern Vampire Romance

By Joanna Tennant

Some people fear the dark. Nick Yarrow goes looking for it.
Nick hasn't slept properly in weeks. Burnt out, isolated, and slipping further from the life he's meant to be living, he leaves his flat at 03:17 and wanders the wet, orange-lit streets of Manchester, chasing the only thing that still feels bearable: silence.

Then he meets Ella.

Cold, sharp, and impossible, Ella belongs to the night. She doesn't offer comfort. She offers a transaction: permission, blood, and quiet. For Nick, her bite should be terrifying. Instead, it becomes the first real peace he's felt in months.
For Ella, Nick should be simple. A consenting source. A passing curiosity. A fragile human who knows too much and should be kept at a distance.

But Nick sees her without flinching. Ella understands the darkness in him without trying to fix it. Night after night, through canal paths, rooftops, kebab shops, rain-soaked streets, and hidden corners of the city, their strange arrangement turns into something far more dangerous than hunger.

Love.

And in Ella's world, love isn't just a feeling. It's a rule. A risk. A threshold between life, death, and something beyond both.
As old powers close in and the quiet they've built together begins to fracture, Nick and Ella must decide what they're willing to give up for each other: his daylight life, her carefully guarded loneliness, and the fragile hope that two broken things might still choose to endure.

The Night Shift is a modern gothic vampire romance about insomnia, consent, longing, found safety, and the terrifying relief of being truly seen.

Perfect for readers who enjoy dark romantic fantasy, emotionally intense vampire love stories, morally complex supernatural worlds, wounded characters, atmospheric city settings, and romance with sharp edges.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2JB63V3
• ISBN13: 9798197964250
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"