The BLOOD ROSE belongs to the Guardian of Gargouille. For a price, a man can use it to resurrect the dead. But let the man who thinks to avoid payment beware. The bargain, once made, is binding beyond death. And broken, triggers a familial curse that manifests at the onset of love.

Detective Lucky Lawrence is investigating the discovery of a skeleton found beneath the gazebo on what was once the Montoya Land & Cattle Co. Her only clue is a hand-drawn picture of a rose medallion. The same medallion the new owner, Dr. Navarrone Drago, is wearing when they meet. When asked about the medallion, Navarrone, a dark-skinned man with sapphire eyes and a curious, bison-like hump, begins an account of the Montoya family and the bargain made between patriarch Miguel and the winged horror known as the Guardian of Gargouille.