House of Night, Lenobia’s Vow tells the gripping story behind the House of Night’s enigmatic riding instructor—and one of Zoey’s closest allies against evil. The second of the House of Night novellas brings us Lenobia, the strong, beautiful horseback riding instructor who guides Zoey through some of her darkest hours and has a dark secret buried in her own past... In a small southern town at the turn of the century, young Lenobia is developing into a beautiful young woman with ideas of her own. But when she is Marked as a fledgling vampyre, her world turns upside down, and she is drawn to the musical streets of New Orleans. There, she learns of the city’s dark underbelly, ruled by powerful black magic. As Lenobia experiences her first love—and loss—and discovers a passion for horses to sustain her, she must come face-to-face with Darkness itself. And she may not escape without scars.