Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana who doesn't get out much - until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting for. But Bill has a disability - he's a vampire with a bad reputation, and when a string of murders hits the town, along with a gang of truly nasty vampires looking for Bill - Sookie wonders if having an undead boyfriend is such a bright idea.