Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesnt date much because of her “disability” to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie cant hear a word hes thinking. Hes the type of guy shes waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too–hes a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookies coworkers is killed, she fears shes next.