Lia Camilla may look seventeen, but she is actually a 300-year-old vampire. Hunted by the Vampire Council, she transfers to an ordinary human high school, Sunhill Academy, hoping to keep her head down, hide what she is, and stay out of trouble. But on her very first day, she discovers something impossible: the blood of five boys at school can make her heart beat again after a century of silence.
There is Aiden, the gentle son of the school doctor, whose healing aura is irresistible even to vampires; Cade, the rebellious basketball captain whose blood burns like strong liquor; Noah, a cold and brilliant loner whose blood carries a mysterious icy-blue glow; Liam, the warm and popular upperclassman whose blood reminds Lia of the life she had when she was human; and Xavier, the mysterious transfer student who seems to know exactly what she is.
Lia tries to stay away from all five of them, but fate keeps pulling them together. Then things get worse: a vampire-hunting organization called Dawn begins operating around the school, and one of the five boys is secretly working for them.
At the same time, an executioner sent by the Vampire Council arrives in town. Before her identity is exposed, Lia has to figure out who she can trust—and who wants her dead. When the boys finally learn the truth, some choose to protect her, some betray her, and some get caught between love and hate.
This is not a story about a vampire hunting for prey. It is about a girl trying to find somewhere she belongs in the dark. She thinks what she needs is blood, but what she really needs is someone willing to stand against the whole world for her.
