The uncharted territory of adolescence in the mid 2000's. The last summer of high school. The birth of social media. Nights at the roller rink. Heart break. New friends. Death. Life. Sex. Milkshakes.

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THE STORY IS LEAVING PAID ON JULY 23RD, 2023 The hunter becomes the hunted! Twenty-four-year-old Anna Nightingale has a terrible secret, and it might just kill her. If only her family were in a safe business, like firefighting or skydiving, she might've had a better chance at survival. But no! Anna comes from a long line of vampire hunters, and when a night of clubbing ends up with her being killed and turned into a vampire, she must take off on a road trip across Canada with her sexy sire and his vampire pals before her family ends her life permanently. ----- For generations, the Nightingales have been the biggest threat to vampires, hunting them to near extinction. Anna spent her childhood training to fight bloodsuckers, but as the only Nightingale who wanted a sense of normalcy, Anna decided vampire hunting wasn't her calling. Instead, she enrolled in an MFA program with aspirations of becoming a novelist. One night at a club, Anna and her headstrong friend, Jess, meet four mysterious men. Anna suspects they might be vampires who are planning to kill Jess and tries to fend them off. Despite Anna's fighting prowess, she cannot fight four at once. They kill Jess, and Rhys, the vampire ringleader, ends up turning Anna into a bloodsucker. Now that they've killed a human, the vampires must flee the city to avoid the famed Nightingales. They take off on a road trip across Canada, staying one step ahead of the Nightingales while training Anna to protect herself against them. Anna tries to maintain her secrecy and sanity as they crisscross Canada, crashing with werewolves and witches along the way, while fighting her powerful attraction to Rhys. But Anna's biggest problem might not be her family. If her traveling companions find out she's a Nightingale, Anna's trip will hit a painful dead end. THE LOST BOYS x LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE WATTYS 2022 SHORTLISTED Cover designed by Holly Thurston