(BOOK ONE of The Hidden Blood Series) “The bloody, raw meat was tantalizing her; calling to her. She hated it and yearned for it all at once. 'Stop.' She ordered. 'What are you doing?!' 'So hungryyyyy,' snarled a primal voice deep within her. 'Don’t you dare!' She screamed back. But it did dare.” What would you do if you discovered you weren't human? That you turned into a bloodthirsty monster against your will? What if your instincts, emotions and desires were torn between your own and the dark, dangerous animal lurking inside of you? If it could make you yearn for someone you shouldn't, make you say and act in ways you wouldn't and overwhelm your whole existence? If everything you'd ever known about your life was a lie? In a world where a deeply hidden community is swathed in mystery, deadly secrets, betrayal and murder, Jaz Barker struggles to fight against the dangerous Beast within her and the emotions and desires it thrusts her way. When tensions ride high and people she cares about are put in danger, she will have to decide how much of her newly awakened animal side she's willing to let in. And if it is worth the risk. *******

“People talk about out of body experiences. Some say they saw themselves being resuscitated and others say they saw a light which suddenly faded away as they came back alive. That didn’t happen to me. There was no bright light at the end of the tunnel and no one tried to resuscitate me. That’s because technically I wasn’t dead, I was in a coma instead.” After a life changing accident puts Abigail Manders in a coma, she finds herself as a spirit, separated from her body. Then she meets Zach, a strange and mysterious guy who seems to a know a lot about what’s happening to her and is the only one who can see her. As Abigail and Zach go against time to find a way to make her whole again Abigail begins to question how far she will go and how much she can trust Zach. But as she continues to linger in the spirit realm there’s something else in the shadows where a darkness is rising.

Cole Braden never used to be this way. Once upon a time, he was your everyday misfit that skipped class and got into a few fights here and there. But that was over a year ago, and everything has changed. One year ago, on October 23, 2012, at 10:26 p.m., Cole Braden was arrested for a heinous crime. Trials lasted months, but eventually, Cole Braden, then seventeen, was finally released. It wasn't long before he disappeared from everyone in Clearwater, Florida's peacefully little lives. The crimes continued. Now, over a year since that fateful night in October, Cole Braden is finally starting over. He's been enrolled in a new school with people whom he's never met. But that doesn't mean that they don't know him. Despite all that's happened, it seems everyone in Clearwater believes that Cole Braden is guilty. Except, maybe one. But, can Cole trust her? Will he ever be able to let her into his dark, bitter world?