carefullycurious
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Santa Carla has always belonged to monsters.
When Michael Emerson notices Helena beneath the boardwalk lights, she appears harmless beside the four dangerous boys surrounding her. He mistakes David's watchfulness for jealousy, Helena's attention for interest, and every warning he receives for another reason to follow.
Michael believes Helena needs to be saved.
Helena knows exactly what he believes.
As attraction becomes obsession and curiosity becomes hunger, Michael is drawn into a family built on blood, secrecy, and a loyalty far older than anyone suspects. But the vampires are not the reckless delinquents they pretend to be, and Helena is not the frightened girl Michael has imagined.
She noticed him first.
She knows what he wants.
And by the time Michael understands that he was never the rescuer in their story, he has already accepted the invitation hiding inside her smile.
A dark reimagining of The Lost Boys featuring intelligent predators, dangerous family loyalty, psychological manipulation, tragic history, and a girl who proves that the sweetest face on the boardwalk may belong to its cruelest monster.