1st book in the Saviour Trilogy AH *** Bella Swan is no stranger when it comes to abuse. It's all she's had since her sixth birthday. When Bella's parents die, she is left to the Blacks, who are old family friends. Soon, the family is split down the middle, and her guardians take a liking to using her as their personal slave. Bella doesn't believe she'll ever escape. But when she's sent to Forks High, everything changes. Bella meets the all-famous Edward Cullen, and desperately wants to protect him from her world of abuse, and the Blacks. But something about him lures Bella in, and soon, she spys her chance at escape. Caught up in the middle of abuse, protection and love, can Bella sort out her emotions before it's too late to save herself, and everyone she cares about?

Edward is new in the tiny town of Forks, being newly adopted by Carlisle and Esme after a car crash that kills his parents. His first day reveals just how difficult the journey through Junior and Senior year will be, but he knows that the girl that is in trouble from something that is not her fault, is worth it all.

Bella, a recent widow, is filled with grief at the loss of her husband. Moreover, she has to deal with a mother-in-law who always had a grudge against her and a brother-in-law who despised her, or so she thought. What happens when Edward, her brother-in-law, turns out to be the only person who can actually save her? And why is he so willing to do it?

All Bella Swan wants to do is survive high school, but when you're a klutz extraordinaire, have the hots for the popular guy and there's a cheerleader out to destroy you, surviving high school may be harder than it seems.