In the year of 1999, Jocelyn Sterling is a sixteen year old girl with a bad attitude and a bleak future. That is, until a group of mysterious bloodsuckers start poking around her rural hometown. Once Jocelyn is revealed to be the blood singer of Gregory Augustus, the oldest Augustus son, she's whisked away to Riverwood. She struggles to adjust to the world of the elite and finds comfort in her new friend, Eleanor Crosby-even if Gregory doesn't approve of their friendship. The question is, does Eleanor have her best interests at heart? Will Jocelyn be thrown into the middle of the Cosgrove-Augustus rivalry? And, with how cold and hateful the Augustus family seems to be towards her, will she ever belong?