Lost and found

Serena Ashford, age 16, is unlike anyone else. Half-vampire, half-witch, she lives in the margins of the supernatural world - hidden, silent, and always on guard. After her grandmother died when she was seven, Serena has been shuffled through the foster system, learning to hide her powers, her thirst, and her true nature.

Her only family is a memory - her mother died giving birth to her, and her father? Unknown. Until now.

As she approaches 17, Serena wants one thing: freedom. She's had enough of the system. To emancipate herself legally, she needs a parent's signature - and her search leads her to Forks, Washington... to Dr. Carlisle Cullen. He doesn't know she exists. And he's not ready for the daughter he unknowingly left behind.

But neither is Serena ready for what she finds in Forks: a complicated legacy, a father desperate to connect, a new family with ties to her past - and the most unexpected twist of all: Paul Lahote, a volatile member of the Quileute Wolf Pack, who imprints on her the moment they meet.

Serena isn't here to be claimed. She's here to claim herself.