Crimson Falls: Freshman Year

When Lucas Hale starts freshman year at Crimson Falls High, the last thing he expects is to fall for the mysterious new girl who seems to avoid sunlight, disappear without explanation, and hide secrets darker than the town itself.

Elena Voss is beautiful, distant, and dangerous in ways Lucas can't begin to understand. The closer he gets to her, the stranger things become - flickering lights, abandoned churches, whispered rumors, animal attacks in the woods, and a growing feeling that something in Crimson Falls has been watching long before either of them arrived.

But while Lucas is trying to survive high school, homecoming season, and his reckless best friend Tyler's constant bad decisions, Elena is fighting a battle against the monster she's slowly becoming.

And Damien - the cold, intimidating boy who never seems far from Elena - keeps warning Lucas to stay away before it's too late.

In Crimson Falls, first love can be deadly.

Especially when vampires are real.