Nightshade Academy Series

Vampirism. An academy made for monsters. A shifter I can't avoid because he fires up my bloodlust. That's what my life has become. I'm used to being the weird girl. When I look at people, I see their auras instead of their faces. But I never thought a vampire would rip out of me when a mysterious man told me these simple words: "Your blood is mine." The timing was too perfect. Right after that, the headmaster of Nightshade Academy kidnapped me before I could hurt someone with my newly "awakened" vampire genes. Now she's making me attend her school until I've relearned how to be a civilized human being. Well, I want out. I just graduated high school, and I'm not doing college. Besides, my mom is probably worried sick about me. Probably. It gets worse when I meet Kian. He's a shifter and one of the most popular students at Nightshade Academy. He's the type of person I avoid, so I hate that I'm drawn to him. His smell is intoxicating. Being near him turns on my bloodlust, and that's when I realize how in trouble I really am. If I can't control this bloodlust, I'm going to kill someone.   —   Nightshade Academy is a young adult contemporary fantasy series.   All episodes have been published; this series is complete. 

I gave in to my bloodlust. I almost got Kian and myself killed because of it. Monster hunters, demons, Nighshade's mysterious benefactor. There's a lot about this world I don't know, and it keeps getting worse. Kian's blood is the only thing I can stomach. Our Colors react, and he knows things about me he shouldn't. The headmaster of Nightshade Academy says she's never seen a blood sensitivity as bad as mine, which is probably a nice way of saying my bloodlust is out of control. I'm starting to think I'll never get out of here or see my mom again. But I'm not giving up. I'm going to beat this—if Kian doesn't ruin me first.

Ice ruins permeated by death. A deranged vampire and her pet demon. Visions of Nightshade Academy on fire. Just another chapter in the nightmare that has become the life of Nova Ray. Helena, Nightshade's benefactor, wants me and my twin, Archer, to find some portal leading into another world, one full of angels and demons. Kian, our clairvoyant tagalong, wants to stop Nightshade from burning to the ground, but he doesn't know who or what causes the fire in his visions. Helena is as good a bet as any after what she did to him, though. Nightshade hasn't seen her true colors. We have. If Archer and I don't do what she wants, she'll kill Kian, and she'll make me watch every bloody second of it.

My mom is dead. She committed suicide. It wasn't supposed to be this way. I was going to beat my bloodlust and go back to her. Now I have nothing except for an addiction to Kian's blood and a twin I didn't know about. My twin's name is Archer, and our Colors are reactive. I'm dangerous enough on my own. With Archer, I'm worse. We drain the auras of living things. I don't want to hurt anyone. I want to know if my feelings for Kian are more than my bloodlust. For once in my life, I want to choose.

Nightshade Academy is going to burn, and it's all my fault. Kian and I thought the witch called Helena would start the fire in his visions. We were wrong. It's Eduardo, my father, the vampire who made me and my twin, Archer, what we are. Madeline, Nightshade's headmaster, saved me before Eduardo could torture me, but Archer wasn't so lucky. Eduardo knows Nightshade's location because he's been tracking Archer's every move. If Madeline hadn't taken pity on us, Nightshade would be safe. But there's no time to dwell on what-ifs. We have to save everyone before it's too late. Eduardo started all of this. Now we're going to finish it.   —   This episode concludes Nightshade Academy. Don't miss the finale.  

Some people carry the blood of demons. They often appear normal. They may even be unaware of it themselves. Until the curse activates. When a monster awakens, someone usually ends up dead. But not all hope is lost. All monsters are welcome at Nightshade Academy. Eighteen-year-old Nova Ray didn't have big plans for the future. She was comfortable living life quietly and unseen with her mother, but all of that changed the night a mysterious man triggered her curse and revealed her vampire nature. Nova would have killed someone that night, maybe even her human mother, if she hadn't been found and taken to Nightshade Academy first. But her troubles are far from over. Nova's in lockdown. Nightshade Academy is supposed to rehabilitate monsters. The goal is to teach them how to control their monster natures so they can rejoin human civilization. But Nova's bloodlust is insatiable and picky. She's fixated on a star student: Kian Salazar. He wants to help her, but she can't stop thinking about drinking his blood. It's all too much. What if she kills him? If the curse consumes Nova, she'll truly be a monster. And there's no going back from that. This book contains Nightshade Academy Episodes 1-5.