First published 2025
Mira Owens starts freshman year at Lakeland University, leaving behind the werewolf stories that filled her childhood in Timber Plains, Kansas. She stopped believing in those tales years ago, just like she stopped believing her mother would return after vanishing when Mira was thirteen. College offers the normal life she craves, except for Julian Santos. This mysterious classmate with golden eyes treats her with unexplained coldness. Then Mira receives a letter from her absent mother claiming the world hides secrets. Strange animal tracks appear on hiking trails. Julian saves her from a deadly twenty foot fall, moving with impossible speed and strength. When Mira confronts him, he denies everything. The rising Blood Moon pulls her into an ancient magical war with Julian on the opposite side. The old legends about werewolves protecting humans from vampires prove true. Her family played a historic role in this supernatural conflict, and that legacy will transform her world completely.
Genres: romance, fantasy, young-adult, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Kansas, Lakeland University, Timber Plains
Period: Freshman Year
384 pages · Hardcover · Page Street YA