Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Richelle Mead's breathtaking Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive. In this second book, the drama is hotter, the romances are steamier, and the stakes are even higher. Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in glamorous Palm Springs, California. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought.

Richelle Mead is the #1 "New York Times," "USA Today," and "Wall Street Journal" bestselling author of the Vampire Academy series and its spinoff series, Bloodlines. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington.

Richelle Mead is the #1 "New York Times," "USA Today," and "Wall Street Journal" bestselling author of the Vampire Academy series and its spinoff series, Bloodlines. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington.