Vamps

A teen vampire in New York City discovers her true lineage in this adventure from a Bram Stoker Award–winning author's YA dark urban fantasy series. Nancy A. Collins redefined vampire mythology with Vamps, a series featuring supernatural immortal teenage girls with all-too-human desires. Fashionably Late is part of the multi-award-winning author's revised narrative of her groundbreaking genre saga. Despite being a dhampire-half-human, half-vampire-of minimal status among Bathory Academy's elite paranormal female student body, Cally Monture has found a place at her new school. Between her friendships among the outcasts and her magic-wielding abilities impressing the teaching staff, Cally's popularity rivals that of Lilith Todd, Queen of the Vamps-Vampire American Princesses-who rules Bathory's social scene. With her star fading, Lilith is abandoned by her friends and even her boyfriend. Infuriated with her parents for treating her as nothing more than a means to link two powerful families, Lilith accepts an opportunity to preserve her eternal beauty as a fashion model. When her father warns her about bringing unwanted and dangerous attention to the vampire community, Lilith reminds him about his own betrayal-an infidelity that produced her half-breed half-sister. Now that Cally has learned of her birthright as Lilith's sibling, her identity must remain secret for her own protection. So must her relationship with Peter Van Helsing, the young man she loves who is heir to the legendary family of vampire hunters-and who has been keeping his own secrets from Cally . . . Previously published as Night Life

In this YA dark fantasy from a Bram Stoker Award–winning author, a teen vampire learns she has destructive power, coveted by those who see her as a weapon. In the urban fantasy Vamps series, Nancy A. Collins reimagined vampire myth with a story of teenage blood drinking siblings fighting each other-and their own family legacies-in a secret society of living vampires in New York City. Shadow Hand continues the saga in this revised edition by the multi-award-winning visionary author. Vampire half-siblings Cally Monture and Lilith Todd have shaken the cavernous halls of Bathory Academy with their intense-and violent-rivalry. Despite their magical and shapeshifting abilities and knowing that their youthful appearances are eternal, they are still teenagers, susceptible to the growing pains and identity crises that afflict humanity. The Grand Ball of the vampire community grants both Cally and Lilith moments to shine as debutantes. An evening of dancing, revelry, and admiration from suitors raises the girls' spirits even as the vampire elders engage in fractious debates about pure versus mixed blood heritage. Then the Van Helsing vampire hunters attack, indiscriminate about slaughtering them all, until Cally summons her Shadow Hand, a deadly magical force that dissolves the head of the Van Helsing family with a single touch. It is a power Cally cannot control, much less wants. But she is the vampires' best defense against their enemies, a hero to all she saved except for Lilith, who still sees her as an inferior half-breed intruding upon her world. Meanwhile Cally's ex-boyfriend, Peter Van Helsing, grieves his father's death, knowing he must avenge himself against the girl he once loved . . . Previously published as After Dark

Teen vampires are New York City's most dangerous predators in the first novel of this YA urban fantasy series from a Bram Stoker Award–winning author. First in the Vamps series, Nancy A. Collins's revised edition of Blood Sisters re-envisions vampire mythology through the eyes of a younger generation who carry on their family legacies-and inherit ancient blood vendettas-that conflict with their own desires and identities. Lilith Todd comes from a world of elite privilege. The daughter of a billionaire, she is the descendant of one of the powerful Old Blood families who rule over vampire society, and is promised to the son of another aristocratic clan. When not attending Bathory Academy, where she learns how to master her shapeshifting abilities and pass for human, Lilith parties with her fellow Vamps-Vampire American Princesses-defying Old Blood rules and conformity. Cally Monture is a dhampire-half-human, half-vampire. A New Blood Brooklynite with an unknown father and a barely-functioning mother, she has no hereditary fortune to pay her bills and fund her future. However, Cally's mixed parentage did grace her with something more than bloodlust: the magical powers of a stormgatherer, which she unleashes against Lilith and her Vamps when they cross paths. In the aftermath, Lilith's best friend lies dead, while both Old and New Blood vampires are hunted by the Van Helsings. Peter Van Helsing doesn't believe Cally is a threat, having fallen in love with her. And even as Cally dates a vampire's sworn enemy, she becomes a target for Lilith's vengeful bullying when she enrolls at Bathory. But things get even more dangerous when Lilith discovers she's bound to Cally by more than the bad blood between them . . .