The Vampire Legacy Series by Rita Stradling

Three things about Justin Roberts: 1. He’s a bully. 2. Our relationship is toxic. 3. He’s the only one who knows my secret. A year ago, I woke in the morgue with a note in my hand telling me that I’m a vampire. I need blood or I’ll start killing people. Lucky for me, Justin has been sneaking into my bedroom and feeding me blood for a year, and the only price I have to pay for it is putting up with his cruel snipes and my unwanted feelings for him... moreThree things about Justin Roberts: 1. He’s a bully. 2. Our relationship is toxic. 3. He’s the only one who knows my secret. A year ago, I woke in the morgue with a note in my hand telling me that I’m a vampire. I need blood or I’ll start killing people. Lucky for me, Justin has been sneaking into my bedroom and feeding me blood for a year, and the only price I have to pay for it is putting up with his cruel snipes and my unwanted feelings for him. I just can’t figure out why he keeps coming back. But all that changes when I’m offered a full-ride scholarship to Justin’s mysterious school, the elite Blackburn Academy, where I might finally learn about vampires. About myself. All I have to do is pass the grueling entrance trials, and the scholarship will be mine. Problem is, Justin doesn’t want me anywhere near his elite school and rich friends. He’s vowed to sabotage me. Justin may have been feeding me blood for a year, but he doesn’t know who he’s up against. But, Blackburn Academy is more than it seems. I’ll be facing more than what Justin Roberts alone can dish out. Will competing in the trials be the new beginning I’m hoping for, or will it end my undead existence?Previously published under the title A Bite at the Cherry. This is a full length 80,000 word novel. Recommended for 16+. less

Three things about the Elites of Blackburn Academy: 1. They rule with fear and cruelty. 2. They kill vampires for sport. 3. They think I’m one of them. Entering Blackburn Academy was supposed to be a dream come true. Instead, I’m trapped in a nightmare. Every second of the day, I have to hide what I am. My boyfriend Justin is keeping secrets again. And I have to spend all of my time with the deadly Elites. I’m in their classes. I live with them... moreThree things about the Elites of Blackburn Academy: 1. They rule with fear and cruelty. 2. They kill vampires for sport. 3. They think I’m one of them. Entering Blackburn Academy was supposed to be a dream come true. Instead, I’m trapped in a nightmare. Every second of the day, I have to hide what I am. My boyfriend Justin is keeping secrets again. And I have to spend all of my time with the deadly Elites. I’m in their classes. I live with them. I even have my own Elite bodyguard, Mitch Holter, the biggest bully at Blackburn Academy. When Justin vanishes under mysterious circumstances, I have to depend on the Elites to save the boy I love. But I’m entering a deadly game. Can I survive the secrets and lies of Blackburn Academy? Previously published for preorder under the title “First Bite”. This is a full length 93,000 word novel. Recommended for 16+.This book contains sex (not explicit). less

The Hawthorn Group has a new leader, and he’s itching to send all supernaturals to the Alderwood Reformatory... including me. One wrong move, and I’ll be sent off to that prison masquerading as a school, where I’m viewed as a traitor to my own kind. Staying out of trouble becomes a near impossibility when the boy I love starts growing wings and battling dark, demonic urges. A malevolent essence is growing within him, consuming him with its power... moreThe Hawthorn Group has a new leader, and he’s itching to send all supernaturals to the Alderwood Reformatory... including me. One wrong move, and I’ll be sent off to that prison masquerading as a school, where I’m viewed as a traitor to my own kind. Staying out of trouble becomes a near impossibility when the boy I love starts growing wings and battling dark, demonic urges. A malevolent essence is growing within him, consuming him with its power. Turning to the supernaturals of Alderwood Reformatory, who I’ve been warned to fear, may be my only chance to bring Justin back from the edge. Time is running out. With each second that ticks by, he’s pulled further into that beckoning abyss with no desire to return. less