Lyra Blackwood has always hated vampires for what they did to her family. Desperate to find a cure for her dying younger sister, she goes to the prestigious Ravenwood Academy, where humans and vampires are forced to attend together. All she wants is the money from the scholarship so she can pay for her sister's life-saving treatment and stay far away from bloodthirsty vampires. That is, until she meets Chase Salvatore, the broodingly handsome vampire prince. Chase should be everything she wants to avoid, but he seems fascinated by the one human girl who doesn't fear him, who fearlessly threatens him and holds a knife to his throat. When he begins watching over her, she pretends she doesn't want his help, but the more time she spends with him, the harder it is to ignore the way her heart seems to flutter at his touch. As the lovely Victoria Hale, a vampire who wants Chase all to herself, watches their every move, falling in love with the one man who should hate her may just end up being the death of her. Lyra has vowed never to love a vampire, but what will she do now that the one she loves most is the one who hates his kind the most?