Kinsley Preston's life is good: she has her fabulous best friend, Rachel, loving parents, and a solid career choice. When a series of devastating events leave Kinsley the inheritor of the Book of Protection, and crazy Aunt Marie, Kinsley learns that a normal life isn't part of her future. Thrown into a world she's not even sure she believes in, Kinsley discovers a past, present, and future filled with vampires, shape shifters, and tragedy. As she learns her role in all of this, she realizes that her life will never be the same; luckily she has crazy Aunt Marie and Rachel to help her along. Oh, and that gorgeous college professor who lives next door. **Mature readers