Daughters of Darkness

Two siblings have their world upended by the arrival of three vampire sisters fleeing the Night World and their ruthless older brother in this second book in L.J. Smith’s beloved Night World young adult series. Briar Creek, Oregon, has never seen anything like the supernatural grace of Rowan, Kestrel, and Jade Redfern, who move into their great-aunt’s dilapidated old house only a couple weeks before school starts. At first, their new neighbor Mary-Lynnette Carter hopes to set one of them up with her shy younger brother, Mark…until she sees them bury something that looks suspiciously like a body in the backyard under cover of night. Mark thinks Mary-Lynnette is just imagining things, but if there’s one good thing to come of her amateur sleuthing, it’s him getting the chance to meet Jade, the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen—even if she is a bit strange. Jade and her sisters are hiding a very big secret: they are vampires, fugitives from the Night World. Finally fed up with the old-fashioned patriarchy of their hidden world, they are trying to live among humans. But their brother Ash is hot on their trail, determined to restore the family honor and bring them home by any means necessary—and more than willing to ignore the bizarre connection he feels with Mary-Lynnette. Before long, Mark and Mary-Lynnette are plunged into a whole new world of fangs and blood and vampire neighbors who swear they have nothing to do with the mutilated animals turning up all over town…