Vala Nyx Brownell was a young girl with a seemingly typical life. Her father owned a prosperous business in which she worked, she lived in a large house with an enchanting rose garden, and she had been named the maid of honor in her best friend's wedding.

But there were little things about Vala that separated her from everyone else. Her mother had died suddenly during her birth, leaving Vala to grow up with an aloof father. Her features, especially her incredibly dark-blue eyes, didn't seem to resemble either of her parents. She had dreams every night but couldn't recall anything but shadows the next morning. Although she had often written poems during her adolescence, lately the words didn't seem her own. And then there was the mystery behind the meaning of her own name -
Chosen of the Night.

Suddenly, two FBI agents enter Vala's life with a story of shadows and power that somehow include her. Bodies of girls resembling Vala begin to surface with their necks torn open. Vala's dreams become clearer and more concrete, displaying the fate behind a name and with that, a prophesized dawning of a new breed and the loss of another - humans.
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The haunting poetry and shadow-filled dreams have finally stopped for Vala, but her nightmare still lingers. Caught in between the sun and the night, Vala finds herself living a lie amongst the ones she loves to protect them. Or is it just herself - the true nature of what she now is - that she is trying to protect?

Desperate for the affection of her mortal love, yet powerless to her darker desires, Vala infiltrates a clan of vampires to learn more of her race. But they are even more interested in the truth that she alone hides, and Vala finds that although her own powers may be able to save those around her, she is the one that needs most to be saved.
Chosen of the Night
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