She walks the line between the hunter and the hunted. Vampires want her blood. Witches consider her less-than-human. Slayers simply want her dead. As if being in high school wasn't hard enough, Catherine Pierce has to deal with a whole other set of problems that arise from being a shifter that hasn't settled. Because after puberty, shifters are supposed to stop changing—and Catherine, well, hasn't. Even among her own kind, Catherine is regarded as a freak. To make matters worse, she'd caught the attention of the witches' Council because they think she's been dabbling in dark magic because of a stupid old book that popped up at her work. And she's been having nightmares about a terrifying man who calls himself the Shadow Thane and plans to end the world in a burst of darkness and dragon fire. Just in case that wasn't enough, a branch of Slayers are infiltrating Catherine's town, under the guise of a community youth group called Sterling Rep. Times are changing and that means, for Catherine, it's time to Change.

Catherine Pierce is a black beast, a shape-shifter that has no settled form because of the magic-infused witch blood that runs through her veins. This anomaly brought her to the attention of the ruthless Council that governs her kind. Unfortunately, their corrupt delegate has taken a vested interest in Catherine. Crown Prince Phineas Riordan is a powerful witch who has mastered three of the four elements. The one thing he can't master is his sexual deviancy, which, if discovered, means his life and his kingdom are forfeit. Because witches and shape-shifters are not allowed to fraternize. Ever. But that won't stop him from using the disappearance of Catherine's childhood friend—and romantic rival—to his advantage. Meanwhile, the Slayer threat is growing stronger. Catherine and Phineas are on the brink of uncovering the secret organization forming within the bowels of the school...but they're being watched, as well. A war is brewing, and it promises to be an apocalyptic nightmare even worse than the Great War that happened between their kind 200 years ago. Catherine has seen how the world ends in her dreams: it will be not by fire, or by ice, but by shadow. For she is...touched with sight. Cover by Louisa.

Catherine Pierce always knew she was going to leave home. She just never thought it would be at seventeen, on the run for her life. Her only ally is her greatest enemy, Phineas Riordan, the witch who brought her to the attention of the Slayers hunting her. And they're not alone. Because Phineas is losing his control...and his sanity...and he is determined to possess Catherine at any cost. Even if it starts a war. And loses him an entire kingdom...CROWNED BY FIRE.

Catherine Pierce is a black beast, a shape-shifter with witch blood running through her veins: her very existence is a death sentence because there's a secret about black beasts. One that the witches have tried to keep buried for centuries... Phineas Riordan is a powerful witch prince with nothing to lose. He'll do anything to possess Catherine, and won't stop until she's his... even if it means turning his back on everything he's ever known. The attraction between Catherine and Finn is dark and full of fire... but if they don't manage to decode the prophecy that binds them and stop the ascension of the Shadow Thane then the two of them will fall to darkness. Because someone else knows about the prophecy and desperately wants it to succeed—and they'll do anything to see these lovers... STAR CROSSED. Cover by Heather.

The fate of the world rests on eighteen-year-old Catherine Pierce's shoulders—and that's just one of her problems. She is a black beast, a shape-shifter with witch blood, with powers she's only just beginning to understand. She's also slowly falling for Prince Riordan, the dangerous witch whose touch sets her on fire. Phineas Riordan is the heir to his father's throne, but claiming it is a path rife with treason and treachery. A small faction of his people plan to force him to abdicate. Others plan to use him as a pawn. If they find out what he's been doing with Catherine Pierce, they'll kill them both. Finn needs his people's help to destroy the evil that threatens them all, but his court is a viper's nest of secrets and lies and perfectly capable of finding out the one thing he must desperately hide. Helping them are Cassandra Tyler and David Tran, and the reluctant ex-Slayer, Angel Ramirez. David and Angel both want revenge against the beings who ruined their lives. Cassandra just wants to survive. She thinks she's finally figured out what the prophecy means, but the price may be too high... The Shadow Thane has risen, he will stop at nothing to ensure their demise. As the circle closes, Catherine, Finn, Cassandra, David, and Angel will face darkness, magic, dragons, and maybe even death. If one of them fails, all of them will fall. The stakes have never been higher. Cover by Heather