Most Popular Books by Rachel Vincent

I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds. Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked. I''d been warned about Strays—werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared. This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back…for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I''m no meek kitty. I''ll take on whatever—and whoever—I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays—''cause I got claws, and I''m not afraid to use them….

Trying to work things out with Nash—her maybe boyfriend—is hard enough for Kaylee Cavanaugh. She can''t just pretend nothing happened. But "complicated" doesn''t even begin to describe their relationship when his ex-girlfriend transfers to their school, determined to take Nash back. See, Sabine isn''t just an ordinary girl. She''s a mara, the living personification of a nightmare. She can read people''s fears—and craft them into nightmares while her victims sleep. Feeding from human fear is how she survives. And Sabine isn''t above scaring Kaylee and the entire school to death to get whatever—and whoever—she wants.

A cryptid woman gifted with supernatural powers must save her friends in this stunning conclusion to a dark fantasy trilogy by a New York Times bestseller. 1986: Rebecca Essig leaves a slumber party early but comes home to a massacre—committed by her own parents. Only one of her siblings has survived. But as the tragic event unfolds, she begins to realize that other than a small army of six-year-olds, she is among very few survivors of a nationwide slaughter. The Reaping has begun. Present day: Pregnant and on the run with a small band of compatriots, Delilah Marlow is determined to bring her baby into the world safely and secretly. But she isn''t used to sitting back while others suffer, and she''s desperate to reunite Zyanya, the cheetah shifter, with her brother and children. To find a way for Lenore the siren to see her husband. To find Rommily''s missing Oracle sisters. To unify this adopted family of fellow cryptids she came to love and rely on in captivity. But Delilah is about to discover that her role in the human versus cryptid war is destined to be much larger—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined. Weaving together past and present in this heartbreaking tale of sacrifice and self-discovery, Fury is the deeply moving finale to a series that readers won''t soon forget. Praise for Fury "This gripping novel, set in the immediate aftermath of the events of Spectacle, concludes Vincent''s Menagerie series in marvelous fashion. . . . The book is a fitting finale to an exceptional dark fantasy series, as memorable for its sensitive depiction of a marginalized race as for its surprising plot twists." — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Vowing to reclaim her school from a band of hellions, newly undead teen Kaylee Cavanaugh schemes to turn the incarnations of various deadly sins against each other and discovers that she will have to risk everything in order to save those she loves.

I know that better than most. Since rejoining the Pride, I''ve made big decisions and even bigger mistakes: the kind paid for with innocent lives. As the first and only female enforcer, I have plenty to prove to my father, the Pride and myself. And with murdered toms turning up in our territory, I''m working harder than ever, though I always find the energy for a little after-hours recreation with Marc, my partner both on and off duty. But not all my mistakes are behind me. We''re beginning to suspect that the dead are connected to a rash of missing human women and that they can all be laid at my feet-two or four, take your pick. And one horrible indiscretion may yet cost me more than I can bear....

I''m on trial for my life. Falsely accused of infecting my human ex-boyfriend—and killing him to cover up the crime. Infecting a human is one of three capital offenses recognized by the Pride—along with murder and disclosure of our existence to a human. I''m two for three. A goner. Now we''ve discovered a rogue stray terrorizing the mountainside, hunting a wild teenage tabbycat. It''s up to us to find and stop him before a human discovers us. With my lover Marc''s help, I think I can protect the vulnerable girl from both the ambitious rogue and the scheming of the territorial council. If I survive my own trial…

Being the first female werecat enforcer isn''t easy. Scars accumulate, but I''m stronger in so many ways. As for my personal life? It''s complicated. Choices worth making always are. Ever since my brother''s death and my father''s impeachment, it''s all I can do to prevent more blood from spilling. Now our Pride is under attack by a flight of vicious thunderbirds. And making peace with our new enemies may be the only way to get the best of our old foe. With the body count rising and treachery everywhere, my instincts tell me to look before I leap. But sometimes a leap of faith is the only real option….

Nothing''s scarier than a world where you can''t be yourself. The second and final book in this high-stakes, fast-paced sci-fi series from New York Times bestselling author RACHEL VINCENT. Dahlia 16''s life is a lie. The city of Lakeview isn''t a utopia that raises individuals for the greater good; it is a clone farm that mass-produces servants for the elite. And because Dahlia breaks the rules, her sisters--the 4,999 girls who share her face--are destroyed. She and Trigger 17, the soldier who risked his life for hers, go on the run, escaping into the wild outside the city walls. But it turns out Dahlia has one remaining identical, one who shouldn''t even exist. Waverly Whitmore is teenage royalty, a media sensation with millions of fans who broadcasts her every move--including every detail of her wedding planning, leading up to the day she marries Hennessy Chapman. Waverly lives a perfect life built on the labors of clones like Dahlia. She has no idea that she too is a clone . . . until she comes face to face with Dahlia. One deadly secret. Two genetic sisters. And a world that isn''t big enough for both of them. "Thrilling and dangerous, with an ending that will leave you gasping!" --SUZANNE YOUNG, New York Times bestselling author of the series THE PROGRAM on book 1, Brave New Girl

I died on a Thursday—killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul. The good news? He didn''t get it. The bad news? Turns out not even death will get you out of high school… Covering up her own murder was one thing, but faking life is much harder than Kaylee Cavanaugh expected. After weeks spent "recovering," she''s back in school, fighting to stay visible to the human world, struggling to fit in with her friends and planning time alone with her new reaper boyfriend. But to earn her keep in the human world, Kaylee must reclaim stolen souls, and when her first assignment brings her face-to-face with an old foe, she knows the game has changed. Her immortal status won''t keep her safe. And this time Kaylee isn''t just gambling with her own life….

It starts with a scream…. New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent''s compelling Soul Screamers series keeps getting better—here, for the first time, the original stories are compiled into one special volume…. My Soul to Lose —The prequel: never before in print!— Kaylee is just your average girl shopping at the mall with friends—until a terrified scream bursts from her that cannot be stopped. Taken to a hospital ward, will she be able to save her mind—and her life? My Soul to Take She''s always felt different, but now Kaylee discovers why. The screams that cannot be denied mean that someone near her will die—and she can never save them. Because saving one life means taking another…. My Soul to Save Going on dates with her boyfriend is still new to Kaylee. But when the singer of the band they''re seeing dies onstage and Kaylee doesn''t scream, she knows something crazy is going on. Soon she discovers souls can indeed be sold….

Don''t Close Your Eyes. Sophie Cavanaugh is not going to let her freak of a cousin''s strange psychiatric condition ruin high school for them both. Not after all the work she''s put into cultivating the right look, and friends, and reputation. But then, Sophie sees something so frightening she lets out a blood-curdling scream—and finds herself stuck in a bizarre parallel world where nothing is safe and deadly creatures lurk just out of sight, waiting for her to close her eyes and sleep...forever. Could this world be real? Or does insanity run in the family...?

“Thrilling and dangerous, with an ending that will leave you gasping!” —SUZANNE YOUNG, New York Times bestselling author of the series THE PROGRAM In a world where everyone is the same, one girl is the unthinkable: unique. A high-stakes fast-paced series launch from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent. Dahlia 16 sees her face in every crowd. She’s nothing special—just one of five thousand girls created from a single genome to work for the greater good of the city. Meeting Trigger 17 changes everything. He thinks she’s interesting. Beautiful. Unique. Which means he must be flawed. When Dahlia can’t stop thinking about him she realizes she’s flawed, too. But what if Trigger is right? What if Dahlia is different? But if she’s flawed, then so are all her identicals. And any genome found to be flawed will be destroyed, ONE BY ONE BY ONE. . . . “Captivates.” —VOYA “Thrilling.” —School Library Journal “I loved every second of it.” —The Best Books Ever

She doesn''t see dead people, but… She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally. Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who''ll be next…

Neither amnesia nor the brothers trying to steer her fate will stop Amber Fallbrook from uncovering the truth about herself, the Alchemary, and the legend of the Philosopher''s Stone. New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers, The Shifters) pens a dark paranormal romantasy centered on alchemy magic--and those who dare harness it. Naked, knowing little more than her name, Amber Fallbrook does not recognize the stone tower she''s awoken in, or the vast, glittering ocean outside the window. Turning, she finds a very a different view: the beautiful, nearly naked man in the narrow bed is a stranger. So is the man who barges into the room unannounced, clearly expecting to find Amber alone. Who are they? Who is she? Why can''t she remember? Shocked to discover that she''s in her dormitory room at the Alchemary--the realm''s prestigious university dedicated to the study of alchemy--Amber has no recollection of having been one of the school''s top students for the past two years. The two men--brothers--are her childhood friends, even if "friends" is not the exact energy in the room. One brother claims to want to protect her, and the other to help her recover her memory, but Amber soon realizes that nothing is at it seems at the Alchemary. Not the intentions of her classmates and faculty, not the stunning, labyrinthian campus, not the two brothers she''s increasingly attracted to--maybe not even herself. Despite her memory loss, Amber rejoins her classes and prepares for the deadly Alchemary Trials alongside the other Mastery-level students. But as invigorating as the flowing language and symbology of alchemy is, she can''t help but notice that for an institution shining light on the quest for human perfection there are a lot of dark shadows in its winding corridors.

By blood, by word, by magic… Most can''t touch the power. But Liv Warren is special—a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood. Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one. But when her friend''s daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood oath, Liv can''t rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her. Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner…every touch…every kiss. And more blood will be spilled before it''s over…

In a world ruled by the brutally puritanical Church and its army of black-robed exorcists, sixteen-year-old Nina tries to save her pregnant younger sister from the Church''s wrath and discovers that not only is the Church run by demons but that Nina herself is one of the very few who can genuinely exorcise them.

The secret daughter of the head of an infamous Skilled crime family, Sera Brandt has hidden her past, her potential and especially her powers. But when a tragedy strikes her other family, Sera needs justice. And the only way to get it is to reveal her heritageNincluding a rare SkillNand take the reins of the Tower Syndicate from her cunning and malicious aunt. Original.

New York Times–Bestselling Author: A teenage banshee may be the only hope against a hot new math teacher with a very dark side . . . The entire school''s talking about the gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck. Everyone except Kaylee Cavanaugh. After all, Kaylee''s no ordinary high-school junior. She''s a banshee—she screams when someone dies. But the next scream might be for Kaylee . . . Yeah—it''s a shock to her, too. So to distract herself, Kaylee''s going to save every girl in school. Because that hot new teacher is really an incubus who feeds on the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend''s needy ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck, before he discovers they aren''t quite human, either. But Kaylee''s borrowed lifeline is nearing its end. And those who care about her will do anything to save her life. Anything . . . "Fast-paced . . . with dollops of humor." — Booklist

It was supposed to be a fun day, shopping at the mall with her best friend. Then the panic attack started and Kaylee Cavanaugh finds herself screaming, unable to stop. Her secret fears are exposed and it''s the worst day of her life. Until she wakes up in the psychiatric unit. She tries to convince everyone she''s fine--despite the shadows she sees forming around another patient and the urge to scream which comes burbling up again and again. Everyone thinks she''s crazy. Everyone except Lydia, that is. Another patient with some special abilities....

A red-cloaked girl discovers her own wolfish destiny in "a dark and intriguing fairytale adaptation" from the New York Times bestselling YA author ( Kirkus). For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember, the village of Oakvale has been surrounded by the dark wood—a forest filled with terrible monsters. A forest that light itself cannot penetrate. Yet, unlike her fellow villagers, Adele cannot avoid the dark wood. Adele is one of a long line of guardians: women who secretly take on the form of a wolf, in order to protect their village. But when accepting her fate means giving up the boy she loves, abandoning the future she imagined for herself, and breaking her own moral code, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her neighbors safe.