don't turn your back || paul lahote
Eight-year-old Tamara Shaw’s world shattered in blood, her mother murdered by a vampire. Forged in the brutal heat of Darwin, Australia, by a crocodile shifter father haunted by loss, Tamara learned to fight and to distrust. But when a new coven decimates her father’s kind, survival demands escape. Forks, Washington, is quiet—too quiet. Here, vampires claim civility, and other supernaturals watch her warily. She’s no obvious threat, but power doesn’t ask permission. As ancient secrets stir beneath the moss and mist, Tamara realizes Forks is no safer. Monsters don’t always bare their teeth; sometimes, they wear your face.