She majored in art history and English at Columbia University (and minored in nightclubs and shopping!). Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends and fame for CNN, E! and FoxNews. She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas. Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat. Schuyler doesn't know what to think, but she wants to find out the secrets the Blue Bloods are keeping. Then a popular girl from her school is found dead. She starts to crave raw food and she is having flashbacks to ancient times.

Suddenly, when she turns fifteen, there is a visible mosaic of blue veins on her arm. She prefers baggy, vintage clothes instead of the Prada and pearls worn by her classmates, and she lives with her reclusive grandmother in a dilapated mansion. Schuyler Van Alen is a sophomore at a prestigious private school. But now, in New York City, the secret is seeping out. The Blue Bloods vowed that their immortal status would remain a closely guarded secret. Rising to levels of enormous power, wealth, and influence, they were the celebrated blue bloods of American society. The vampires assimilated quickly into the New World. But some among the Pilgrims were not pure of heart they were not escaping religious persecution. When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America: Miles Standish John Alden Constance Hopkins.

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