Blood Ties

Young Adult Suspense. 

Kara Thompson, a seventeen year old school girl, receives a blood transfusion as part of a life saving operation. When she awakes, she finds that she has unusually advanced senses. Kara, while she figures out what to do, must hide her new found strength from her step-mother and friends.

By befriending Hannah Quinn, Kara commits herself to social exclusion through association. In an effort to damage control the situation, Kara agrees to date the school heart throb, Ben Shephard, but the arrival of a dark stranger, distracts her, as simultaneously, her powers heighten.