Corvina Clemm lost her mom to a disease that took her mind. A little while after that she gets a letter inviting here to a mysterious University of Verenmore. She's never been to a real school because her mom had always home schooled her. This would be a great adventure for her.
The University is on a mountain and the road looked quite dangerous. She has to have the window opened because she got car sick. She gets to the school and its bigger than she thought. She doesn't know about all the stories about the place yet. She meets Jade who's going to be her roommate. Seems like a nice girl.
What she doesn't expect is the part time professor Vad Deverell. Silver eyes and a gray streak in his hair. If you look at her, she has purple eyes which are quite different. Seeing him from afar, she notices that he's been looking at her. She does end up in one class he teaches and he tries very hard to keep from looking straight at her but, has to when he's talking to her. There's a lot of energy coming off her and it's making him nervous when they are around each other.
Jade and some of her friends start talking about a black ball and every year it seems that someone disappears. Corvina also has been hearing things that starts to freak her out. Stories are one thing and finding out the truth is another.
Vad, starts to have problems staying away from Corvina and when he catches her at some ruins in the forest he just has to kiss her. He knows that he's never felt this way about another person and wants to know what will happen if he just tries on thing. Sparks fly every where for both of them. He calls her a witch and she' calls him a devil.
By the end of the book you'll find out what's really going on at the University. Plus, many other things. Everyone has got to love a happy ending. Pick up the book and read it, you never know you might be surprised by the whole thing.
Note: Just a warning for all who might want to read this book. The author has added a note in the front of the book saying that this is a book for those 18+ and above. Content isn't for the faint of heart.

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