First Born

She thought that life in a new town would be boring; boy was she wrong! Fifteen-year-old Ruth Daniels has never had a lucky break due to being a lifelong orphan living in Michigan but she ends ups going from a orphan to a family girl after she gets adopted by a widowed Businessman and moves to New Jersey to live with him and his family including a stereotypical teenage brother a snobby sister and two twins. Yep that's all there is to it. Soon afterward her arrival she starts school and almost instantly ends up with two new friends: Rachel Evans a redheaded senior and Justin Reynolds a quiet lonely and withdrawn sophomore. The latter of whom Rachel seems to hate with a vengeance. As Ruth and Justin's friendship begin to evolve Rachel starts to stalk and attack them almost constantly and Justin knows why: He's a human/animal hybrid called a Preevitt he and Rachel are longtime mortal enemies and Ruth is now part of their longtime war that also includes Justin's twin siblings Jaz and Wheeler.