As part of an immigrant family, Jay has never felt like he belonged in his hometown of New Orleans. In the summer before his senior year in high school, he thinks things are finally going his way when Maya, the half-Filipino girl in class he's had a crush on, starts talking to him.

But Maya has secrets. And the more time they spend together, the further he's pulled into a world of magic and superstition. When a generations-old family curse is revealed, Jay has to find a way to stop this winged, vampiric monster before sunset on Maya's 18th birthday.

If he doesn't, his new girlfriend might kill him.

Or worse, he'll have to kill her.