Vial Things — Leah Clifford

When the resurrectionists of Fissure's Whipp begin disappearing, eighteen-year-old Allie knows someone is after their blood -- or, more accurately, the genetic mutation that allows their blood to heal wounds, save lives and even bring back the recently deceased.

Allie knows staying vigilant means staying alive. She's trained to protect herself by any means necessary. She even befriends a homeless boy named Ploy who unknowingly trades nights on her couch in exchange for being a human tripwire to those hunting her.

But as Allie and Ploy's feelings for each other grow, Allie realizes this time, she'll need more than fighting skills and a sharp blade to beat a villain literally out for blood.

Protecting a girl he shouldn't love, from a threat he understands too well, Ploy must face his past to save his future in Allie's world -- a world where bringing back the dead can cost you your life.