Bloodlines: The Golden Lily (book 2) (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

Bloodlines: The Golden Lily is the second book in the bestselling Bloodlines series aby Richelle Mead, set in the world of Vampire Academy - Now a Major Film. A pulse-pounding world of magic, alchemy, vampires and true love awaits...Sydney Sage protects vampire secrets - and human lives.

Will Love Lose Her Everything She Knows? In hiding in a Californian boarding school, Sydney's life has become irrevocably intertwined with Jill Dragomir, the vampire Moroi princess she has been tasked with protecting.

She has grown close to those in Jill's royal circle - and to someone in particular. Someone that forces her to question everything the alchemists believe in. Someone forbidden. When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world - her new world - apart, Sydney's loyalties are tested more than ever.

Should she trust the alchemists - or her heart? Praise for Richelle Mead: "Exciting, empowering and un-put-downable." (MTV's Hollywood Crush). "We're suckers for it!". (Entertainment Weekly).Also available in the Bloodlines series: Bloodlines (Book 1) Bloodlines: The Golden Lily (Book 2) Bloodlines: The Indigo Spell (Book 3) Bloodlines: The Fiery Heart (Book 4) And don't miss: Bloodlines: Silver Shadows (Book 5) Discover where the story began in the Vampire Academy series: Now a Major Film - Vampire Academy (Book 1) Vampire Academy: Frostbite (Book 2) Vampire Academy: Shadow Kiss (Book 3) Vampire Academy: Blood Promise (Book 4) Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound (Book 5) Vampire Academy: Last Sacrifice (Book 6) About the author: Richelle Mead is the New York Times and global bestselling author of the Vampire Academy series (soon to be a movie blockbuster in Feb 2014), the Bloodlines series and the Age of X series.

Richelle lives in Seattle, Washington.