when Aurora Andrews moves back to her hometown, her carefully crafted world shatters. Old thoughts and memories come rushing back, leaving her gasping for oxygen. She finds that air in Peter, the gorgeous boy next door, and her new house, that fills her with peace everytime she's in it. But when she gets a letter from a girl claiming to be dead, things start to go downhill. The ghost warns her to get out of the house, and to stay away from Jackson, Peter's twin brother. Old dangerous habits take Rory over, her dad is hiding something from her, and as secrets are uncovered, Rory fades into herself, wishing that it could be over. And maybe it could be. ~ Aurora Andrews, Please read this carefully. I know you won't believe me the first time, or the second time for that matter, but I need to at least try to warn you.. The house you are currently standing in front of is alive. I can't explain how; but it is as alive as you and as alive as I once was. Get out. Now. When things start to go downhill, the house will seem like a sanctuary, a haven to bury yourself into and you'll never come out. That's how it was when I was living here. It drew out the worst in me. And from my research, all the other people who have lived in this hell hole. First piece of advice: Get the hell away from here as fast as you can. Second piece of advice: stay away from Julian Ashdown. He's the reason I'm dead. Love, A dead girl.

The leaves hadn't even turned brown before the first suicide of the year. At St. Briar's University, the stakes are so high that at least one suicide is expected. In a world full of privilege and royalty, poison and snakes, students are expected to remain as close to perfect as possible-or else. One particular suicide sets off a chain reaction of ghostly events in the students' lives, forcing the students to choose between love and survival. Ugly secrets are uncovered and pretty lies are told, weaving a story in which everyone only cares about image, perfection, money, the social hierarchy, and status. Smile and you will be rewarded, lie and you will be praised. the car a person drives, the clothes they wear, the way they speak, act and breathe determines their worth in society-and everyone wants to be worth more than anybody else. >>> ""Somewhere along the long twisted road we fell off the path and spiraled into beautiful madness.."