When someone dies mysteriously during a Psych experiment, Rhiannon becomes enmeshed in a conspiracy that includes both the survivors and the killer. ***** Short on cash, Rhiannon Ford signs up to take part in a social psychology experiment based on group think. But when a participant dies under mysterious circumstances, and the story surrounding that death seems mired in conflicting lies, she's quickly drawn into a web of conspiracies that merge urban legends, rivalries, and the very psychological principle the test was about. When everyone is lying, how can Rhiannon find the truth? ***** [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Vanessa lives a movie-star life. She has a gorgeous, rich fiance', a high-rise apartment in New York City, and never has to lift anything for herself except a glass of champagne. How did she get here? What brought her out of the shack her drug-addict mother raised her in to the glitz and glamour of New York City life? A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right? Her story starts off like any other, but as her dark secrets come to light, the life she spun together begins to unravel.