When the hit reality show A Winter Quest strolls into town Daniela recognizes it as the perfect opportunity to save Cedar Haven. What better way to spend her winter break than fighting for her beloved little bookshop with the help of her friends?

White, nearly fluorescent sand. A naive girl who believed each word that spilled from his puffed-up lips. A boy who lied like he had since he was born. Two families, each with their own hidden truths. One island that absorbed the concealed lives of the people who strolled through its sands. Will the island take her like it seemed to take everyone else?

"an original work." What happens when judgment comes faster than introductions and soft beginnings? When everyone would rather build rumors and assumptions instead of acting human? Will a new generation be cursed again... or will they finally break it? Six girls arrive at college expecting a fresh start, only to be swallowed by whispers before they even settle in. They don't get the college experience everyone talks about. Instead, everything shifts from living to surviving, and the halls become a maze of lies they didn't ask to walk through. College was supposed to be simple. Yet here they are solving a mystery no one else dares to say out loud.