You realize one day you don't belong to yourself. How does it feel? Thomas MacMillan, your average straight-A good boy, is serving a sentence for being his parents' perfect son. That is, until a bizarre supernatural college scoops him up. And then? Man-eating monsters. Cosmic glitches. Shady institutional secrets. Hideous heart issues. One time-travelling psycho. The term has just started, boy. ... Puppeteered by his controlling parents, all Thomas MacMillan thought he wanted to do was get into an elite university. But when a strange email shows up one morning, he never thought that would punch a hole through his reality. Or that all the colleges would cut him off at once. They call it MacMillan College. And Tom belongs to them. As a freshman in MacMillan College, Tom thinks he's found freedom. Life. But he soon realizes that this place is married to chaos. Hey. Wait. His roommate's heart is withering away. Hey. Wait. One of their classmates is a man-eating monster. Hey. Wait. His childhood bestie Mary Herrmann is back and it comes with a flurry of unwanted feelings. But torn between volatile abilities and shady professors, dirty secrets and life-threatening scenarios, those feelings might just be the only thing still holding him together. Welcome to MacMillan College, home to the surreal and the supernatural. Hope you all have a delightful semester. ... CONTENT WARNING: Rated R (18+) for graphic violence, strong language and heavy themes.

🏆4TH PLACE IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION CATEGORY OF THE ROSE GOLD AWARDS 🏆 Caroline Proust's husband may have died, but her immorality never did. The resident adulteress of her small town called Dewbrook, she began to hatch a plot that involved the seduction of a wealthy neighbour, Harold Wells, after the threat of losing everything she had came to her door. Although he had always been against the idea of marriage, she believed that she could seduce anyone, and he was even kind enough to welcome her into his home with no questions. The plan was supposed to be easy, but the arrival of Stephen Rochester, who had just made a fortune through gambling, into her neighbourhood, changed it completely. Trying to avoid the suspicion of Harold's sister, Rosemary, having to deal with the righteousness of Stephen's wife, Mildred, as well as working hard to protect her reputation from falling apart at the seams, she starts to realise that her life will never be what it once was and that her lies may swallow her whole.

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