BOOK III. Chaos has taken over Ashton and Ria's reality. Vincent has come out on top once again. Daniel is dead. Jared and Vivian are in captivity, back to the place where all of her nightmares lurk. Their plan has failed miserably, leading them on a journey that could make Vincent one of the most powerful criminals in the world. All the while, the struggles of Ria's pregnancy becomes a constant reminder of the ticking time bomb in their new marriage. All seems to be lost as the remaining fabric of everyone's sanity is ripped to shreds. Though help from an unlikely source breathes hope into their lungs, it comes at a fatal price. Deceit and murder; their only way to freedom. As Ria summons the darkest parts of herself she never knew existed, Ashton must fall back into a world he's tried to escape his entire life. .・。.・゜ Registered with the United States Copyright Office Stars © 2020 | All Rights Reserved This book or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever, without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Trigger warning: suicide/self harm

This is the original, unedited version of Light as a Feather, Book #1. This book was the inspiration for the Hulu Original Series. The revised version is now available in bookstores throughout the USA & Canada from Simon Pulse. McKenna Brady thinks her junior year of high school is going to be the best ever when she's welcomed into the elite group of popular girls at Weeping Willow High School led by blonde, gorgeous Olivia Richmond. Prior to junior year, McKenna was known in her small town as the girl whose twin sister died in a tragic house fire, and she's overjoyed at the prospect of redefining her identity. She has a date to the Homecoming dance with Olivia's handsome older brother, and a good chance of being elected to student council. For the first time since McKenna's parents divorced, things are looking up. But everything changes the night of Olivia's Sweet Sixteen sleepover birthday party. Violet, the shy, mysterious new girl in town, suggests that the girls play a scary game called Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board, during which Violet makes up elaborate stories about the future ways in which beautiful Olivia, brassy Candace, and athletic Mischa will die. The game unsettles McKenna because she's already escaped death once in her life, but she doesn't want to ruin her friends' fun. It's only a game, she reminds herself.

In a shaded corner of the Ravenclaw common room held the house's favorite 'secret', a beautiful old piano. The ivory keys begged to be touched, grasping the slightest shine of light to craft into a beacon, in hopes that it would attract someone to play. But the students only found wonder in it's past, with no record of why it was there. Some claimed that in the inky darkness of the night, they could hear the piano playing to itself, lulling the students to sleep. It only inspired horror stories, the older students scaring the younger with outrageous myths of the ghouls of forgotten souls trying to make contact, to be remembered once again. Peter Davies wanted nothing more than to escape the self-inflicted torture of studying for his O.W.L.s. So, when he heard the haunting melody drift towards him, he did the natural thing and went to investigate. Only, as soon as he came upon the piano, it silenced. Taking pity on the object - and not wanting to return to his studies so quickly - Peter taps a few keys. It was supposed to be a light, innocent tune, but instead, it had disastrous consequences. One taking the name of Tiphane Bourgeois, spirit extraordinaire and recent escapee of a rather dusty - yet oddly loved - piano. And another is the evil that escapes with her.