"Ignore their stares, they do nothing but remind you that you are alive." When Alexandra Knight was offered a rare scholarship to attend the most prestigious boarding school in Europe, she didn't have to think twice before accepting it. It doesn't take long for her schoolmates to notice that she is different from them, and Alexandra quickly becomes the centre of attention when she runs, quite literally, into the most popular boy in school- just not in a good way. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE ROYALS SERIES, pt.1 Copyrighted.

• highest ranking | #47 in mystery/thriller Trinity Academy is a school for social elites and high-class nobles, therefore it is rather convenient to have a social ladder within the premises. In the middle of the food chain, is Isla Reynolds with her boyfriend and only friend. The problem in that equation, is that said friend and boyfriend's friendship seems to be brewing into something more behind Isla's back. Isla creates a plan to make her last year in Trinity, a year to be remembered. With a sharp tongue that hides a web of lies, Isla doesn't open up to people. But when she devices a strategy for love, what happens when it all crumbles beneath her feet? Putting her trust in a boy makes her realize that opening up to people is a big mistake. And Isla is mad. Feeling like there's no way out, and fueled by fury, she turns to a sheet of paper. She creates a list that her lips can not utter aloud. So, who wants to know the first rule of killing somebody and not getting caught? cover: florral

"When you start to really look at some people, you begin to notice the masks on their faces chipping away." Marissa Lee spent her entire childhood building up walls to keep people out, convincing everyone around her that she is nothing but cold and vicious. However, when intelligent and gentle Yuko Hideyoshi befriends her, she quickly realises that he could very well break down all the walls she had built to protect her fragile heart. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE ROYALS SERIES, pt.2 Copyrighted. Model on the cover: Satoshi Toda, playing Yuko Hideyoshi in the novel.

When the charming Finn Anker ends up dead suspicions turn to the students of Wellridge Prep and the dangerous secrets that lurk within the school's halls. [Extended Summary Inside] © isacbv, 2018

ELITE noun:a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities and as having the most power and influence in a society, especially on account of their wealth or privilege. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "What do you love more than money?" "Power." The ELITE; glamorous , affluent and rich. Everyone has two beautifully sculptured faces -one they show to the world and one they show to themselves. In a world where money buys all and the only things more precious than Cartier and Tom Ford is secrets.What would the ELITE of Ruhm Preparatory Academy do to keep their skeletons locked in the cupboard and six feet under?

"Like honey lies laced his lips, and like a bee I kept on coming back for more. Oh I knew, they were gold plated broken promises. Still they shined so bright, tasted so sweet, I couldn't stop my tongue from licking his honey dripping lips clean."

Astra knows the effect she has on men. She likes the attention, she enjoys being craved. It reminds her that she's alive, and presents her with the illusion of power. Astra has turned into a seductress, a nymphet of sorts, a young girl with a carnal appetite hard to satisfy. Astra is a girl with a dark secret, which she manages to numb with sex, drugs and alcohol. That is until Lord Charles Lennox, the mysterious, panty-droppingly-gorgeous twenty-something year old walks into Kensington Manor, and manages to get under her tough skin.

In a small Indiana town, a teenage girl hasn't been seen for months, and her brother Reed is sketchy on the details. But seventeen-year-old Mayuri Krishnan doesn't know any of this-not yet. For her, Reed is the boy of her daydreams, the name she scribbles in her notebook, and the starring role of her online cliche mafia romance. When he stumbles upon her secrets, she first thinks Reed's claims to be from an Albanian crime family are lies intended to trick her. Soon, Mayuri begins to question the thin line between fiction and reality. Threats are made, daggers are drawn, and near-misses come too close for comfort. With Reed's promise to keep her safe from those who want her dead, and her growing belief that he may be lying about it all, Mayuri chooses to keep the dangerous part of her life a secret from her cop father. Things come to a head when she teams up with Reed's ex-girlfriend and best friend to uncover his secrets, leading to a night when a knife and a gun determine all their futures. She didn't mean to run away from a murder. She didn't have a choice. Abducted by someone she trusted, Mayuri must use all her wiles to save herself. The true lies that drew Reed and Mayuri together-and the false truths they discover along the way-could drive them apart forever.

❝New York was their playground, everybody else was just living in it.❞ Boarding school might seem dull to the average outsider, but when Claire McKinley learns that she will be attending Highland Academy, things start to look up. What happens when the California native meets the elite, privileged teenagers of Manhattan? A story featuring love, friendships, and heartbreak. © Miranda/ Dreaminghly 2018 #20 in Elite