About three miles outside South Holland, lies Creswell-Barnes Academy, a fairly normal boarding school—normal, that is, if every boarding school teaches advanced martial arts in PE and offers extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class.
Creswell-Barnes Academy may claim to be a school for exceptional young men and women, but it's really a school for spies.
Although 16 year old Charlotte Tomlinson, sophomore, is fluent in eighteen languages and is capable of killing a man seven different ways with a number two pencil, she has no idea what to do when she comes across the new, handsome, devishly charming kid at school. Sure, she could hack into his computer, follow him through the whole school without him even noticing, or do it the old-fashioned way, by asking her older brother (Louis, who is by far the most popular boy in school) what the new boy thinks of her.
Add three scheming best friends, a suspicious (and totally hot) teacher, and a regular boy from town, and what do you have?
A total mess.
My eyes finally adjusted and I got a good look at the guy. Holy shit, he was HOT. He rivaled Lazarus, and that's saying a lot. He might even be more attractive than Elridge, wait no, I wasn't so sure about that one. Anyway, he had blonde wavy hair, milky skin that was clear from any imperfection, and he was tall. He was wearing a black long sleeved shirt that was fitted so you could see his muscles. There was something off about him though. Oh, I know what it was. His eyes were bright purple. Then he blinked and they were sky blue. What the...? Maybe it was just a trick of the light.
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Elizabeth Huntress is only second in line for the crown for her country, but she wants to be queen bad. Her parents agree to give her a chance by sending her to Gemstone Academy.
Although, Elizabeth quickly learns that there's more to Gemstone Academy than meets the eye. When students start fainting, and they don't wake up, Elizabeth and her friends want to know why. But theres more than one secret at Gemstone Academy, like the mysterious boy she met in the library, or the forbidden hallway that seems to whisper to her.
Elizabeth may just learn that the biggest secret isn't about the school, but about her, and she's in danger because of it. Will Elizabeth be able to survive her first year at Gemstone Academy?