"My name is Adelina, and I'm a pathological liar. I make up scenarios just to get people in trouble, and I'm good at persuading others that I'm a helpless, vulnerable girl. I'm not to be trusted."
"Did your brother tell you to say that, Adelina? Are you afraid of him?"
I maintained silence, slowly raising my eyes to the large mirror again and quietly whispered under my breath.
"Nothing happened. It was all in my head."
Twenty-one year old Adelina is an illusionist who is locked up in a world of her own.
A world where she's battling with her inner demons, threatening to be released.
When Jonathan insists on bringing her back to L.A. with him, she meets his group of friends. Whom, at first sight, may seem like the typical young party animals that love to indulge in booze and spontaneous sex.
They are anything but innocent and may be involved in something far more sinister than what meets the eye.
As she is drawn into her stepbrother's inordinate and problematic lifestyle, Adelina begins to lose control of her mental stability as her deepest and darkest fears are brought to life.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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