Life's normal for these two teens, Scarlet and Jade. They go out to parties and hook up with boys, all while getting good grades and being good daughters. You wouldn't expect these two to be friends. Looking at Scarlet, she's everything you see in a golden child, with her wide, blue, innocent eyes and her pink skirts. On the other end of the scale, Jade, who skips school to meet her bad boy boyfriend and who wears all-black everything. Scarlet and Jade are like Yin 'n' Yang. Friends since 6th grade, they've been through a lot together, but nothing will prepare them for when someone new visits the town of Raven Brooke and takes special notice of them. They never realized how much of their life they value until it flashes before them. Because that's how it always is, you never realize what you have until it's gone.
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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