The Secrets Of Ashcroft Hall

Claudia Churchill knows better than to let anyone get close. After a lifetime of grief and betrayal, she has survived by reducing life to something that can be understood, controlled...but never truly felt.
Determined to leave the past behind, Claudia spends her final year counting down the days until she can escape Ashcroft Hall forever.

For more than a century, Ashcroft Hall has educated the country's brightest minds. Behind its ivy-covered walls, tradition is sacred, reputation is everything...and some secrets refuse to stay buried.

When her beloved teacher suddenly disappears over the summer, Claudia refuses to believe the official explanation. Her replacement, Salvador Pierce, asks questions nobody dares ask, and he seems to know far more about Ashcroft Hall than any English teacher should. He studies Claudia as carefully as she studies literature, and Claudia can't shake the feeling that the man asking questions may be hiding the biggest secret of all.

As Claudia begins to uncover the truth, she realises that some secrets were never meant to be found. Her final year was supposed to be an ending. Instead, it becomes the beginning of everything she tried to leave behind.

Students have disappeared from Ashcroft Hall for generations.
Their names fade from memory.
Their stories vanish with them.

Some schools preserve tradition.
Ashcroft Hall preserves secrets.
And every secret demands a price.