Sabine Demetre, a brainy nerd is caught up in a brewing storm where her past and present are about to clash. Daughter of a convicted criminal who killed his own son, her brother and abused her, the society in Manhattan rejects her and her mother and they have no choice but to move to California where she is an outcast at her new school. She meets her childhood sweetheart Eden, who surprisingly doesn't even look her way. Her life gets even more complicated as she unearths dirtier secrets about her past and her father, granted parole makes a dramatic entry back into her life. Will she ever be whole again, damaged by life as she is?
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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