4 years ago Tess Carlyle's best friend, Josh Maxwell, disappeared from their small town after a summer night party. With Josh presumed dead Tess moves on with her life; she becomes the queen bee of Hollandale High and scores the perfect boyfriend, Alex Preston. Her whole life is really perfect: she is about to be captain of the cheer-leading team and she has colleges lining up to accept her application. At least her life seems perfect until Josh suddenly reappears one night and shatters everything she thought she knew about the town she grew up in. Now the summer that was supposed to be spent getting closer to her boyfriend and sneaking out to party with her friends is being spent pushing Alex further away and sneaking out with the mysterious new guy in town who seems to have too much of an interest in uncovering the dark secrets that are hiding in Hollandale, Missouri. Tess knows it's right to help Josh, especially when she feels solely responsible for whatever happened to him the night he vanished. But with those old demons resurfacing along with some new romantic feelings for Josh, she feels guiltier then ever. Hollandale might have secrets, but Tess is keeping secrets of her own, including one that could ruin everything she's worked so hard for. Why? Because the boy she is currently hiding in her bedroom isn't just her old best friend, he's also a ghost.
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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