Secrets and Lies
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Last published Wed, Apr 23, 2014
17 year old Macy Carter is trying to piece her life back together after a horrifying incident two years ago that shattered everything as she knew.
Sent to St Peter's Boarding School under the pretense of being a child of too many, Macy builds a new image for herself to bury her past.
But when a dark haired, brooding new boy starts at her school, the world Macy has carefully created begins to slowly unravel.
After all, how can you trust, when you can't even trust yourself?
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